Sexually transmitted diseases · 2007
Sexually transmitted infections and risk factors among truck stand workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Alam Nazmul, Rahman Motiur, Gausia Kaniz, Yunus M D, Islam Nazrul, Chaudhury Parwez, Monira Shirajum, Funkhouser Ellen, Vermund Sten H, Killewo Japhet
Аннотация
OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of selected sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and their risk factors among workers in and near a truck stand in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
STUDY DESIGN: A random sample of 696 men and 206 women were recruited into a cross-sectional study using a census that enumerated transport agents, motor mechanics, laborers, and vendors in Tejgaon truck stand.
RESULTS: The prevalence rates of syphilis (rapid plasma reagin and Treponema pallidum hemagglutination), gonorrhea (polymerase chain reaction [PCR]), and chlamydial infections (PCR) among men were 4.1%, 7.7%, and 2.3%, respectively, and among women were 2.9%, 8.3%, and 5.2%. Multivariable analysis revealed that having >or=2 sex partners in the last month, never using a condom with sex workers, and ever injecting narcotics were significant predictors of STI among men. Being never married, working as a laborer, older age, and living within the truck stand were significant predictors of practicing high-risk behaviors among men, but none predicted infection with STIs.
CONCLUSIONS: Both behavioral and STI data suggest that truck stand workers should be included in the STI/HIV intervention programs.
STUDY DESIGN: A random sample of 696 men and 206 women were recruited into a cross-sectional study using a census that enumerated transport agents, motor mechanics, laborers, and vendors in Tejgaon truck stand.
RESULTS: The prevalence rates of syphilis (rapid plasma reagin and Treponema pallidum hemagglutination), gonorrhea (polymerase chain reaction [PCR]), and chlamydial infections (PCR) among men were 4.1%, 7.7%, and 2.3%, respectively, and among women were 2.9%, 8.3%, and 5.2%. Multivariable analysis revealed that having >or=2 sex partners in the last month, never using a condom with sex workers, and ever injecting narcotics were significant predictors of STI among men. Being never married, working as a laborer, older age, and living within the truck stand were significant predictors of practicing high-risk behaviors among men, but none predicted infection with STIs.
CONCLUSIONS: Both behavioral and STI data suggest that truck stand workers should be included in the STI/HIV intervention programs.