Truck Drivers and Casual Sex : An Inquiry into the Potential Spread of HIV/AIDS in the Baltic Region

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dc.creatorKulis, Marzena
dc.creatorChawla, Mukesh
dc.creatorKozierkiewicz, Adam
dc.creatorSubata, Emilis
dc.date2013-08-08T16:27:41Z
dc.date2013-08-08T16:27:41Z
dc.date2004-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:25:54Z
dc.descriptionThis study, perhaps the first of its kind in this region, is based on a study that explores the practice of casual sex among truck drivers, and commercial sex workers in the border areas of the Baltic region at a point of time, and, uses this evidence to extrapolate the potential impact on the spread of HIV/AIDS in these countries. While the threat of an HIV/AIDS epidemic cannot be taken lightly in any country of the Europe and Central Asia region, four countries - Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia - stand out as being particularly vulnerable. First, the prevalence of HIV/AIDS is relatively high, and is rapidly increasing in locations neighboring these countries to the east, like Ukraine, Kaliningrad, Belarus, and Moldova, where public health conditions are also rapidly deteriorating. Second, because of their geographical location, those four countries stand at the crossroads of the main east-west, and north-south transport corridors, and represent the link between countries of the former Soviet Union and western Europe. The open borders, and rapid transit threatens to broaden the sweep of the HIV epidemic, as drug injectors and sex workers come into contact with other population groups. After the Introduction which provides background, Section 2 reviews similar studies carried out elsewhere in the world. Section 3 describes the methodology employed in this study, followed by a brief description of the data in Section 4. Finally, Section 5 contains a discussion of the results, and policy implications.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/07/5124849/truck-drivers-casual-sex-inquiry-potential-spread-hivaids-baltic-region
dc.identifier0-8213-5894-4
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/14919
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5894-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/418030
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relationWorld Bank working paper;no. 37
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
dc.subjectHIV INFECTIONS
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS
dc.subjectNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectVENEREAL DISEASES
dc.subjectTRUCK DRIVERS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT
dc.subjectSEXUAL BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectCONDOMS
dc.subjectDISEASE TRANSMISSION
dc.subjectINFORMATION DISSEMINATION
dc.subjectHEALTH EDUCATION
dc.subjectDISEASE PREVENTION & CONTROL
dc.subjectVULNERABLE GROUPS
dc.subjectPUBLIC AWARENESS
dc.subjectAIDS PREVENTION
dc.subjectALCOHOL
dc.subjectANAL SEX
dc.subjectBRIDGES
dc.subjectCITIES
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL SEX
dc.subjectCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
dc.subjectCONDOMS
dc.subjectCRIME
dc.subjectDRIVER EDUCATION
dc.subjectDRIVERS EDUCATION
dc.subjectDRIVING
dc.subjectDRUG USERS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFATIGUE
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectHIGH-RISK BEHAVIORS
dc.subjectHIGHWAYS
dc.subjectHIV
dc.subjectHIV POSITIVE
dc.subjectHIV TESTING
dc.subjectHIV TRANSMISSION
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectHYGIENE
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION
dc.subjectIMMUNODEFICIENCY
dc.subjectINFORMATION DISSEMINATION
dc.subjectINFORMED CONSENT
dc.subjectLAND TRANSPORT
dc.subjectLEISURE TIME
dc.subjectMEDICINE
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMOBILITY
dc.subjectNAVIGATION
dc.subjectNUMBER PLATES
dc.subjectPARKING
dc.subjectPARKING PLACES
dc.subjectPEER EDUCATION
dc.subjectPOLICE
dc.subjectPORTS
dc.subjectPROSTITUTION
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectRAILWAYS
dc.subjectRAPID TRANSIT
dc.subjectREGISTRATION PLATES
dc.subjectROAD CONSTRUCTION
dc.subjectROADS
dc.subjectROUTES
dc.subjectSEX WORKERS
dc.subjectSEXUAL INTERCOURSE
dc.subjectSEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
dc.subjectSOCIAL RESEARCH
dc.subjectSOCIAL WORKERS
dc.subjectSPEED
dc.subjectSPREADING
dc.subjectSTIS
dc.subjectSYPHILIS
dc.subjectTRAFFIC
dc.subjectTRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectTRIPS
dc.subjectTRUCK DRIVERS
dc.subjectTRUCKING
dc.subjectUNAIDS
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectWAITING TIME
dc.subjectWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
dc.subjectHIV INFECTIONS
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS
dc.subjectNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectVENEREAL DISEASES
dc.subjectTRUCK DRIVERS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT
dc.subjectSEXUAL BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectCONDOMS
dc.subjectDISEASE TRANSMISSION
dc.subjectINFORMATION DISSEMINATION
dc.subjectHEALTH EDUCATION
dc.subjectDISEASE PREVENTION & CONTROL
dc.subjectVULNERABLE GROUPS
dc.subjectPUBLIC AWARENESS
dc.titleTruck Drivers and Casual Sex : An Inquiry into the Potential Spread of HIV/AIDS in the Baltic Region

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