Night Moves: A Qualitative Investigation of Street-Level Sex Work

Night Moves: a Qualitative Investigation of Street-level Sex Work

SEX WORK HIV risk profile of male street youth involved in survival sex

Objectives: To compare HIV risk factors of male street youth involved in survival sex with those of their never involved peers and to describe the sexual activities of the involved youths. Methods: From 2001 to 2003, street youth aged 14–23 years were recruited from street youth agencies in Montreal, Canada. Information was collected on sociodemographic characteristics, substance use, and sexua...

The Investigation of Attention Level in Nurses Working Night Shifts and the Relationship Between Sex Hormone and Electrodermal Activity.

3-In the method section, the following expression was used: “the experimental group included nurses who start their shift at 04.00 pm and work until next morning 08.00 am. The control group includes nurses who work between 08.00 am and 04.00 pm.” Thus, from this expression, it was interpreted that the experiment group consisted of nurses who work in the night shift and that the control group co...

Identifying possible reasons why female street sex workers have poor drug treatment outcomes: a qualitative study

AIMS To explore street sex workers (SSWs) views and experiences of drug treatment, in order to understand why this population tend to experience poor drug treatment outcomes. DESIGN In-depth interviews. SETTING Bristol, UK. PARTICIPANTS 24 current and exited SSWs with current or previous experience of problematic use of heroin and/or crack cocaine. FINDINGS Participants described how fe...

Survival sex work involvement among street-involved youth who use drugs in a Canadian setting.

BACKGROUND Drug users engaged in survival sex work are at heightened risk for drug- and sexual-related harms. We examined factors associated with survival sex work among street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada. METHODS From September 2005 to November 2007, baseline data were collected for the At-Risk Youth Study (ARYS), a prospective cohort of street-recruited youth aged 14-26 who use illi...