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Article: Psychological health and HIV transmission among female sex workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

TitlePsychological health and HIV transmission among female sex workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors
Keywordsharm reduction
HIV prevention
prostitution
psychological health
risk behaviors
Issue Date2016
PublisherRoutledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09540121.html
Citation
AIDS Care: psychological and socio-medical aspects of AIDS-HIV, 2016, v. 28 n. 7, p. 816-824 How to Cite?
AbstractCurrent HIV prevention interventions for female sex workers (FSWs) have tended to target the cognitive factors in changing their behaviors, yet little attention has been paid to the psychological factors that influence the behavior of women in sex work. This review aimed to explore the associations between the psychological health of FSWs and HIV risk. A total of 8 studies published in English before July 2013 were identified and reviewed. FSWs had reported psychological issues, including depression, suicidal thoughts as well as lower quality of life, and the pooled prevalence of probable depression was as high as 62.4%. The majority of studies showed that higher scores in psychological health problems were associated with increased HIV risk behavior, in particular inconsistent condom use, or sexually transmitted infections. Among the five studies which measured symptoms of depression, four documented that higher depression scores were significantly associated with inconsistent condom use among FSWs with their clients and/or partners. Meta-analysis using a fixed-effects model was performed to examine the association between depression and inconsistent condom use and found that higher scores in depression were significantly associated with inconsistent condom use (odds ratio = 2.57, p < .001). This review contends that future HIV preventive interventions should take psychological health of FSWs into consideration.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/223325
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 1.2
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.696
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dc.contributor.authorYuen, WYW-
dc.contributor.authorTran, L-
dc.contributor.authorWong, CKH-
dc.contributor.authorHolroyd, E-
dc.contributor.authorTang, CSK-
dc.contributor.authorWong, WCW-
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-23T01:56:52Z-
dc.date.available2016-02-23T01:56:52Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.citationAIDS Care: psychological and socio-medical aspects of AIDS-HIV, 2016, v. 28 n. 7, p. 816-824-
dc.identifier.issn0954-0121-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/223325-
dc.description.abstractCurrent HIV prevention interventions for female sex workers (FSWs) have tended to target the cognitive factors in changing their behaviors, yet little attention has been paid to the psychological factors that influence the behavior of women in sex work. This review aimed to explore the associations between the psychological health of FSWs and HIV risk. A total of 8 studies published in English before July 2013 were identified and reviewed. FSWs had reported psychological issues, including depression, suicidal thoughts as well as lower quality of life, and the pooled prevalence of probable depression was as high as 62.4%. The majority of studies showed that higher scores in psychological health problems were associated with increased HIV risk behavior, in particular inconsistent condom use, or sexually transmitted infections. Among the five studies which measured symptoms of depression, four documented that higher depression scores were significantly associated with inconsistent condom use among FSWs with their clients and/or partners. Meta-analysis using a fixed-effects model was performed to examine the association between depression and inconsistent condom use and found that higher scores in depression were significantly associated with inconsistent condom use (odds ratio = 2.57, p < .001). This review contends that future HIV preventive interventions should take psychological health of FSWs into consideration.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherRoutledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09540121.html-
dc.relation.ispartofAIDS Care: psychological and socio-medical aspects of AIDS-HIV-
dc.rightsThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in AIDS Care: psychological and socio-medical aspects of AIDS-HIV on 03 Feb 2016, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09540121.2016.1139038-
dc.subjectharm reduction-
dc.subjectHIV prevention-
dc.subjectprostitution-
dc.subjectpsychological health-
dc.subjectrisk behaviors-
dc.titlePsychological health and HIV transmission among female sex workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailWong, CKH: carlosho@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailWong, WCW: wongwcw@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityWong, CKH=rp01931-
dc.identifier.authorityWong, WCW=rp01457-
dc.description.naturepostprint-
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09540121.2016.1139038-
dc.identifier.pmid26837316-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-84958529383-
dc.identifier.hkuros256870-
dc.identifier.volume28-
dc.identifier.issue7-
dc.identifier.spage816-
dc.identifier.epage824-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000378920600002-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-
dc.identifier.issnl0954-0121-

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