Truck Drivers and Casual Sex : An Inquiry into the Potential Spread of HIV/AIDS in the Baltic Region

This study, perhaps the first of its kind in this region, is based on a study that explores the practice of casual sex among truck drivers and commercial sex workers in the border areas of Poland and Lithuania at a point of time, and uses this evidence to extrapolate the potential impact on the spread of HIV/AIDS in these countries. After the Introduction which provides background, Section 2 reviews similar studies carried out elsewhere in the world. Section 3 describes the methodology employed in this study, followed by a brief description of the data in Section 4. Section 5 contains a discussion of the results and policy implications.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: World Bank
Format: Other Health Study biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2003-02-28
Subjects:ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME, HIV INFECTIONS, COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, VENEREAL DISEASES, TRUCK DRIVERS, INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT, SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, CONDOMS, DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, HEALTH EDUCATION, DISEASE PREVENTION & CONTROL, VULNERABLE GROUPS, PUBLIC AWARENESS ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME, ADOLESCENT, ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, AIDS PREVENTION, AIDS TRANSMISSION, ALCOHOL, ANAL INTERCOURSE, ANAL SEX, BRIDGE, BRIDGES, CASUAL SEX, COMMERCIAL SEX, COMMERCIAL SEX WORKER, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, CONDOM AVAILABILITY, CONDOM USE, CRIME, DRIVERS EDUCATION, DRIVING, DRUG INJECTORS, DRUG USE, DRUGS, DRUGS USERS, EMPLOYMENT, FAMILIES, FATIGUE, GIRLFRIENDS, GIRLS, HETEROSEXUAL CONTACT, HIGH-RISK, HIGH-RISK BEHAVIOR, HIGH-RISK BEHAVIORS, HIGHWAYS, HIV, HIV INFECTION, HIV POSITIVE, HIV TESTING, HIV TRANSMISSION, HYGIENE, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME, INFECTIONS, INFORMED CONSENT, INJECTING DRUG USERS, LAND TRANSPORT, LOW PREVALENCE, MIGRATION, MOBILITY, NAVIGATION, NEEDLES, NEW CASES, NEW INFECTIONS, NUMBER PLATES, ORAL SEX, PARKING, PARKING PLACES, PORTS, PROSTITUTION, PUBLIC HEALTH, RAPID TRANSIT, REGISTRATION PLATES, RISK BEHAVIORS, ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ROADS, ROUTES, SEX, SEX PARTNERS, SEX WITH MEN, SEXUAL ACTIVITY, SEXUAL BEHAVIORS, SEXUAL CONTACTS, SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, SEXUAL PARTNERS, SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, SOCIAL RESEARCH, SOCIAL WORKERS, SPEED, SPREADING, STIS, SYPHILIS, SYPHILIS SEROLOGY, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, TRANSMISSION, TRANSPORT, TRIPS, TRUCK, TRUCKING, UNAIDS, UNEMPLOYMENT, USE OF CONDOMS, VULNERABILITY REDUCTION, WAITING TIME, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, YOUNG MALE, YOUNG MEN, YOUNG PEOPLE,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2420962/truck-drivers-casual-sex-inquiry-potential-spread-hivaids-baltic-region
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14610
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