Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Populations surveys in the United Kingdom have documented a doubling in the number of men paying for sex over the decade to We report the prevalence of this behaviour in men attending a sexual health clinic, and describe their characteristics. We reviewed case notes of men.
The mean age was The majority reported paying women, with 4. Unprotected vaginal sex was more common in men who had paid for sex abroad. Routine questions about commercial sexual contacts could allow targeted health promotion and harm minimisation for this group of men, protecting their partners—both unsuspecting and commercial.
The second national survey of sexual attitudes and lifestyles NATSAL study demonstrated the number of men in the general UK population paying for sex doubled between and from 2. This suggests that men who pay for sex have more partners but do not see themselves at risk of sexually transmitted infections STIs and HIV. There is a lack of detailed information on the sexual health and other risk behaviours among men who pay for sex.
The Sandyford Initiative, based in Glasgow, provides a regional integrated sexual health service for almost two million people in the west of Scotland. Patients attending the Sandyford Initiative are routinely asked about commercial sexual contacts, which enabled us to document and describe the characteristics and behaviours of men who reported engaging in paid sex. In this article we use the term prostitute rather than sex worker but recognise that there is considerable debate about the impact of such labels.
The Sandyford health screen SaHS is a staff administered questionnaire comprising 35 structured questions on lifestyle issues and social determinants that could impact on health and wellbeing. It was developed by a multidisciplinary group of practitioners and following a training programme was introduced for new attendees, both men and women, at the genitourinary medicine and reproductive health services in Glasgow from October Details of the questionnaire and its overall initial findings have been published previously.
