ĐÁNH GIÁ SỰ TIẾP CẬN CÁC DỊCH VỤ CAN THIỆP PHÒNG CHỐNG CÁC BỆNH LÂY TRUYỀN QUA ĐƯỜNG TÌNH DỤC Ở NAM GIỚI QUAN HỆ ĐỒNG TÍNH TẠI TỈNH BẾN TRE GIAI ĐOẠN 2014 - 2018

Abstract

Background: The rate of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among men who have sex with men (MSM) is high, the development of HIV/AIDS in MSM community is very complicated, difficult to control. In Ben Tre, the implementation of the STIs prevention and control program in MSM from 2014 - 2018 aims to improve knowledge of STIs prevention, increase the rate of safe behavior among MSM contributing to reduce the prevalence of STIs in these groups. Objectives: Comparison of access to interventions for prevention of sexually transmitted diseases in MSM before and after the intervention (2014 - 2018) in Ben Tre Province. Materials and methods: Noncontrolled community intervention research on MSM in Ben Tre province. Results: Comparison of results before and after the intervention showed that the rate of MSM receiving information/documents for MSM about safe sex increased from 53.3% to 90.7%, get free condoms is 53.3% to 91.8%. The rate of receiving free lubricants increased from 44.9% to 89.2%. The difference was statistically significant with p <0.05. The proportion of MSM accessing STIs prevention and control on Zalo social networks is high (89.7%), of which 96.9% of subjects read information about MSM, HIV and sexually transmissible infections via zalo network. Conclusion: The percentage of MSM accessing to STIs prevention and control services increased compared to before the intervention.