ArticleCulture, health & sexuality2015
Mobile phones and sex work in South India: the emerging role of mobile phones in condom use by female sex workers in two Indian states.
Article in Culture, health & sexuality, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03086655 (Tel-Me-Box), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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Tel-Me-Box: Validating and Testing a Novel, Low-cost, Real-time Monitoring Device With Hair Level Analysis Among Adherence-challenged Patients
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Texting Intervention to Maintain Sexual Risk Reduction with Clients Among Female Sex Workers in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.AIDS and behavior · 2020Trial
- The Use of Information and Communication Technologies by Sex Workers to Manage Occupational Health and Safety: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
- Development and Open Pilot Trial of an HIV-Prevention Intervention Integrating Mobile-Phone Technology for Male Sex Workers in Chennai, India.Archives of sexual behavior · 2017Article
- The Role of Sex Work Pay in Moderating the Effect of Mobile Phone Solicitation on Condom Practices: An Analysis of Female Sex Workers in India.HSOA journal of AIDS clinical research & STDs · 2017Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine female sex workers' solicitation of clients using mobile phones and the association between this and condom use with clients. Cross-sectional data were utilised to address the study's aim, drawing on data collected from female sex workers in Calicut, Kerala, and Chirala, Andhra Pradesh. Use of mobile phone solicitation was reported by 46.3% (n = 255) of Kerala participants and 78.7% (n = 464) of those in Andhra Pradesh. Kerala participants reporting exclusive solicitation using mobile phones demonstrated 1.67 times higher odds (95% CI: 1.01-2.79) of inconsistent condom use than those reporting non-use of mobile phones for solicitation. However, those reporting exclusive solicitation through mobile phones in Andhra Pradesh reported lower odds of inconsistent condom use (OR: 0.03; 95% CI: 0.01-0.26) than those not using mobile phones for solicitation. Findings indicate that solicitation of clients using mobile phones facilitates or hampers consistency in condom use with clients depending on the context, and how mobile phones are incorporated into solicitation practices. Variations in sex work environments, including economic dependence on sex work or lack thereof may partially account for the different effects found.
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