ReviewCurrent opinion in HIV and AIDS2014
HIV infection among female sex workers in concentrated and high prevalence epidemics: why a structural determinants framework is needed.
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- Interventions to improve health and the determinants of health among sex workers in high-income countries: a systematic review.The Lancet. Public health · 2023Pooled it
- The social and structural determinants of sexual and reproductive health and rights in migrants and refugees: a systematic review of reviews.Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit · 2021Pooled it
- 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
- Associations between sex work laws and sex workers' health: A systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative and qualitative studies.PLoS medicine · 2018Pooled it
- HIV Testing and Counseling Among Female Sex Workers: A Systematic Literature Review.AIDS and behavior · 2018Pooled it
- Policing practices as a structural determinant for HIV among sex workers: a systematic review of empirical findings.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2016Pooled it
- Behavioral and Structural Interventions for PrEP Adherence Among Young Female Sex Workers from Western Kenya.AIDS and behavior · 2026Trial
- "I have the vaccine in my body": perceptions of female sex workers after enrolling in a phase IIb HIV vaccine and pre-exposure prophylaxis trial in urban Tanzania.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Sexual knowledge as a predictor of intention in sexual activity in university women.AJOG global reports · 2026Article
- Structural determinants and health-related quality of life among people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.Systematic reviews · 2026Article
- Take-home naloxone (THN) ownership among a community-based cohort of sex workers who use drugs in metro vancouver: longitudinal trends and structural determinants (2017-2024).Harm reduction journal · 2026Article
- Perceived Social Support, Contact Violence Experience, and Sexually Transmitted Infection Risk among Gambian Female Sex Workers: A LASSO-Guided, Causal Inference, and Multilevel Analysis.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2026Article
- Sociocultural and Structural Determinants Affecting Women's Health Among Female Sex Workers in Cameroon: A Qualitative Pilot Study.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- From housing to home and belonging: structural violence, ontological (in)security and women's mental health.Frontiers in sociology · 2026Article
- Gender-based differences in harm reduction practices among people who use drugs in Rhode island: a latent class analysis.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Fostering Safety, Support, and Hope: A Qualitative Study of Multistakeholder Perspectives on Designing Health Care Services for Women Who Use Drugs in Seattle, Washington, 2023.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- Association between sex work occupational stigma and inconsistent condom use: findings from a community-based cohort of women sex workers in Vancouver, Canada (2014-2022).Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2024Article
- Contextual Factors Influencing Implementation of HIV Treatment Support Strategies for Female Sex Workers Living With HIV in South Africa: A Qualitative Analysis Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2024Article
- Sexual violence affecting female sex workers in Côte d'Ivoire: prevalence, context, and associated mental health and substance use outcomes.BMC public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThis article reviews the current state of the epidemiological literature on female sex work and HIV from the past 18 months. We offer a conceptual framework for structural HIV determinants and sex work that unpacks intersecting structural, interpersonal, and individual biological and behavioural factors. RECENT
findingsOur review suggests that despite the heavy HIV burden among female sex workers (FSWs) globally, data on the structural determinants shaping HIV transmission dynamics have only begun to emerge. Emerging research suggests that factors operating at macrostructural (e.g., migration, stigma, criminalized laws), community organization (e.g., empowerment) and work environment levels (e.g., violence, policing, access to condoms HIV testing, HAART) act dynamically with interpersonal (e.g., dyad factors, sexual networks) and individual biological and behavioural factors to confer risks or protections for HIV transmission in female sex work. SUMMARY: Future research should be guided by a Structural HIV Determinants Framework to better elucidate the complex and iterative effects of structural determinants with interpersonal and individual biological and behavioural factors on HIV transmission pathways among FSWs, and meet critical gaps in optimal access to HIV prevention, treatment, and care for FSWs globally.
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