Educational and structural interventions and their impact on condom use and STI/HIV prevention for Filipina women and male customers

Asia Pac J Public Health. 2010 Jul;22(3 Suppl):151S-158S. doi: 10.1177/1010539510373018.

Abstract

Nearly 30 million people have died of AIDS during the past 27 years. More than 90% of people with HIV live in the developing world. The virus does not discriminate by age, race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status-anyone is susceptible. HIV/AIDS has been particularly devastating on women and girls who now comprise more than 50% of people aged 15 years and older living with HIV. Successful strategies with significant impact on new HIV infections include strong governmental support, voluntary counseling and treatment, harm-reduction, community outreach, and universal access to treatment. This study presents the results of educational and social structural/environmental behavioral interventions among young women and their male partners. A 10-year study among high-risk populations (female bar workers and their male customers) in the Philippines identifies major components of a model HIV prevention program.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Community-Based Participatory Research
  • Condoms / statistics & numerical data*
  • Employment / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / prevention & control*
  • Health Education
  • Health Promotion / methods*
  • Humans
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Occupational Diseases / prevention & control*
  • Philippines
  • Preventive Health Services / methods*
  • Restaurants
  • Risk Factors
  • Sex Work*
  • Young Adult