{"title":"Awareness Regarding HIV Among Male Sex Workers in Larkana City","authors":"M. Avais, A. Wassan, R. Chandio, N. Shaikh","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.2532360","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this study is to describe the knowledge of HIV/Aids and risky behavior of male sex workers (MSWs) in Larkana city, Pakistan. This is an exploratory research based on primary data. The data have been sampled through snow ball sampling method. Numerous sexual partners, unprotected anal intercourse and sexual relations with drug addicts (Intra Venus drug users) put MSWs on increasing risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and HIV/Aids infection. Results show that 86% MSWs had sexual relations with drug users and 54% had unprotected sex in last month. Only 46% respondents aware regarding HIV/Aids and 35% know the center where they can get clinical HIV test and 0% respondents have undergone any medical/HIV test.","PeriodicalId":148797,"journal":{"name":"CSN: Culture (Topic)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2014-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"CSN: Culture (Topic)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.2532360","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The objective of this study is to describe the knowledge of HIV/Aids and risky behavior of male sex workers (MSWs) in Larkana city, Pakistan. This is an exploratory research based on primary data. The data have been sampled through snow ball sampling method. Numerous sexual partners, unprotected anal intercourse and sexual relations with drug addicts (Intra Venus drug users) put MSWs on increasing risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and HIV/Aids infection. Results show that 86% MSWs had sexual relations with drug users and 54% had unprotected sex in last month. Only 46% respondents aware regarding HIV/Aids and 35% know the center where they can get clinical HIV test and 0% respondents have undergone any medical/HIV test.
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