Piloting a 'spatial isolation' index: The built environment and sexual and drug use risks to sex workers

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 533-542

  Deering, Kathleen N ^a,b   Rusch, Melanie ^a,c   Amram, Ofer ^a,d   Chettiar, Jill ^a,b   Nguyen, Paul ^a   Feng, Cindy X ^e   Shannon, Kate ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug use; HIV risk; Sex work; Sex workers; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; NATIONAL PARK; PILOT STUDY; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTITUTION; SAFETY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ISOLATION INDEX; WELLBEING; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTITUTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84902821425     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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