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Published in: AIDS and Behavior 12/2020

01-12-2020 | Sexually Transmitted Infection | Original Paper

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Texting Intervention to Maintain Sexual Risk Reduction with Clients Among Female Sex Workers in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

Authors: Thomas L. Patterson, Eileen V. Pitpitan, Heather A. Pines, Shirley J. Semple, Alicia Harvey-Vera, Colin Depp, David J. Moore, Gustavo Martinez, M. Gudelia Rangel, Steffanie A. Strathdee

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Issue 12/2020

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Abstract

Mobile phone technology may help sustain reductions in HIV/STI transmission risk behaviors among female sex workers (FSWs). We examined the efficacy of a text messaging intervention designed to maintain behavioral improvements in safer sex practices among 602 FSWs in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. We hypothesized that FSWs who received brief risk reduction counseling and theory-based safer sex maintenance text messages over a 24-month period would have fewer incident HIV/STIs and report greater maintenance of safer sex practices compared to FSWs who received counseling and texts on maintaining general health. Theory-based texts did not change the odds of becoming infected with HIV/STIs in either study site. However, they did lead to significant, sustained protected sex in Tijuana. Theory-based text messaging interventions may help sustain reductions in sexual risk behavior among FSWs.
Trial Registration Clinical Trials.gov. Identifier: NCT02447484
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Metadata
Title
A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Texting Intervention to Maintain Sexual Risk Reduction with Clients Among Female Sex Workers in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Authors
Thomas L. Patterson
Eileen V. Pitpitan
Heather A. Pines
Shirley J. Semple
Alicia Harvey-Vera
Colin Depp
David J. Moore
Gustavo Martinez
M. Gudelia Rangel
Steffanie A. Strathdee
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
AIDS and Behavior / Issue 12/2020
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-020-02930-1

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