Occupational stigma as a primary barrier to health care for street-based sex workers in Canada

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-150

  Lazarus, Lisa ^a   Deering, Kathleen N ^a,b   Nabess, Rose ^c,d   Gibson, Kate ^c   Tyndall, Mark W ^a   Shannon, Kate ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c WISH Drop In Centre Society   (Canada)

^d Sex Workers' United Against Violence   (Canada)

Author keywords

barriers to health care; occupational stigma; policy; sex work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84859116012     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.628411     Document Type: Article

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