Characterizing sexual histories of women before formal sex-work in south India from a cross-sectional survey

Implications for HIV/STI prevention

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15375239
AutoresSharmistha Mishra (0000-0001-8492-5470, Imperial College London, autor de correspondencia), Satyanarayana Ramanaik (0000-0002-0157-7253, Karnataka Health Promotion Trust), Jenny Blanchard (0000-0002-4701-590X, University of Manitoba), James F Blanchard, Shiva Halli, Shiva S Halli (0000-0001-5449-6281, University of Manitoba), Stephen Moses (University of Manitoba), T Raghavendra (Karnataka Health Promotion Trust), Parinita Bhattacharjee (0000-0003-3277-7693, Karnataka Health Promotion Trust), Rob Lorway (University of Manitoba), Marissa Becker (0000-0002-9235-0547, University of Manitoba)
Año2012
Volumen12
Número1
Páginas829-829
Fecha de publicación2012-09-28
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
EditorialBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/1471-2458-12-829
PMID23020789
PMCIDPMC3524049
OpenAlexW2171737789
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas27

FSWs identify as sex-workers several years after becoming sexually active, even when the first-sex is commercial in nature. Long-term partnerships are common after a commercial first-sex, and are associated with a delay in formally entering the sex-trade. The findings call for a better understanding of HIV/STI risk before FSWs identify as sex-workers, and an adaptive programme to reach this period of vulnerability

Biostatistics · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Family medicine · Female sex · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Logistic regression · Multivariate analysis · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public health · Research methodology · Sex work · Sex workers · Sociology · Demography · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Sex work and related issues