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...

OBJECTIVE There is limited information available about the mental health of female sex workers. Therefore, we aimed to make a comprehensive assessment of the mental status of female sex workers over different outdoors and indoors work settings and nationalities. METHOD As the prerequisites of a probability sampling were not given, a quota-sampling strategy was the best possible alternative. S...

Introduction: The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and sexual self-esteem in female sex workers. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-correlational study conducted in February 2015, 108 female sex workers residing in Toos women's care center in Mashhad were selected through convenience sampling method. For data collection, Young Early M...

I n most countries, sex workers are stigmatised, discriminated against, prosecuted, and harassed. They are often seen as immoral people or as victims of unscrupulous traffickers who exploit the lack of opportunities of deprivileged inhabitants of mostly poor countries. Unfortunately, public health workers and researchers can share these attitudes. However, what should be addressed are the condi...

Pakistan's HIV epidemic is fully established and expanding among injection drug users (IDUs) of whom 20% are infected with HIV. Nascent epidemics are seen in some cities among Male sex workers and transgenders who form sexual contacts of IDUs. With involvement of sex workers, Pakistan appears to be following the "Asian Epidemic Model". On the other hand, nearly all patients in HIV clinics are e...

“Sex worker” is a broad umbrella term that can refer to anyone who works in the sex industry. Although some people use this term to include exotic dancers, actors in pornographic films, and nude models, this issue of PERSPECTIVES uses “sex worker” to refer specifically to people who exchange sex for money. Using “sex work” recognizes this activity as an occupation that provides a source of inco...

The practice of safe sex by commercial sex workers is considered to be central in preventing the transmission of AIDS in developing countries. However, anecdotal evidence suggests that sex workers may face large losses in income from using condoms because of a strong preference for condom-free sex among clients. This paper attempts to estimate the compensating differential for condom use among ...

BACKGROUND Despite a large body of evidence globally demonstrating that the criminalization of sex workers increases HIV/STI risks, we know far less about the impact of criminalization and policing of managers and in-call establishments on HIV/STI prevention among sex workers, and even less so among migrant sex workers. METHODS Analysis draws on ethnographic fieldwork and 46 qualitative inter...

Background Female sex workers have been disproportionately affected with HIV and anal sexual experience elevate their vulnerability. Anal intercourse has more risk of HIV transmission than vaginal intercourse for receptors that coupled with low condom and proper lubricant use behavior during anal sex. Besides majority of them did not understand HIV transmission risk of anal intercourse. In Ethi...

Female street sex workers in the UK are often addicted to heroin, and sex work may be a result of the economic drive to fund this addiction. This study looks at outcomes of a primary care drugs treatment intervention for street sex workers who use heroin, using prescribed maintenance treatment with intensive health and psychosocial support. Thirty-four sex workers entered the study and 100% wer...