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Utilisation of sexual health services by female sex workers in Nepal.
(2011)
I found this article interesting because it verifies anecdotal information from female sex-workers in Kenya. The authors show that female
sex-workers, a high percentage (30%) of whom have sexually transmitied diseases, ...
Levels of advertised unprotected vaginal and oral sex by independent indoor female sex workers in West Yorkshire, UK.
(BMJ, 2014)
OBJECTIVES:
To assess the proportion of independent indoor female sex workers (FSW) in West Yorkshire, UK who advertise unprotected sex, and to investigate any association with cost, location and provision of anal ...
Looking upstream to prevent HIV transmission: can interventions with sex workers alter the course of HIV epidemics in Africa as they did in Asia?
(2014)
BACKGROUND:: High rates of partner change in 'upstream' sex work networks have long been recognized to drive 'downstream' transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We used a stochastic microsimulation model ...
Anal Sex, Vaginal Sex and HIV Risk Among Female Sex Workers in Papua New Guinea.
(2013)
Female sex workers (FSW) are considered one of the key affected populations in Papua New Guinea at risk of acquiring HIV. An integrated bio-behavioral survey of sex workers in Port Moresby was conducted to determine the ...
Knowledge About Sexually Transmitted Infections (STls) and Attitudes Toward Female Sex Workers With STI Symptoms Among Health Care Providers in Laos
(2011)
This article which studied female sex workers in Thailand and Vietnam is interesting because Kenya's Ministry of Health found the knowledge of
care providers in relation to sexually transmitted infections (STls) and sex ...
Onchocerciasis: neurological involvement
(University of Nairobi, 2014-03-17)
Onchocerciasis or “river blindness” is an endemic parasitic disease caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus, transmitted by a blackfly of the genius Simulium. It has a serious public health impact in 39 countries ...
Factors associated with establishment-based female sex workers accessing health care services in Shanghai
(2015)
Female sex workers are a priority population for HIV prevention and health promotion in China. This paper examines the patterns of and factors associated with the utilisation of HIV-related and general health services by ...
The cultural context of the Sierra Leonean Mende woman as patient.
(2010)
The take home message of this paper is that consideration of the culture of the patient, along with other characteristics that influence perception of
self, by those providing health care should be the cornerstone of ...
Community mobilisation programme for female sex workers in coastal Andhra Pradesh, India: processes and their effects.
(2012)
I recommend reading this paper on setting up community-based organisations (CBOs) of sex workers because they are a key population who
should be mobilized to be partners in HIV and sexual transmitted infection (STI) ...
Community-Based HIV and STI Prevention in Women Working in Indoor Sex Markets.
(2012)
I have picked this study because knowing who the target population is, including the country of origin, widens the scope to work better with study
results or population intervention outcomes.
According to studies done ...