Date of Award

1-1-2015

Language

English

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

College/School/Department

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Program

Epidemiology

Content Description

1 online resource (vi, 43 pages) : illustrations

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Lenore J Gensburg

Committee Members

Margatet A Gates, Danielle C Ompad

Keywords

HIV, Men, Purchasing sex services, Russian Federation, Prostitutes' customers, Prostitutes, HIV-positive men, HIV infections

Subject Categories

Epidemiology

Abstract

Background. Commercial sex workers (CSW) in Russian Federation are at high risk of HIV infection and transmission as a result of unsafe sexual and injecting behaviors. Their clients might be at increased risk of acquiring HIV; however, little is known about the population of men purchasing sex services. This study’s goal is to investigate factors associated with a history of purchasing sex services by men in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, Russian Federation.

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