The primary objective of this
study was to estimate the individual and combined impacts of socio-demographic
and sexual behaviours on HIV diagnosis among 523 female sex workers who
participated in the Papua New Guinea and Australia Sexual Health Improvement
Project.
Logistic regression models were used to identify the factors
associated with HIV positivity. We estimated their population level impacts in
order to quantify the proportion of HIV seropositivity is attributed to these
factors.
Less than 40 % of women consented to get tested for HIV. HIV
prevalence was 7 % (95 % CI 4-11 %); lack of education and
knowledge/awareness of HIV accounted for ~70 % of the HIV diagnoses. A
major obstacle is lack of interest for testing. Our study underscored the major
challenges in this culturally, linguistically heterogeneous country.
The
epidemic in Papua New Guinea requires targeted prevention interventions among
those at highest risk of acquiring or transmitting infection.
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- 1Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. hwand@nchecr.unsw.edu.au.
- 2Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea.
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