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Document 0149
DOCN M9490149
TI Evaluation of a targeted AIDS prevention intervention to increase condom
use among prostitutes in Ghana.
DT 9411
AU Asamoah-Adu A; Weir S; Pappoe M; Kanlisi N; Neequaye A; Lamptey P;
Ministry of Health, Accra, Ghana.
SO AIDS. 1994 Feb;8(2):239-46. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94318208
AB OBJECTIVE: To assess the short- and long-term impact of a 6-month pilot
intervention program on condom use among prostitutes in Accra, Ghana.
DESIGN: The 4-year prospective study follows-up cohorts enrolled in the
intervention in 1987 and 1988, comparing condom use in 1991 with that
among a comparison group not enrolled in the intervention. SETTING: The
community-based intervention was initiated in Accra, Ghana in 1987.
PARTICIPANTS: Self-identified female prostitutes who volunteered
participation. INTERVENTION: The educational intervention used local
health workers to train and support selected prostitutes to be health
educators and condom distributors to their peers. OUTCOME MEASURES:
Self-reported condom use with clients. RESULTS: Reported condom use
increased dramatically between 1987 and 1988 during the first 6 months
of the intervention. In 1991, after 3 years of program relapse, 107
(43%) of the 248 women who had enrolled in 1987 or 1988 were still in
prostitution and located for interview. Their level of condom use in
1991 was higher than pre-enrollment but similar to use among prostitutes
never enrolled. Sixty-four per cent of those followed-up reported always
using condoms with clients in 1991. These 'always users' were more
likely to have maintained informal contact with project staff, know that
HIV can be transmitted by healthy clients, and report that clients
frequently initiate condom use. CONCLUSIONS: Findings support the
development of long-range educational strategies that recognize the
career longevity of prostitutes, available channels for informal program
diffusion, individual changes in condom use over time, and the role of
clients in condom negotiation.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/ PSYCHOLOGY
Adolescence Adult Aged Attitude to Health Comparative Study
Condoms/*UTILIZATION Female Follow-Up Studies Ghana/EPIDEMIOLOGY
Human Middle Age Nonoxynol Peer Group Pilot Projects Program
Evaluation Prostitution/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Support, Non-U.S.
Gov't Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).