"Effectiveness of Condom Use in Preventing HIV Infection in Prositutes"

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"Effectiveness of Condom Use in Preventing HIV Infection in Prositutes"

Lancet (12/26/88) Vol. 2, No. 8622, P. 1249
Roumeliotou, Anastasia

Abstract: A study of Greek prostitutes supports the suggestion by E.N. Ngugi in the Oct. 15 Lancet that health education based on individual counseling is effective and leads to the use of condoms, say Anastasia Roumeliotou and colleagues from the AIDS Reference Center at the Athens School of Hygiene. Greek prostitutes must report twice a week for health inspection at a sexually transmitted disease clinic. After November 1985, when 12 of 350 prostitutes examined were HIV-positive, prostitutes received intense AIDS education at a personal level. By October 1986, two of 270 initially seronegative prositutes were antibody positive. Through October 1988, none of 282 prostitutes tested were positive. During the period studied, condom use increased from 66 percent to 97.9 percent. Syphilis and gonococcal infection greatly decreased during the period, while the number of sexual partners remained constant. The researchers attribute the change to close contact between the clinic and the prostitutes, and suggest the approach may work with heterosexuals, especially young people.
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