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Typology of older female sex workers and sexual risk for HIV infection in China: a qualitative study.
(2014)
The HIV epidemic continues to develop among older adults in China, including older female sex workers. Yet, few studies have been conducted among this relatively hidden population. The objectives of this study were to ...
Social and Structural Factors Associated with Consistent Condom Use Among Female Entertainment Workers Trading Sex in the Philippines.
(Springerlink, 2013)
This paper examined socio-structural factors of consistent condom use among female entertainment workers at high risk for acquiring HIV in Metro Manila, Quezon City, Philippines. Entertainers, aged 18 and over, from 25 ...
The relationship between HIV/Sexually Transmitted Infection risk and alcohol use during commercial sex episodes: results from the study of female commercial sex workers in the Philippines
(2006)
The results of this study will be particularly important in designing more responsive interventions for alcohol-related behaviour towards better
control of HIV and sexually transmitted infections.
This interesting finding ...
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, ...
HIV prevention and street-based male sex workers: an evaluation of brief interventions.
(2006)
This study shows that brief interventions to reduce HIV risk were acceptable to male sex workers (MSWs) and are efficacious for reducing
unprotected anal sex during paid sexual encounters. These methods should be developed ...
Prevalence of sexual difficulties among female sex workers and clients attending a sexual health service.
(2007)
This study confirms what has been observed in Kenya; female sex-workers are exposed to psychological and physical torture, particularly at the
level of condom-use negotiation.
The article reports on the abuse of rights ...
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 ...