1. Vaginal washing and lubrication among female sex workers in the Mexico-US border region: implications for the development of vaginal PrEP for HIV prevention
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Pines, Heather A, Semple, Shirley J, Strathdee, Steffanie A, Hendrix, Craig W, Harvey-Vera, Alicia, Gorbach, Pamina M, Magis-Rodríguez, Carlos, Martinez, Gustavo, and Patterson, Thomas L
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Public Health ,Health Sciences ,HIV/AIDS ,Infectious Diseases ,Clinical Research ,Prevention ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Good Health and Well Being ,Adult ,Female ,HIV Infections ,Humans ,Lubrication ,Mexico ,Middle Aged ,Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis ,Sex Workers ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,United States ,Vaginal Douching ,Vaginal practices ,Pre-exposure prophylaxis ,HIV ,Female sex workers ,Public Health and Health Services ,Epidemiology ,Health services and systems ,Public health - Abstract
BackgroundTo assess the potential acceptability and inform the development of behaviorally-congruent vaginal douche- or gel-based HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) products, we examined vaginal washing and lubrication practices among female sex workers (FSWs) in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, two northern Mexico cities bordering the United States (US).MethodsTwo hundred and ninety-five HIV-negative FSWs (145 Tijuana; 150 Ciudad Juarez) enrolled in a behavioral HIV prevention intervention trial completed surveys assessing vaginal washing and lubrication practices, as well as motivators and barriers to performing each practice. Logistic regression was used to identify potential predictors of each practice in the past month.ResultsIn the past month, vaginal washing was performed by 56 and 22% of FSWs in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez (p
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- 2018