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Published in final edited form as: Glob Public Health. 2019 May 5;14(10):1428–1441. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2019.1611896

Table 4.

Exploratory Mediation of Associations of STI or HIV testing with Stigma by Disclosure of Sex Work to Health Workers

	Distribution of potential stigma mediator over independent variable					Exploratory mediation models
Independent Variable	Potential stigma mediator	Among exposed to STI^* or HIV testing %	Among exposed to both STI and HIV testing %	Among unexposed to neither STI or HIV testing %	p value		aOR^† (95% CI)	aOR^‡ (95% CI)
Tested for an STI or HIV	Disclosure of sex work to health worker	36.7	55.7	7.6	<0.001	Tested for an STI or HIV	1.88 (1.11, 3.20)	1.18 (0.66, 2.11)
Tested for an STI or HIV	Disclosure of sex work to health worker	36.7	55.7	7.6	<0.001	Disclosure of sex work to health worker	0.26 (0.16, 0.42)	0.27 (0.15, 0.46)

STI=sexually transmitted infection, HIV=human immunodeficiency virus

^†

Model reflects stigma as a function of the independent variable, adjusted for migrant status

^‡

Model reflects stigma as a function of both independent variable and potential mediator, adjusted for migrant status.