Open AccessThe Role of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Police as Clients Among Street-Based Female Sex Workers in Baltimore City
Author(s) -
Susan G. Sherman,
Danielle Friedman Nestadt,
Bradley E. Silberzahn,
Michele R. Decker,
Ju Nyeong Park,
Katherine H.A. Footer
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000001292
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , sex work , harm reduction , odds ratio , confidence interval , gee , longitudinal study , poison control , injury prevention , suicide prevention , cohort , occupational safety and health , multivariate analysis , generalized estimating equation , public health , environmental health , family medicine , nursing , statistics , mathematics , pathology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sociology
Research among street-based female sex workers (FSWs) has documented many harms caused by police. One harm that has received little attention is that of police as clients. We examined this interaction in a 12-month longitudinal cohort study of street-based FSWs in Baltimore, MD.