Browsing Journal Reviews by Subject "Occupational & Environmental Medicine"
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Barriers to free antiretroviral treatment access for female sex workers in Chennai, India
(Center for HIV Prevention and Research, University of Nairobi, 2009)This article is important because it highlights the level of stigma experienced by women who are involved in sex work and are HIV-positive, thus experiencing a double stigma. Because of this, the sex workers were said to ... -
Health work, female sex workers and HIV/AIDS: global and local dimensions of stigma and deviance as barriers to effective interventions
(Center for HIV Prevention and Research, University of Nairobi, 2008)This study validates my own clinical experience that sex workers are sometimes stigmatized. discriminated against and denied services. Advanced Sign out This article is about how stigma can and does interfere with ...