Mandatory Testing for HIV and Sexually Transmissible Infections among Sex Workers in Australia: A Barrier to HIV and STI Prevention
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Violence, condom negotiation, and HIV/STI risk among sex workers.
IN MOST PARTS OF THE WORLD, SOME OR ALL ASPECTS OF sex work are criminalized. Consequently, sex workers have few legal protections and may easily be exploited or abused by clients, coworkers, and law enforcement officials. The isolation and disempowerment of sex workers, enforced by the threat of violence, may create barriers to negotiating safe sex practices, thereby increasing the risk for hu...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of AIDS
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2160-8814,2160-8822
DOI: 10.4236/wja.2012.23026