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ArticleGlobal public health2021

Lack of full citizenship rights linked to heightened client condom refusal among im/migrant sex workers in Metro Vancouver (2010-2018).

Bronwyn McBride, Kate Shannon, Melissa Braschel, Minshu Mo, Shira M Goldenberg

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Article in Global public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. HIV/AIDS among migrants in Morocco: a cross-sectional biobehavioral study.International journal for equity in health · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bronwyn McBrideCentre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity, Vancouver, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2226-5600
Kate ShannonCentre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity, Vancouver, Canada.
Melissa BraschelCentre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity, Vancouver, Canada.
Minshu MoCentre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity, Vancouver, Canada.
Shira M GoldenbergCentre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity, Vancouver, Canada.
University of British Columbia · CASimon Fraser University · CA

Funding

Social and structural context of HIV/STI risk among FSWsR01DA028648 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA · PI GOLDENBERG, SHIRA MIRIAM, KRUSI, ANDREA · 2010 to 2024
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NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA028648
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Canada, im/migrant sex workers face stigma, health access barriers, and overlapping marginalisation, with end-demand law reforms in 2014 postulated to exacerbate these inequities. Yet, little quantitative evidence on how immigration status shapes HIV/STI risk exists. Drawing on community-based longitudinal cohort data (AESHA, 2010-2018), we used multivariable confounder models with logistic regression to model (1) the independent effect of precarious immigration status (any status revocable under criminal charges: permanent residency/temporary residency/undocumented) on client condom refusal, and (2) the moderating effect of precarious status on the relationship between condom refusal and exposure to end-demand law reform (2015-2018). Over this 8-year study involving 758 sex workers in Metro Vancouver, 16.0% were im/migrants, of whom 57% had precarious immigration status at baseline. 16.5% of participants experienced client condom refusal. Precarious immigration was associated with increased odds of facing condom refusal (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 2.53, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.37-4.68), and these odds were heightened post-end-demand law reforms (AOR 4.35, 95%CI 1.21-15.66). Our findings suggest that lack of citizenship rights may enhance barriers to safer sex negotiation and increase HIV/STI risk among sex workers, highlighting the need for sex work and immigration policy reforms.

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HIV InfectionsSexually Transmitted DiseasesSex WorkersTransients and MigrantsCondomsHumansclient condom refusalend-demandHIVMigrant sex workerssex work

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PMID31902279
PMCPMC7673672
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