ArticleArchives of sexual behavior2021
Sex Workers and Syndemics: A Population Vulnerable to HIV and COVID-19.
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- PrEPare for Work: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Intervention to Optimize HIV PrEP Outcomes Among Male Sex Workers.AIDS and behavior · 2023Trial
- Association Between HIV Risk and Health Care Access Among U.S. Adults in the South: Insights from the 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Exploring Perceptions and Experiences of Health Needs Among Women Who Sell Sex.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Lockdowns on Sex Workers in West Bengal, India.Journal of community health · 2025Article
- Using a Syndemics Perspective to (Re)Conceptualize Vulnerability during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- Influence of COVID-19 on female sex workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A mixed-methods analysis.PloS one · 2024Article
- Struggling, Forgotten, and Under Pressure: A Scoping Review of Experiences of Sex Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Experiences of Sex Workers in Chicago during COVID-19: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Through a Different Lens: Occupational Health of Sex-Working Young Trans Women.Transgender health · 2023Article
- Implementing buprenorphine prolonged-release injection using a health at the margins approach for transactional sex-workers.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Female sex workers and police violence during the Covid-19 health crisis in 2020-2021: results from the EPIC multi-country community-based research program in Argentina.Harm reduction journal · 2022Article
- Context, COVID-19 and comorbidities: exploring emergent directions in syndemics and HIV research.Current opinion in HIV and AIDS · 2022Review
- Socioeconomic Burdens of the COVID-19 Pandemic on LMIC Populations with Increased HIV Vulnerabilities.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2022Review
- Behavioral Changes, Adaptation, and Supports among Indonesian Female Sex Workers Facing Dual Risk of COVID-19 and HIV in a Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- [Translated article] SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Patients With or at Risk for Venereal Infections: Incidence and Associated Factors in a Sexual Health Clinic.Actas dermo-sifiliograficasObservational
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Abstract
COVID-19 has disproportionately affected vulnerable populations across the U.S. Street-based sex workers are one vulnerable population whose health and impact of COVID-19 have been understudied to date. The goal of this study was to evaluate findings from a community needs assessment with street-based sex workers on impact of COVID-19 on health behaviors and social circumstances. A brief survey was developed at a community-based harm reduction and recovery services organization. Surveys were administered by peer specialists to street-based sex workers during street outreach in April and May 2020. A total of 46 surveys were analyzed. Many individuals reported continuing to do sex work and use substances during the COVID pandemic. Slightly more than a quarter of individuals (n = 13; 28.3%) indicated using personal protective equipment while doing sex work and described challenges to using precautions when working with clients. Individuals had used marijuana (n = 32, 71.1%), cocaine (n = 17, 39.5%), prescription stimulants (n = 9, 21.4%), methamphetamines (n = 5, 11.9%), prescription opioids (n = 12, 27.3%), street opioids (n = 12, 27.3%), sedatives (n = 11, 25.0%), hallucinogens (n = 3, 6.8%), inhalants (n = 3, 7.0%), or some other substance (n = 4, 8.7%) in the past 30 days. About half (48.8%) reported that COVID-19 had a major impact on their lives. This study is among the first to characterize the impact of COVID-19 on street-based sex workers. From a public health standpoint, this group also represents a high-priority population given their vulnerability and close contact with others, which increases the potential for community spread.
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