Table 4.

Items with the highest priorities in each dimension of STIs/HIV prevention services

Dimensions	Priorities	Score		Frequency (%)
		Mean(0–2)	SD	Not at all: 0	Roughly: 1	Completely: 2
Care	Recommending condom use to clients with high‐risk sexual behavior	1.88	0.31	0	11.0	89.0
	Assessment of penis abnormalities as the barrier for condom use	1.88	0.31	0	11.4	88.6
Education	Educating women about self‐protection	1.87	0.33	0	12.8	87.2
	Sexual health education based on the men's and women's special needs	1.86	0.35	0.3	12.8	86.9
	Education of negotiation skills	1.86	0.34	0	13.8	86.2
Personnel	Trained providers about reproductive rights of women and men	1.86	0.34	0	13.8	86.2
	Trained male personnel about counseling, diagnosis, and treatment of men's STIs	1.85	0.35	0.3	13.4	86.3
Management	Providing continuing education for STIs/HIV care providers	1.84	0.35	0	15.2	84.8
	Personnel protection in the case of support for women's reproductive health	1.82	0.42	1.7	13.8	84.5
Facilities	Providing a secure and private environment for STIs risk assessment	1.84	0.38	0.7	14.5	84.8
	Introducing facilities for diagnosis, treatment, and follow‐up of men with STIs	1.83	0.39	0.7	16.6	82.7
Supportive policies	Making spouses aware of STIs for improving family health	1.80	0.4	0.7	18.6	80.7
	Planning for abstinence promotion and the risk reduction policy (condom use and lowering partners)	1.79	0.47	3.1	14.1	82.8
Intersectional cooperation	Academic research about sexual behavior in different communities	1.75	0.46	1.7	20.7	77.6
	Determining common sexual medications in the private sector, effective in preventing or spreading STIs	1.75	0.48	2.4	19.7	77.9
Community capacitation	Parents education for improving adolescents' sexual health	1.83	0.37	0	16.9	83.1
	Promoting culturally appropriate programs for preventing sexual high‐risk behavior	1.82	0.31	1.0	15.9	83.1

Abbreviation: STIs/HIV, sexually transmitted infections/human immunodeficiency virus.