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. 2007 Dec;34(12):1030-4.
doi: 10.1097/olq.0b013e318141fe89.

Sexually transmitted diseases and risk behaviors among market vendors in China

Zunyou Wu  1 , Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Li Li, Jihui Guan, Roger Detels, Yueping Yin, Sheng Wu, Zhendong Liu, Chunqing Lin, Julie Hsieh; NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group
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Sexually transmitted diseases and risk behaviors among market vendors in China

Zunyou Wu et al. Sex Transm Dis. 2007 Dec.

Abstract

Objectives: The rate of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in China has soared over the past 20 years. There is a need to study STD prevalence in the general population of the country.

Goal: To report the prevalence and patterns of STDs and the relationships between STD status and demographic and behavioral factors.

Study design: A total of 4,510 market vendors in a city in eastern China were interviewed and tested for STDs.

Results: The prevalence of any STD among participants was 16.55% (women, 21.04%; men, 11.54%). Among those who tested positive for an STD, chlamydia was most common (8.89%), followed by herpes (6.50%). Participants who had no schooling and participants who had college or higher level of schooling had a similarly high STD prevalence (26.19% vs. 24.00%, respectively). Prevalence of all STDs was significantly higher among women, those with more discretionary income, and those with multiple partners.

Conclusions: Special considerations are needed for low versus high education groups as well as men versus women to maximize the effects of STD prevention programs and messages in China.

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