INVESTIGATION ON KNOWLEDGE、ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE AMONG FEMALE SEX WORKERS IN ENTERTAINMENT PLACES IN XINJIANG

[Objective]To clarify the status of female commercial sex worker's knowledge,attitude and practice on AIDS and to provide information as well as strategy for AIDS control.[Methods]700 female commercial sex workers were interviewed face to face and investigated with questionnaires.689 of the questionnaires were efficient.The effective rate was 98.4%.[Results]Only 74.9% of the female commercial sex workers interviewed completely knew the knowledge about the transmission routes.Only 57.2% of the female commercial sex workers knew the condom was very efficient in preventing against AIDS through sexual transmission and only 63.9% often used it in commercial sex services.[Conclusion]100% condom promoting is good for changing their high risk behaviors,and further health education and intervention on female commercial sex workers are needed to promote their usage of condoms.