US Government-Funded Study Involves Paying Mexico City Male Prostitutes Robby Soave - The Daily Caller
go to original October 22, 2013

Female sex workers in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez are at high risk of becoming infected with HIV. So are their clients, many of whom come from the U.S. Researchers from UC San Diego say a brief counseling session can help reduce sex workers' risky behavior. KPBS Health Reporter Kenny Goldberg says a new study tested this intervention in the two Mexican border cities. (Video by Katie Euphrat) (KPBSSanDiego)

If you give U.S. tax dollars to a Mexican male prostitute, will he agree to stay disease-free? That’s what government-funded researchers at Brown University would like to know.

The study is called “Conditional Economic Incentives to Reduce HIV Risks: A Pilot in Mexico,” and uses a grant from the National Institute of Health to pay male prostitutes in Mexico City. The prostitutes were placed in different groups and tested for sexually transmitted diseases. For every six months that they remain clean, they receive a payment that is larger or smaller depending upon their group.

Though the dollar amounts paid to each prostitute are small — they must remain poor enough to continue in prostitution, of course — the study has already cost nearly $400,000.

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