'We are despised in the hospitals': Sex workers' experiences of accessing health care in four African countries

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 450-465

  Scorgie, Fiona ^a   Nakato, Daisy ^b   Harper, Eric ^c   Richter, Marlise ^a,d   Maseko, Sian ^e   Nare, Prince ^f   Smit, Jenni ^a   Chersich, Matthew ^d,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Women's Organization Network for Human Rights Advocacy (WONETHA)   (Uganda)

^c African Sex Worker Alliance   (South Africa)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e Sexual Rights Centre   (Zimbabwe)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

healthcare access; prostitution; sex work; stigma; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSSEXUALITY; UGANDA; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONDOMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUSAL TO TREAT; SEX WORKERS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84875382034     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.763187     Document Type: Article

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