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Relationship between female sex workers and gatekeeper: The impact on female sex worker’s mental health in China [PDF]

open access: yesPsychology, Health & Medicine, 2013
Global literature suggests that gatekeepers exert enormous influences on lives of female sex workers (FSWs). However, virtually no available studies have examined the FSW-gatekeeper relationship (F-G relationship) and its impact on FSW's mental health. The current study was conducted in 2008-2009 in two cities of southwest China.
Chen, Zhang   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Path Analysis on the Factors Associated with Consistent Use of Female Condom Among Female Sex Workers in Surakarta [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: Female condom is an alternative method to prevent HIV/ AIDS transmission. However, its utilization is low and scanty among female sex workers. It is important to have knowledge on the factors that determine female condom use. This study aimed
Demartoto, A. (Argyo)   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Strategi Peer Educator untuk Peningkatan Kesadaran Pekerja Seks Perempuan terhadap Kesehatan Reproduksi

open access: yesJurnal Sosiologi Andalas, 2020
This article presents the results of research on peer educator strategies to raise female sex workers' awareness of reproductive health. The objectives of this study were 1) to describe the strategies used by peer educators to build sex worker awareness
Lidya Febrina
doaj   +1 more source

The Comparison of Anxiety Disorder Among Ex-Female Sex Workers and Non-Female Sex Workers in The Ex-localization Area

open access: yesKeluwih, 2023
—Indonesian localization of Female Sex Workers (FSW) was one of the largest in Southeast Asia, which has been taken by the government since 2014. The impact of mental health disorders has not yet been reported.
Merry Apriliani Angkawidjaja   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gonococcal tonsillar infection in a female sex worker

open access: yesIndian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS, 2021
Gonorrhea is a common sexually transmitted disease that can be seen worldwide. Gonorrhea usually presents with the genital disorder. Nevertheless, rare clinical manifestation can also be seen. Here, the authors would like to present the case of a female prostitute presenting with repeated tonsillitis and finally diagnosed for ...
Sookaromdee, Pathum   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Children of female sex workers and injection drug users: a review of vulnerability, resilience, and family-centered models of care in low and middle-income countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This item is archived in the repository for materials published for the USAID supported Orphans and Vulnerable Children Comprehensive Action Research Project (OVC-CARE) at the Boston University Center for Global Health and Development.Background ...
Beard, Jennifer   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Progress toward UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets: A respondent-driven survey among female sex workers in Kampala, Uganda. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
BACKGROUND:We investigated progress towards UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets among female sex workers in Kampala, Uganda, who bear a disproportionate burden of HIV.
Reena H Doshi   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Female sex workers and fear of stigmatisation [PDF]

open access: yesSexually Transmitted Infections, 2005
Female sex workers are often forced to work underground and away from their local communities. Historical records show that female sex workers have been frequently singled out for social control and treated as a distinct section of the community. This social rejection and isolation has serious repercussions on the health provisions to them and on their
openaire   +2 more sources

HIV prevention among female sex workers in Africa [PDF]

open access: yesSAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS, 2012
Sex work occurs to meet the demand for sexual services and is a universal phenomenon. In Africa sex work takes many forms and is an important source of income for many women. Yet sex worker reproductive health needs remain largely unmet. The criminalisation of sex work; community and service provider stigma; violence; substance use and limited access ...
Scheibe, A, Drame, FM, Shannon, K
openaire   +3 more sources

Personalized Selumetinib Dosing in Pediatric Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Insights From a Pilot Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate selumetinib exposure using therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in pediatric patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and plexiform neurofibromas (PN), assess interpatient pharmacokinetic variability, and explore the relationship between drug exposure, clinical response, and adverse effects.
Janka Kovács   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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