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Experiencias de (des)protección sociosanitaria de trabajadoras del sexo en Oporto, Portugal

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15530752
AutoresRaquel Santos (0009-0009-9604-4967, autor de correspondencia), Octávio Sacramento (0000-0001-8533-3653, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro), Vera Mendonça (0000-0003-2397-5938, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro)
Año2022
Volumen18
Páginase3891-e3891
Fecha de publicación2022-06-22
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSalud Colectiva (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1669-2381 • E-ISSN: 1851-8265
EditorialInstituto de Salud Colectiva, Universidad Nacional de Lanús (PUBLISHER • AR)
DOI10.18294/sc.2022.3891
PMID36520500
OpenAlexW4283365738
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas17

This article analyzes the social and health challenges linked to sex work and the interventions carried out within this arena, taking into consideration the ways in which prostitution is socially marginalized. Basing our analysis on the experiences and understandings of sex workers practicing in the city of Oporto (Portugal), we attempt to understand the main forms of vulnerability faced by this group, along with the ways in which they experience the relationship with State services and social and health interventions that target them. Qualitative field research was conducted involving a case study of an intervention project. Data collection was carried out from March to June 2019, and included documentary research, participant observation, and semi-structured interviews with project staff and six sex workers. Among the results of our study, we found that sex workers are subject to severe constraints, limiting their use of informal support networks and their access to State social protection and healthcare services. Moreover, although the intervention project based on harm reduction intended to support these women and was indeed valued, it had a strong epidemiological prevention bias favoring an individualistic and assistentialist approach, while failing to address other social vulnerabilities identified by the women themselves

Art · Harm reduction · Humanities · Intervention (counseling · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public health · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · Gender Studies · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Work