Objective To understand the knowledge, attitude and practice(KAP)of condom use among the female entertainment workers (FEWs)and analyze its obstacles to provide the practice for spreading the usage of condom.
Methods Four large entertainment venues and eighteen small venues in Luwan District of Shanghai were selected randomly, and 124 FEWs were included. Their demographic characteristics, condom-related KAP and the information source of preventing HIV/AIDS were collected using the standardized questionnaires.
Results The mean age of FEWs was (29.44& #177;7.10) years old and 80.6% of them had only an education at or below junior middle school level. The scores of knowledge and attitude, and the skills to persuade whoremaster to use condom were low. The proportion of using condom in the last three commercial sex behaviors was just 36.6%. The availability of condom was high, but the proportion of getting information about AIDS prevention from professional institutions was low. Three risk factors were statistically significant, i.e. opinion, self-efficiency of condem use and monthly income.
Conclusion The frequency of condom use and safe sexual behaviors among FEWs are low, which is very risky for the occurrence and spreading of AIDS. The main obstacles influencing condom use among FEWs include lower education level, insufficient knowledge of condom, low skills to persuade whoremaster to use condom, the poor attitude from managers, and insufficient propaganda from society. So the propaganda about safe sexual behaviors and expanding the usage of condom should be strengthened with the simultaneous interventions to both the FEWs and the whoremaster to improve the control effects.
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