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Performing and Policing Prostitution: Race and Sexuality in Colonial Hong Kong Under the Contagious Diseases Ordinances. [PDF]

NTM
Kücken E.
europepmc   +1 more source

Do Criminalization Policies Impact Local Homelessness?

Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Local criminalization policies draw on the logic of deterrence to levy costs on individuals who engage in behaviors that are closely associated with various public concerns, such as those criminalizing behaviors associated with homelessness, thereby potentially reducing community‐level costs.
Hannah Lebovits, Andrew Sullivan
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Prefecture-Level Association Between Reported Syphilis Cases and Sexually Oriented Establishments in Japan: An Ecological Study. [PDF]

Cureus
Takamoto D, Kawahara T, Jurii K, Shinnosuke K, Teranishi JI, Makiyama K.   +5 more
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Policy Narratives and Empowerment: Implementation of the Swedish National Violence Prevention Program

Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT As the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) begins to unpack issues of power and narratives, the main focus has been on power‐over and domination rather than more transformative notions of power‐to and empowerment. This article draws on insights from gender and policy studies and suggests that the NPF benefits from adopting a multifaceted notion ...
Hilda Broqvist
wiley   +1 more source

Preventing the heterosexual epidemic: Responses and contingencies during the HIV/AIDS crisis in Denmark, 1981-1997. [PDF]

Med Hist
Wung-Sung TF.
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The Intersection of Human Rights, HIV and Sex Work: Implications for Ending AIDS in Thailand by 2030

Journal of the International AIDS Society, Volume 29, Issue 7, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Sex work significantly shapes the Thai economy and the HIV epidemic, yet its criminalization restricts access to health services and exacerbates human rights violations. This study examines experiences of stigma, discrimination, gender‐based violence (GBV) and incarceration among sex workers (SWs), exploring how these factors ...
Ravipa Vannakit, David Clarke, Surang Janyam, Chamrong Phaengnongyang, Chomnad Manopaiboon, Inthira Suya, Philippe Girault, Jintanat Ananworanich, Michael Cassell, R. Cameron Wolf   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gold for Cash and an Inflamed Rash: An Archival Study of Syphilis and Gonorrhoea in the Gold Mining Era of Otago, New Zealand. [PDF]

J R Soc N Z
Rutten KA, Buckley HR, Woodley SJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

Socio‐Spatial Mobility and Inequalities in Adolescent Agency: A Longitudinal Study From Peru

Population, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 5, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines how socio‐spatial mobility across middle childhood and early adolescence is associated with perceived agency, using five waves of Young Lives Peru panel data (ages 8–15; N = 2,099). A multidimensional measure of socio‐spatial mobility is constructed to capture residential moves, rural‐urban transitions, and poverty ...
Riccardo Valente
wiley   +1 more source

Venereology and the transformation of sexually transmitted infection services in Beirut, with lessons for the Eastern Mediterranean. [PDF]

BMC Glob Public Health
Assi M, Maatouk I.
europepmc   +1 more source

(Dis)information Systems: a Systemic View of Disinformation

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Volume 43, Issue 4, Page 1560-1575, July/August 2026.
ABSTRACT Disinformation is an ancient social phenomenon that has found a favourable environment for dissemination in internet‐based social networks. While the scientific community seeks to address the problem by creating specific tools to detect and classify the various types of false information, we argue that systems thinking is necessary to ...
Herbert Laroca, Vitor Rocio, Antonio Cunha   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source