BACKGROUND In South Africa, information on sex workers' characteristics, sexual behaviour and health needs is limited. Current social, legal and institutional factors impede a safe working environment for sex workers and their clients. OBJECTIVES To describe characteristics and sexual behaviour of female, male and transgender sex workers, and assess their risk factors for unprotected sex. M...

INTRODUCTION Role of vaginal sex in heterosexual transmission of HIV has been investigated but that of heterosexual anal sex (HAS) is not fully understood. This paper examines practice of HAS among Female Sex Workers (FSWs) and its correlates in India where the HIV epidemic is being primarily driven by core groups like FSWs. METHODS Data for this paper are drawn from Round I survey of 9667 FS...

OBJECTIVES This paper describes research that examined the association between high-risk sexual and drug-using behaviors during incarceration and HIV infection for African-American men receiving HIV care at three public medical centers in Los Angeles County (LAC), California. METHODS A case-control study was conducted in which 305 HIV-infected African-American men and 305 neighborhood control...

OBJECTIVE To explore expectations, experiences and circumstances of anal sex among young people. DESIGN Qualitative, longitudinal study using individual and group interviews. PARTICIPANTS 130 men and women aged 16-18 from diverse social backgrounds. SETTING 3 contrasting sites in England (London, a northern industrial city, rural southwest). RESULTS Anal heterosex often appeared to be p...

INTRODUCTION In 2011, the prevalence of HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Togo was estimated at 19.6% compared to 3.4% in the general population. This study aimed to describe condom use and associated factors among MSM in Togo. METHODS In 2011, a cross-sectional survey was conducted using the snowball sampling method among MSM in Togo. This study enrolled MSM aged 18 years and abov...

OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence and association of sexual risk behaviours and viral suppression among HIV-infected adults in the United States. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of weighted data from a probability sample of HIV-infected adults receiving outpatient medical care. The facility and patient response rates were 76 and 51%, respectively. METHODS We analysed 2009 interview and m...

OBJECTIVES To determine if the provision of condoms to prisoners in two Australian state prison systems with different policies affects sexual behaviour. In New South Wales' (NSW) prisons, condoms are freely distributed, while in Queensland prisons none are distributed. METHODS We used a computer-assisted telephone interview to survey randomly selected prisoners in both states about their sex...

INTRODUCTION In recent years an increase in the number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in men who have sex with men (MSM) has been reported in different industrialised countries. Because few epidemiological data on the STls/MSM population in Sicily are available, a survey was conducted to assess the prevalence of STls/enteric protozoa and risky sexual behaviours among MSM in western S...