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Sex work community participation in criminalized environments: a community-based cohort study of occupational health impacts in Vancouver, Canada: 2010-2019.

Jennie PearsonKate ShannonBronwyn McBrideAndrea KrüsiSylvia MachatMelissa BraschelShira M Goldenberg
Published in: International journal for equity in health (2022)
Sex workers who engaged in sex work community participation faced reduced odds of STI seropositivity. Building off reserach evaluating community interventions in low and middle income contexts, our study provides some of the first quantitative evidence on community participation among sex workers in Canada, and is the first to examine this in relation to sexual health outcomes. This research demonstrates the need to scale up community participation access for sex workers, via linguistically diverse community spaces, anti-stigma initiatives, and decriminalization to reduce barriers faced by racialized sex workers and support occupational health and rights for all sex workers.
Keyphrases
  • mental health
  • healthcare
  • physical activity
  • public health
  • hiv infected
  • social media
  • mass spectrometry
  • antiretroviral therapy