Medical health care for Viennese prostitutes

Article Abstract:

For more than 100 years, the health of prostitutes in Vienna has been carefully monitored; currently, the profession is regulated at the federal and state levels. About 800 women apply each year to be registered prostitutes, while the number of unregistered prostitutes, who receive no medical examinations, is estimated at 2,000. To learn more concerning the rate of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in both registered and nonregistered prostitutes, a study was carried in 1989. Each week 713 (of a total of 823) registered prostitutes were screened, and 129 nonregistered prostitutes were examined because of police orders. Several tests were performed; testing protocols are described. Results showed that the rate of infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae (the agent that causes gonorrhea) among registered prostitutes was 0.3 percent; among nonregistered prostitutes, it was 6.9 percent. Rates for genital chlamydia infections were 2.2 percent among registered prostitutes and 10.9 percent nonregistered prostitutes. Nonregistered prostitutes had a higher rate than registered prostitutes of genital infections overall (18.8 percent versus 4.9 percent). Neither group had signs of syphilis or HIV infection. Comparison of these results with data from earlier studies shows that the prevalence of major STDs has declined in recent years. The findings also show that good health surveillance of prostitutes can reduce their rate of infection with agents that cause STDs. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)

Health aspects, Austria, Prostitutes

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Sexually Transmitted Disease Accelerated Prevention Campaigns: opportunities to expand prevention efforts in the United States

Article Abstract:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plan to introduce Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Accelerated Prevention Campaigns throughout the country in 1994. STD rates in the US are among the highest in the world and growing. The STD Accelerated Prevention Campaigns are a framework for providing grants to health departments at the state and local level. To reduce the incidence of STDs and to reach those who are disproportionately infected with STDs - women and their infants, adolescents and minorities - the CDC hopes to strengthen existing programs and their links with community-based programs such as family planning clinics and substance abuse centers. This program also seeks to evaluate and implement new approaches to preventing STDs and to garner more support among the private sector.

Social policy, United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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