1998/04/01 by Alexa Albert, David L. Warner, Robert A. Hatcher · 1 citation
Health Professions · Medicine · Social Sciences · #Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health #Condom #Confidence interval #Demography #Environmental health #Family medicine #Family planning #Female condom #Gynecology #Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) #Medicine #Population #Research methodology #Safer sex #Sex work and related issues #Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies #Sociology
paper · doi:10.2105/ajph.88.4.643
openalex publication_date 1998/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/07
OBJECTIVES: This study examined condom use in legal Nevada brothels. METHODS: Forty female prostitutes in two brothels were interviewed about client resistance to condoms and techniques for facilitating condom use. RESULTS: Of 3290 clients in the previous month, 2.7% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.2%,3.4%) were reluctant to use condoms. Of these individuals, 72% ultimately used condoms, while 12% chose nonpenetrative sex without condoms. The remaining 16% left the brothels without services. Condom use rates were markedly lower with nonpaying sex partners (lowers) than with clients. CONCLUSIONS: Brothel prostitutes may be at greater risk for acquiring HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases from lovers than from clients.