ArticleBMC women's health2021
Commercial sex work among university students: a case study of four public universities in Ghana.
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- "He showed me a knife and said they would kill me and no one would know or care": a qualitative study into the experiences of transnational sex workers in Ghana.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Cross-sectional evaluation of a peer educator-led empowerment initiative for improving participation in cervical precancer screening among female sex workers in Ghana.Ecancermedicalscience · 2025Article
- Female transactional sex workers' experiences and health-seeking behaviour in low-middle income countries: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Do HIV provider and client perspectives align on person-centered care? Lessons learned from implementation of the Person-Centered Care Assessment Tool (PCC-AT) in HIV treatment settings in Ghana.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Prevalence and predictors of premarital sexual intercourse among young women in sub-Saharan Africa.Reproductive health · 2023Article
- Multiple indicators of violence against female sex workers and its associated factors in Ghana: Evidence from the 2015 integrated bio-behavioral surveillance survey cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Perceived Supportive Care Needs of Adolescents With Chronic Hepatitis B in a Resource-limited Setting.Journal of patient experience · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite its criminalization in Ghana, commercial sex work dates back to ancient societies and occurs in various forms within communities. The authors examined commercial sex work in selected public Universities in Ghana to inform policy and program decisions for safer sex at the universities in Ghana.
methodsThe study was an exploratory-mixed-method design. Respondents were identified using purposive and snowballing techniques while semi-structured questionnaires and in-depth interviews were used for data collection between 2017and 2019. Quantitative data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 23 and qualitative data analyzed thematically.
resultsFindings show that there is a proliferation of commercial sex work on university campuses in Ghana for financial, material, and emotional gains. Student sex workers have devised various strategies to combine academic work and sex work. Prospective customers are solicited by hanging out in drinking bars and nightclubs in and around university campuses at night and/or leaving contact details with pimps to be contacted for services. Brothels are also springing up in and around the university campuses in the form of movie houses and student sex workers convert their hostel rooms into brothels. Price negotiation is based on the environment, duration, the sex workers' perceived safety of the sexual act, customer's preferences for styles, and positions adopted for sex.
conclusionThere is a need for further studies in this area and a multi-sectoral approach for appropriate policy and program interventions to regulate the practice on campus.
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