Analysis on risk factors of STD/AIDS among commercial sex workers in a mine of Yunnan province

  Objective   To learn about the commercial sex workers(CSWs)STD/AIDS related knowledge and behavior characters.

  Methods   Aforty-eight convenience sample was selected from two relatively concentrated towns, and the face to face interview questionnaire was used.

  Results   The 57.1% clietns of the CSWs were miners, the second groups were peasant workers and other workers(26.8%), the CSWs' clients were relatively steady.The right answers to the three transmissions of HIV was 37.5%, but some participants believed that sharing towels and food can also transmit HIV.There were some symptoms of vagina verruca(6.3%), purulence(4.2%)and vagina unlcerc(4.1%)in the mine CSWs.The rate of using condom in every sex intercourse was 28.6%.

  Conclusion   There are relative close sexual markets in the mine; the knowledge of the CSWs are poor; the condom using rate is low; so launch interventions to CSWs is very urgent.