Effects of an HIV Intervention Among Sex Workers in the Philippines

This study will implement a socio-behavioral intervention in Quezon City, the Philippines, using a community-based participatory approach. The intervention involves 1-2 psychosocial and health education training workshops for the establishment managers and their workers, focusing on HIV/AIDS risk reduction information and condom use and condom negotiation skill-building. Participants will also be invited to do dream-building activities that explore their personal goals and goals for their organization of peers.

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Key information

Conditions

HIV/AIDS Prevention Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Behavior Blood-Borne Infections Communicable Diseases Genital Diseases HIV Infections Immune System Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Infections Lentivirus Infections RNA Virus Infections Retroviridae Infections Sex Work Sexual Behavior Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Slow Virus Diseases Urogenital Diseases Virus Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Center for Environment and Sustainable Development Foundation, Inc.

Manila, Philippines

About this study

This study will implement a socio-behavioral intervention in Quezon City, the Philippines, using a community-based participatory approach. The intervention involves 1-2 psychosocial and health education training workshops for the establishment managers and their workers, focusing on HIV/AIDS risk reduction information, condom use, and condom negotiation skill-building. Participants will also be invited to do dream-building activities that explore their personal goals and goals for their organization of peers.

The intervention involves targeted and tailored bio-psycho-educational interventions directed at organizational behavior change and social influence modeling through training peers and managers. The intervention site will receive peer and manager trainings consisting of specific information on STIs along with standard care, held on a day convenient to the participants and at the establishment or neutral location.

In addition to quick pre-post tests before and immediately after the intervention, participants will be interviewed 6-12 months after the intervention to evaluate the effects of the intervention on their STI/HIV knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, safer sex practices, and social support.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

self-identification as conducting sex work or working in a venue where sex work occurs.

Exclusion criteria

those not actively engaging in sex work activities or working in a venue or area where sex work occurs.

Treatment and study plan

HIV/STI intervention

Behavioral

The intervention covers HIV101 information, reproductive health and human rights national policies, goal setting activities as individuals and as a group, results of prior research on ethics of doing research with sex workers.

Primary outcomes

HIV/STI knowledge

Time frame: 6 months

Knowledge of HIV/STI transmission and ways to protect oneself

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Lianne Urada

Other

Collaborators

Center for Environment and Sustainable Development Foundation, Inc.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
San Diego State University
The Fordham University HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute (RETI)
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, San Diego

Registry information

Official study title

Effects of an HIV Intervention Among Female and Male Entertainers and Spa/Sauna Workers in the Philippines

Important dates

Study start: 2013
Primary completion: 2016
Study completion: 2016
First posted: Feb 25, 2014
Registry last updated: Apr 27, 2021

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