Truck Drivers and Casual Sex : An Inquiry into the Potential Spread of HIV/AIDS in the Baltic Region

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 362.19 Services to patients with specific conditions
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, DC, 2013
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 246444
• Chủ đề: 1. ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; 2. COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS; 3. HIV INFECTIONS; 4. NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; 5. VENEREAL DISEASES

Tóm tắt

This study, perhaps the first of its kind in this region, is based on a study that explores the practice of casual sex among truck drivers and commercial sex workers in the border areas of Poland and Lithuania at a point of time, and uses this evidence to extrapolate the potential impact on the spread of HIV/AIDS in these countries. After the Introduction which provides background, Section 2 reviews similar studies carried out elsewhere in the world. Section 3 describes the methodology employed in this study, followed by a brief description of the data in Section 4. Section 5 contains a discussion of the results and policy implications.