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ArticleGlobal public health2013

Venue-level correlates of female sex worker registration status: a multilevel analysis of bars in Tijuana, Mexico.

Tommi L Gaines, Melanie L A Rusch, Kimberly C Brouwer, Shira M Goldenberg, Remedios Lozada, Angela M Robertson, Emily Perkins, Steffanie A Strathdee, Thomas L Patterson

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Article in Global public health, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 authors.

Tommi L GainesDivision of Global Public Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Melanie L A Rusch
Kimberly C Brouwer
Shira M Goldenberg
Remedios Lozada
Angela M Robertson
Emily Perkins
Steffanie A Strathdee
Thomas L Patterson

Funding

HOPE Training GrantT32AI007384 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Sara Gianella Weibel, Scott L Letendre · 1990 to 2026
$9.7M
Epidemiologic Study on Changing HIV Risks Among FSW-IDUs on the Mexico-US BorderR01DA023877 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI STRATHDEE, STEFFANIE A. · 2008 to 2012
$3.3M
Evolving HIV/STI risk environments of FSWs on the Mexico/U.S. BorderR01DA028692 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BROUWER, KIMBERLY C · 2010 to 2014
$3.2M
Proyecto Parejas: HIV/STI Risks among FSWs and their Non-Commercial PartnersR01DA027772 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI STRATHDEE, STEFFANIE A. · 2009 to 2013
$3.1M
Modeling the Complex Dynamics between Behaviors and Environments Shaping HIV/STIsK01DA034523 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GAINES, TOMMI LYNN · 2012 to 2016
$905k
Epidemiology of Syphilis among IDUs in Tijuana, MexicoR00DA024135 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI RUSCH, MELANIE LENA ANNE · 2009 to 2011
$715k
Concurrent Partnerships Among High-Risk Couples in the U.S.-Mexico Border RegionR36DA032376 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BAZZI, ANGELA ROBERTSON · 2011 to 2012
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Abstract

In Tijuana, Mexico, sex work is regulated by the municipal government, through registration cards issued to female sex workers (FSWs) for an annual fee. Registration has been associated with decreased drug use and increase condom use and HIV testing. Previously, it was demonstrated that FSWs operating in bars were more likely than street-based FSWs to be registered. This implies that certain venues may be more accessible to local authorities for the enforcement of this type of programme. Taking a novel multilevel approach, we examined whether venue characteristics of bars reflecting greater organised management and visibility affect registration status of FSWs. In an analysis of venue-level characteristics, predictors of being registered were availability of free condoms at work and distance to the main sex strip; however, these were not independently associated after inclusion of FSWs' income, illicit drug use and history of HIV testing. Our findings suggest that sex work regulations may inadvertently exclude venues in which the more vulnerable and less visible FSWs, such as injection drug users and those with limited financial resources, are situated. Efforts to revise or reconsider sex work regulations to ensure that they best promote FSWs' health, human and labour rights are recommended.

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Guideline AdherenceRegistriesWorkplaceAdultCondomsFemaleGovernment RegulationHealth PromotionHIV InfectionsHumansLogistic ModelsMexicoMultivariate AnalysisRetrospective StudiesSexually Transmitted DiseasesSex Work

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PMID23534477
PMCPMC3704167

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