ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2014
Migration status, work conditions and health utilization of female sex workers in three South African cities.
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- Structural determinants of HIV/STI prevalence, HIV/STI/sexual and reproductive health access, and condom use among immigrant sex workers globally.AIDS (London, England) · 2021Pooled it
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- Systematic review of facility-based sexual and reproductive health services for female sex workers in Africa.Globalization and health · 2014Pooled it
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- Factors influencing to early initiation of sex work among female street sex workers in Jimma and Agaro Towns, Southwest Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Stakeholder Roles and Views in the Implementation of the Differentiated HIV Treatment Service Delivery Model Among Female Sex Workers in Gauteng Province, South Africa.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Estimating the mortality risk correcting for high loss to follow-up among female sex workers with HIV in Durban, South Africa, 2018-2021.Annals of epidemiology · 2024Article
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- Engagement in sexual healthcare and STI/HIV burden of first- and second-generation migrant and Western-born female sex workers in the Netherlands: A retrospective cohort study.Journal of migration and health · 2024Article
- A Confounding Discourse Analysis of Vietnamese Sex Workers' Talk in the City of Kaiyuan, China.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Predictors of mobility among women engaged in commercial sex work in Uganda using generalized estimating equations model.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2023Article
- Opportunities and considerations for the design of decentralized delivery of antiretroviral therapy for female sex workers living with HIV in South Africa.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- The HIV Cascade of Care and Service Utilisation at Sex Work Programmes Among Female Sex Workers in South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- No increased HIV risk in general population near sex work sites: A nationally representative cross-sectional study in Zimbabwe.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2022Article
- Migration and Mobility: Correlates of Recent HIV Testing Among Substance Using Female Sex Workers at the Mexico-Guatemala Border.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- Mapping Workplace Neighborhood Mobility Among Sex Workers in an Urban Canadian Setting: Results of a Community-Based Spatial Epidemiological Study From 2010-2016.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2021Article
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Abstract
Intersections between migration and sex work are underexplored in southern Africa, a region with high internal and cross-border population mobility, and HIV prevalence. Sex work often constitutes an important livelihood activity for migrant women. In 2010, sex workers trained as interviewers conducted cross-sectional surveys with 1,653 female sex workers in Johannesburg (Hillbrow and Sandton), Rustenburg and Cape Town. Most (85.3%) sex workers were migrants (1396/1636): 39.0% (638/1636) internal and 46.3% (758/1636) cross-border. Cross-border migrants had higher education levels, predominately worked part-time, mainly at indoor venues, and earned more per client than other groups. They, however, had 41% lower health service contact (adjusted odds ratio = 0.59; 95% confidence interval = 0.40-0.86) and less frequent condom use than non-migrants. Police interaction was similar. Cross-border migrants appear more tenacious in certain aspects of sex work, but require increased health service contact. Migrant-sensitive, sex work-specific health care and health education are needed.
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