Survival Sex Work and Increased HIV Risk Among Sexual Minority Street-Involved Youth
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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...
متن کاملSurvival 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...
متن کاملHIV 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...
متن کاملThe relationship between violence and engagement in drug dealing and sex work among street-involved youth.
OBJECTIVES Street-involved youth are highly vulnerable to violence. While involvement in income-generating activities within illicit drug scenes is recognized as shaping youths' vulnerability to violence, the relative contributions of different income-generating activities remain understudied. We sought to examine the independent effects of drug dealing and sex work on experiencing violence amo...
متن کاملHIV prevalence and testing among street-involved youth in Ontario
Although the evidence about rates of HIV transmission among streetinvolved youth is unclear, this group is at risk of sexually transmitted bloodborne infections due to factors such as their age, socioeconomic status, housing status and engagement in higher risk behaviours (1). There is limited evidence about HIV prevalence among street-involved youth in Ontario. However, HIV prevalence with...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1525-4135
DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e3181c300d7