scholarly journals Reply to Letter to the Editor, “Response to Medical Students’ Attitudes towards Female Sex Workers

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-77
Author(s):  
Jenna Toki Nakagawa ◽  
Muge Akpinar-Elci
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Female Sex Workers ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Letter To The Editor ◽  
Students Attitudes

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scholarly journals Letter to the editor: female sex workers and HPV vaccine

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-127
Author(s):  
Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff ◽  
Alex Vorsters ◽  
Elske Marra ◽  
Pierre Van Damme ◽  
Arjan Hogewoning
Keyword(s):  
Sex Workers ◽  
Hpv Vaccine ◽  
Female Sex Workers ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Letter To The Editor

scholarly journals Medical Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Female Sex Workers and Their Occupational Risk Factors

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 104-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenna T. Nakagawa ◽  
Muge Akpinar-Elci.
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Female Sex Workers ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Physician Attitudes ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Occupational Risk Factors ◽  
Female Sex

Background: The tendency for female sex workers to seek health care is highly influenced by physician attitudes and behavior. By identifying medical students' attitudes toward female sex workers and assessing their knowledge of barriers to seeking care, we can focus medical training and advocacy efforts to increase access to care and improve public health outcomes. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, medical students from various countries were invited to participate in an online survey with close-ended questions and Likert scale statements. Responses were quantified and knowledge and attitude scores were assigned based on knowledge of barriers to seeking care and agreement with positive and negative attitude statements. Results: A total of 292 medical students from 56 countries completed the survey, of whom 98.3% agreed that it will be their job to provide treatment to patients regardless of occupation. Self-identified religious students conveyed more negative attitudes toward female sex workers compared to those who did not identify themselves as religious (p<0.001). Students intending to practice in countries where prostitution is legal conveyed more positive attitudes compared to those intending to practice in countries where prostitution is illegal (p<0.001). Conclusion: Medical students largely agreed on the importance of providing care to female sex workers as a vulnerable group. In addition to addressing knowledge gaps in medical education, more localized studies are needed to understand the religious and legal influences on attitudes toward female sex workers. Such information can help focus the efforts in both medical education and communication training to achieve the desired behavioral impacts, reconciling the future generations of health care providers with the needs of female sex workers.

Beyond the Brothels: A Qualitative Study of the Destitute Female Sex Workers of Central Delhi Red Light Area

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-36
Author(s):  
Anushree Nagpal ◽  
Atiqua Tajdar ◽  
Masood Ahsan Siddiqui ◽  
Mohammad Hassan ◽  
Suman Gaur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Workers ◽  
Female Sex Workers ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Familial Support ◽  
Medical Facilities ◽  
Light Area

The term ‘sex workers’ refers to those involved in prostitution. This particular term is preferred as it does not have the derogatory, sexist connotation that the term ‘prostitute’ has. Belonging to a highly stigmatized profession with no financial and familial support forthcoming, the latter years of the lives of destitute female sex workers are spent in abject misery and poverty. Effort has been made to study the socio economic status and the ways adopted by these women, post active prostitution period, to support themselves and their families. This paper is based on the field study conducted in central Delhi red light area during August-September, 2016. Direct interviews with the respondents using questionnaires as well as participant observation techniques were used to collect the data. The study indicate that destitute female sex workers, once out of active prostitution, start working as domestic helpers, work with local voluntary organizations, or as helpers in brothels. The income earned is very meager with hardly any amount left to be saved. Most of the women live in one room rented accommodations. Their access to medical facilities was found to be extremely restricted.

scholarly journals Trends in Reported Sexual Behavior and Y-Chromosomal DNA Detection Among Female Sex Workers in the Senegal Preexposure Prophylaxis Demonstration Project

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 314-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Allen Roberts ◽  
Stephen E. Hawes ◽  
Mame D. Bousso Bao ◽  
Anna Julienne Ndiaye ◽  
Daouda Gueye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Female Sex Workers ◽  
Dna Detection ◽  
Demonstration Project ◽  
Chromosomal Dna ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Preexposure Prophylaxis

scholarly journals Behavioural interventions promoting condom use among female sex workers in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uchenna O Okafor ◽  
Rik Crutzen ◽  
Yauri Aduak ◽  
Sylvia Adebajo ◽  
Hubertus W Van den Borne
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Condom Use ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Female Sex Workers ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Behavioural Interventions ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Sub Saharan
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