Neda Malekmohammadi, is a Research Assistant, HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Mehrdad Khezri, MSc, is a Project Manager, HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Ali Ahmad Rafiee Rad, is a Researcher, Department of Sociology, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran. Abedin Iranpour, is an Associate Professor, HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Nima Ghalekhani, PhD, is a Project Manager, HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Mehdi Shafiei bafti, is a Physician, Communicable and Non-Communicable Disease Department, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Farzaneh Zolala, is an Associate Professor, Social Determinants in Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Hamid Sharifi, Ph.D., is a Professor, HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.

*Corresponding author: Hamid Sharifi, e-mail: [email protected]

Authors' note: Authors N. Malekmohammadi and M. Khezri contributed equally.