Behavioural Surveillance Surveys - The Wisdom of Whores

Female Sex Worker Indicator 2
No incorrect beliefs about
AIDS transmission
Definition
Numerator :
Number of respondents who
in response to prompted
questions correctly reject the
two most common local
misconceptions about AIDS
transmission or prevention,
and who know that a healthylooking
person can transmit
AIDS.
Denominator : Total number of respondents
surveyed.
Measurement tools
Female sex worker
questionnaire
Q804, Q807
(questions depend
on context)
What it measures
This measure is identical in principle to
Adult Indicator 2. However it is worth
mentioning that there may be prevention or
cure myths specific to the world of sex workers.
These should be explored in the survey planning
stage, and be used to replace more generally
held misconceptions where appropriate.
Female Sex Worker Indicator 3
Condom use at last sex with
client
Definition
Numerator :
Number of sex workers who
report using a condom with
their most recent client
Denominator : Total number of sex workers
surveyed.
Measurement tools
Female sex worker questionnaire
Q403
What it measures
This indicator measures the success of
campaigns to promote condom use in
commercial sex from reports given by sex
workers. Collected in conjunction with selfreported
data from clients of sex workers
(Adult Indicator 8, Adult Indicator 9, and the
equivalent Young People’s indicators), this
indicator will validate levels of condom use in
commercial sex. For program purposes the
indicator should be disaggregated by type of
sex worker (brothel-based, freelance, licensed,
illegal etc.) where appropriate.
How to measure it
Sex workers are asked whether they used
a condom with their most recent client.
The indicator is the number of sex workers
who say they used a condom with their most
recent client, divided by the total number of
sex workers interviewed.
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