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These diseases are largely preventable, as they are directly and indirectly associated with potentially modifiable factors, including socioeconomic conditions. Moreover, commercial sex workers and their clients are two of the groups at the highest risk of acquiring and transmitting these infectious diseases, due to an extensive number of sexual encounters and the various factors related to commercial sex situations.
This qualitative study aims to deepen the understanding of the risk perception of STIs and HIV and their associated factors in Nigerian commercial sex workers in the city of Barcelona. This is a qualitative, descriptive, interpretive study based on a social constructivist and phenomenological perspective conducted on a saturated sample of Nigerian commercial sex workers in the city of Barcelona. Data will be collected through semistructured individual and triangular group interviews.
Information will be examined using a sociological discourse analysis, allowing us to understand the social and individual factors related to the risk perception of STIs and HIV in commercial sex workers. This qualitative study will provide essential knowledge to improve health promotion, prevention strategies and effective management of STIs both for commercial sex workers and their clients. Sexually transmitted infections STIs and HIV are largely preventable diseases, as they result directly and indirectly from potentially modifiable factors such as those related to cultural, individual and socioeconomic conditions and access to health services.
The practice of prostitution or commercial sex is something that has existed or been identified in all societies throughout history. It also states that CSWs who work illegally are the population group most susceptible to these infections. For the case of STIs, there was an overall prevalence of 8. Meanwhile, a study performed in Catalonia by Folch et al 11 reported the following disease prevalence among female CSWs including African women : 1.
