Proceedings of the 1st Public Health International Conference (PHICo 2016)

Knowledge and Attitude of Female Sex Workers in Offering Condoms to Sex Customers in Medan

Authors
Dhani Syahputra Bukit
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Dhani Syahputra Bukit
Available Online December 2016.
DOI
10.2991/phico-16.2017.34How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Female Sex Workers (FSW), Offers Condoms, Knowledge and Attitude, Behaviour
Abstract

The high prevalence of HIV-AIDS in Medan North Sumatra as many as 3,780 cases and there has been a decrease in condom use (86%) to (51.5%) in 2011. In order to determine the cause of the condition it needs to be known description of female sex workers (FWS) behavior in offering condom for customers during sexual intercourse. The aim of this study was to explore in depth information about the behavior of female sex workers in offering a condom for customers during sexual intercouse in Medan Qualitative methods had been used in this study. The research data obtained by conducting indepth interviews to 12 female sex workers and 8 key informants consisting of National AIDS Commission, Department of Health, Office of Women's Empowerment and NGO in Medan, pimps and customers of sex. The results showed that female sex workers' knowledge and attitude about HIV-AIDS and condoms is high. Female sex workers behavior in offering condoms to customers is good but the bargaining power of female sex workers as well as the ability to negotiate in offering condom is non optimal, therefore condom use still inconsistent and low, so that it's required the increasing number of effort of comprehensive condom promotion both to the female sex workers, customers and related parties.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 1st Public Health International Conference (PHICo 2016)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
December 2016
ISBN
978-94-6252-333-3
ISSN
2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/phico-16.2017.34How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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