Recruitment of Caribbean female commercial sex workers at high risk of HIV infection
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate novel eligibility criteria and outreach methods to identify and recruit women at high risk of HIV-1 infection in the Caribbean. METHODS: A prospective cohort study was conducted in 2009-2012 among 799 female commercial sex workers in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Puerto R...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:95f58011dfb3488495a5924decf0b0f3 2023-05-15T15:13:55+02:00 Recruitment of Caribbean female commercial sex workers at high risk of HIV infection Marie Marcelle Deschamps Carmen D. Zorrilla Cecilia A. Morgan Yeycy Donastorg Barbara Metch Tamra Madenwald Patrice Joseph Karine Severe Sheyla Garced Marta Perez Gina Escamilia Edith Swann Jean William Pape 2013-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/95f58011dfb3488495a5924decf0b0f3 EN ES PT eng spa por Pan American Health Organization http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892013000800003&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 1020-4989 https://doaj.org/article/95f58011dfb3488495a5924decf0b0f3 Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 34, Iss 2, Pp 92-98 (2013) Infecciones por VIH síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida vacunas contra el sida trabajadores sexuales región del Caribe República Dominicana Haití Puerto Rico Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2013 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T12:11:54Z OBJECTIVE: To evaluate novel eligibility criteria and outreach methods to identify and recruit women at high risk of HIV-1 infection in the Caribbean. METHODS: A prospective cohort study was conducted in 2009-2012 among 799 female commercial sex workers in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Puerto Rico. Minimum eligibility criteria included exchange of sex for goods, services, or money in the previous 6 months and unprotected vaginal or anal sex with a man during the same period. Sites used local epidemiology to develop more stringent eligibility criteria and recruitment strategies. Participants were asked questions about HIV/AIDS and their level of concern about participating in an HIV vaccine trial. Logistic regression modeling was used to assess predictors of prevalent HIV infection and willingness to participate in a future HIV vaccine study. RESULTS: HIV prevalence at screening was 4.6%. Crack cocaine use [odds ratio (OR) = 4.2, 95% confidence interval (CI) (1.8-9.0)] was associated with and having sex with clients in a hotel or motel [OR = 0.5, CI (0.3-1.0)] was inversely associated with HIV infection. A total of 88.9% of enrolled women were definitely or probably willing to participate in a future HIV vaccine trial. CONCLUSIONS: This study indicated that local eligibility criteria and recruitment methods can be developed to identify and recruit commercial sex workers with higher HIV prevalence than the general population who express willingness to join an HIV vaccine trial. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Sida ENVELOPE(101.683,101.683,67.800,67.800) |
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Infecciones por VIH síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida vacunas contra el sida trabajadores sexuales región del Caribe República Dominicana Haití Puerto Rico Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 |
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Infecciones por VIH síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida vacunas contra el sida trabajadores sexuales región del Caribe República Dominicana Haití Puerto Rico Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Marie Marcelle Deschamps Carmen D. Zorrilla Cecilia A. Morgan Yeycy Donastorg Barbara Metch Tamra Madenwald Patrice Joseph Karine Severe Sheyla Garced Marta Perez Gina Escamilia Edith Swann Jean William Pape Recruitment of Caribbean female commercial sex workers at high risk of HIV infection |
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Infecciones por VIH síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida vacunas contra el sida trabajadores sexuales región del Caribe República Dominicana Haití Puerto Rico Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 |
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate novel eligibility criteria and outreach methods to identify and recruit women at high risk of HIV-1 infection in the Caribbean. METHODS: A prospective cohort study was conducted in 2009-2012 among 799 female commercial sex workers in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Puerto Rico. Minimum eligibility criteria included exchange of sex for goods, services, or money in the previous 6 months and unprotected vaginal or anal sex with a man during the same period. Sites used local epidemiology to develop more stringent eligibility criteria and recruitment strategies. Participants were asked questions about HIV/AIDS and their level of concern about participating in an HIV vaccine trial. Logistic regression modeling was used to assess predictors of prevalent HIV infection and willingness to participate in a future HIV vaccine study. RESULTS: HIV prevalence at screening was 4.6%. Crack cocaine use [odds ratio (OR) = 4.2, 95% confidence interval (CI) (1.8-9.0)] was associated with and having sex with clients in a hotel or motel [OR = 0.5, CI (0.3-1.0)] was inversely associated with HIV infection. A total of 88.9% of enrolled women were definitely or probably willing to participate in a future HIV vaccine trial. CONCLUSIONS: This study indicated that local eligibility criteria and recruitment methods can be developed to identify and recruit commercial sex workers with higher HIV prevalence than the general population who express willingness to join an HIV vaccine trial. |
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Marie Marcelle Deschamps Carmen D. Zorrilla Cecilia A. Morgan Yeycy Donastorg Barbara Metch Tamra Madenwald Patrice Joseph Karine Severe Sheyla Garced Marta Perez Gina Escamilia Edith Swann Jean William Pape |
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Marie Marcelle Deschamps Carmen D. Zorrilla Cecilia A. Morgan Yeycy Donastorg Barbara Metch Tamra Madenwald Patrice Joseph Karine Severe Sheyla Garced Marta Perez Gina Escamilia Edith Swann Jean William Pape |
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Recruitment of Caribbean female commercial sex workers at high risk of HIV infection |
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Recruitment of Caribbean female commercial sex workers at high risk of HIV infection |
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Recruitment of Caribbean female commercial sex workers at high risk of HIV infection |
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Recruitment of Caribbean female commercial sex workers at high risk of HIV infection |
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Recruitment of Caribbean female commercial sex workers at high risk of HIV infection |
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recruitment of caribbean female commercial sex workers at high risk of hiv infection |
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