Open AccessSexual Violence, Condom Negotiation, and Condom Use in the Context of Sex Work
Author(s) -
Andrea L. Wirtz,
Sheree Schwartz,
Sosthenes Ketende,
Simplice Anato,
Felicity D. Nadedjo,
Henri Gautier Ouédraogo,
Odette Ky-Zerbo,
Vincent Palokinam Pitché,
Ashley Grosso,
Erin Papworth,
Stefan Baral
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000000451
Subject(s) - demography , condom , context (archaeology) , sex work , sexual violence , domestic violence , medicine , population , transactional sex , psychological intervention , sexual abuse , physical abuse , poison control , psychology , injury prevention , psychiatry , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health , geography , family medicine , syphilis , nursing , archaeology , sociology , research methodology
Female sex workers (FSWs) are vulnerable to violence within and beyond the workplace. Violence is associated with increased burden of HIV, possibly explained through physiologic or behavioral causal pathways. These analyses sought to determine the relationship between lifetime sexual violence with unprotected, condomless vaginal intercourse (UVI) among FSWs in West Africa.