Occupational safety and HIV risk among female sex workers in China: A mixed-methods analysis of sex-work harms and mommies

Global Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 840-855

  Yi, Huso ^a   Zheng, Tiantian ^b   Wan, Yanhai ^c   Mantell, Joanne E ^d   Park, Minah ^e   Csete, Joanne ^f  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Aizhixing Institute of Health Education   (China)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

China; female sex workers; sex work harms; social capital; social ecology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEX WORKER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEFT; UNSAFE SEX; VERBAL HOSTILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHINA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK; SEX OFFENSES; SEX WORKERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865357179     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2012.662991     Document Type: Article

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