Survival Sex Trading in Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Most studies on survival sex, defined as sex trading for money, drugs, or other needs , have limited their focus to adolescents. The current study reports about the relationships between survival sex trading (SST) and high-risk behaviors in a sample of adults. Bivariate analysis shows that HIV-positive status, use of cocaine, ketamine, methamphetamine, heroin, having received drug treatment, and having received medical services are associated with SST. SST are more likely to not use condoms with partners other than their main partner, to have partners who inject drugs and are more likely to use drugs with sex. A logistic regression model included unwanted sexual touching, partner abuse, identifying as bisexual, African American, higher age, gender (women more likely), homelessness, a higher number of sexual partners, having anal sex, injection drug use, HIV seropositivity, crack use, and the likelihood of injecting drugs. The model was retested on independently collected Risk Behavior Assessment (RBA) data and showed significant relationships between survival sex and crack use, gender (women more likely), HIV positivity, identifying as bisexual, having anal sex, African American, and a higher number of sex partners. These findings make it imperative to integrate victimization counseling and HIV education into substance abuse treatment programs
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Applied Logistic Regression
Sex related HIV risk behaviors
Intersecting Epidemics -- Crack Cocaine Use and HIV Infection among Inner-City Young Adults
Lifetime risk of a diagnosis of HIV infection in the United States
HIV transmission risk through anal intercourse
Goodness of fit tests for the multiple logistic regression model
Reliability of Drug Users' Self-Reported HIV Risk Behaviors and Validity of Self-Reported Recent Drug Use
Reliability of self-reported HIV risk behaviors of drug users.
Effectively Addressing Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disparities Affecting US Black Women
Drug sharing with clients as a risk marker for increased violence and sexual and drug-related harms among survival sex workers
HIV risk, seropositivity and predictors of infection among homeless and non-homeless women sex workers in Miami, Florida, USA
Emerging linkages between substance abuse and HIV infection in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
Reliability, sensitivity and specificity of self-report of HIV test results
Women, economic hardship and the path of survival
Correlates and Predictors of Women’s Sex Trading Over Time among a Sample of Out-of-treatment Drugs Abusers
Contribution of Anal Sex to HIV Prevalence Among Heterosexuals
HIV Services Utilization in Los Angeles County, California
Heterosexual Anal Sex Reported by Women Receiving HIV Prevention Services in Los Angeles County
Exploring causes and consequences of sex workers' psychological health
HIV Risk Behavior Among Bisexual and Heterosexual Drug Users
Loneliness and Sexual Risk Behavior in Gay Men
Transactional Sex among Men and Women in the South at High Risk for HIV and Other STIs
Meaningful Differences
The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Later Sexual Victimization among Runaway Youth
The Relationship Between Length and Number of Homeless Episodes and Engagement in Survival Sex
Prevalence and correlates of survival sex among runaway and homeless youth
Male-to-Female Transgender and Transsexual Clients of HIV Service Programs in Los Angeles County, California
Prevalence and Predictors of Sexual Risks Among Homeless Youth
Mental disorder, subsistence strategies, and victimization among gay, lesbian, and bisexual homeless and runaway adolescents
Correlates of Engaging in Survival Sex among Homeless Youth and Young Adults
A Framework for Sexual Decision-Making Among Female Sex Workers in Jamaica
Usage of the Terms Prostitution, Sex Work, Transactional Sex, and Survival Sex
Associations between childhood maltreatment and sex work in a cohort of drug-using youth
Awakening as a Change Process among Women at Risk for HIV Who Engage in Survival Sex
Social and structural violence and power relations in mitigating HIV risk of drug-using women in survival sex work
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
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