Chen, Baifeng Chen, Jian Shao, Yinbao Hu, Daibao Ding, Xinping Wen, Yufeng
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Medical science monitor basic research
BACKGROUND Consistent condom use among female sex workers (FSWs) is a key intervention in China's AIDS Control Program. Female sex workers (FSWs) in China are at increased risk for acquiring HIV/AIDS because of low knowledge about HIV transmission and inconsistent use of condoms, the grade of venues may play a role in HIV/AIDS-related knowledge and...
Fehrenbacher, Anne E Chowdhury, Debasish Jana, Smarajit Ray, Protim Dey, Bharati Ghose, Toorjo Swendeman, Dallas
This study examines determinants of consistent condom use (CCU) among married and cohabiting female sex workers (FSW) in India. Although CCU with clients is normative in the study area, most FSW do not consistently use condoms with intimate partners. Multiple logistic regression models indicated that condom use with intimate partners was associated...
Ortblad, Katrina F Chanda, Michael M Musoke, Daniel Kibuuka Ngabirano, Thomson Mwale, Magdalene Nakitende, Aidah Chongo, Steven Kamungoma, Nyambe Kanchele, Catherine Bärnighausen, Till
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BackgroundHIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective for prevention of HIV acquisition, but requires HIV testing at regular intervals. Female sex workers (FSWs) are a priority population for HIV prevention interventions in many settings, but face barriers to accessing healthcare. Here, we assessed the acceptability of HIV self-testing ...
Ferenc, Tomasz
The article examines the relations between photography, body, nudity, and sexuality. It presents changing relations of photography with a naked or semi-naked body and different forms and recording conventions. From the mid-19th century the naked body became the subject of scientifically grounded photographic explorations, an allegorical motif refer...
Ferenc, Tomasz
The article examines the relations between photography, body, nudity, and sexuality. It presents changing relations of photography with a naked or semi-naked body and different forms and recording conventions. From the mid-19th century the naked body became the subject of scientifically grounded photographic explorations, an allegorical motif refer...
Ferenc, Tomasz
The article examines the relations between photography, body, nudity, and sexuality. It presents changing relations of photography with a naked or semi-naked body and different forms and recording conventions. From the mid-19th century the naked body became the subject of scientifically grounded photographic explorations, an allegorical motif refer...
Jain, Jennifer P Bristow, Claire C Pines, Heather A Harvey-Vera, Alicia Rangel, Gudelia Staines, Hugo Patterson, Thomas L Strathdee, Steffanie A
BACKGROUND:Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common cause of vaginitis among women worldwide and is associated with increased susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. We aimed to determine the impact of the HIV risk environment on BV among female sex workers who inject drugs (FSW-PWIDs) in Tijuana and Ciudad Juare...
Pines, Heather A Semple, Shirley J Strathdee, Steffanie A Hendrix, Craig W Harvey-Vera, Alicia Gorbach, Pamina M Magis-Rodríguez, Carlos Martinez, Gustavo Patterson, Thomas L
BackgroundTo assess the potential acceptability and inform the development of behaviorally-congruent vaginal douche- or gel-based HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) products, we examined vaginal washing and lubrication practices among female sex workers (FSWs) in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, two northern Mexico cities bordering the United States (US...
Shannon, Kate Crago, Anna-Louise Baral, Stefan D Bekker, Linda-Gail Kerrigan, Deanna Decker, Michele R Poteat, Tonia Wirtz, Andrea L Weir, Brian Boily, Marie-Claude
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Female, male, and transgender sex workers continue to have disproportionately high burdens of HIV infection in low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries in 2018. 4 years since our Lancet Series on HIV and sex work, our updated analysis of the global HIV burden among female sex workers shows that HIV prevalence is unacceptably high at 10·...
Shannon, K Crago, A-L Baral, S Bekker, L-G Kerrigan, D Decker, M Poteat, T Wirtz, A Weir, B Boily, MC
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Female, male, and transgender sex workers continue to have disproportionately high burdens of HIV infection in low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries in 2018. 4 years since our Lancet Series on HIV and sex work, our updated analysis of the global HIV burden among female sex workers shows that HIV prevalence is unacceptably high at 10·...
