Objectives: The diaphragm, a woman controlled, reusable contraceptive device, might prevent some sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We assessed the acceptability and feasibility of use of silicone WideSeal Arcing Diaphragms (Milex Products, Chicago, IL, USA) by sex workers in Madagascar. Methods: Over 8 weeks, we evaluated method acceptability by examining patterns of and problems with wom...

94 www.thelancet.com Vol 385 January 10, 2015 and Evaluation responded to criticisms and improved its practices. The new GBD 2013 estimates show the vast expansion of collaborators, acquiring primary information even from countries that traditionally provide little data, such as China, Mexico, Turkey, and Russia. The description of methods is more detailed and transparent, and the instruments o...

BACKGROUND Researching male sex work offers insight into the sexual lives of men and women while developing a more realistic appreciation for the changing issues associated with male sex work. This type of research is important because it not only reflects a growing and diversifying consumer demand for male sex work, but also because it enables the construction of knowledge that is up-to-date w...

This chapter addresses work 'segregation' by sex in the cultural industries. We outline some of the main forms this takes, according to our observations: the high presence of women in marketing and public relations roles; the high numbers of women in production co-ordination and similar roles; the domination of men of more prestigious creative roles; and the domination by men of technical jobs....

HIV prevalence in China is low in the general population but higher among certain key affected populations, including sex workers. Providing and purchasing sexual services are administrative offenses. Police engage in humiliating and repressive practices against sex workers. A study reported here based on the experience of over 500 sex workers highlights that the human rights abuses that sex wo...

OBJECTIVES The association between psychosocial work dimensions (i.e. demand and control) and obesity has been found to be inconclusive, indicating that individual differences factors might also contribute to explain the variability in BMI. MATERIALS AND METHODS The interaction between work dimensions and personality variables in a group of male and female workers (N = 506), and its associati...

The literature contains many examples of the relationship between health and various measures of socioeconomic status, including income, education, and employment. There are undoubtedly multiple causal links between these variables; income and education affect health, and health affects the ability to be educated and the ability to work. There are also third factors that affect both health and ...