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    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 

Suboptimal HIV Testing Uptake Among Men Who Engage in Commercial Sex Work with Men in Asia.
Jin H, Friedman MR, Lim SH, et al

LGBT Health. 2016 Mar 16
Abstract

A systematic review and metasynthesis of barriers and facilitators to negotiating consistent condom use among sex workers in Asia.
Tan SY, Melendez-Torres GJ.

Cult Health Sex
. 2015 Sep 1:1-16.

Abstract

Looking upstream to prevent HIV transmission: can interventions with sex workers alter the course of HIV epidemics in Africa as they did in Asia?
Steen R, Hontelez JA, Veraart A, et al
AIDS. 2014 Mar 27;28(6):891-9
Abstract

Halting and reversing HIV epidemics in Asia by interrupting transmission in sex work: experience and outcomes from ten countries.
Steen R, Zhao P, Wi TE,  et al

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther
. 2013 Oct;11(10):999-1015.
Abstract

Realigning government action with public health evidence: the legal and policy environment affecting sex work and HIV in Asia.
Gruskin S, Williams Pierce G, Ferguson L.

Cult Health Sex. 2013 Aug 16.
Abstract

Literature review of HIV among female sex workers in the Central Asian Republics, Afghanistan, and Mongolia: Contexts and convergence with drug use.
Baral S, Todd CS, Aumakhan B,  et al |
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Aug 13.
Abstract

Prevalence and genotype distribution of cervical human papillomavirus infection among female sex workers in Asia: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.
Peng RR, Li HM, Chang H, Li JH,  et al
Sex Health. 2012 May;9(2):113-9.
Abstract
 

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 

Suboptimal HIV testing prevalence among high-risk male sex workers in Asia
H. Jin, M.R. Friedman, S.H. Lim, et al
(Xx International AIDS Conference)
Abstract


Afghanistan
           

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  HIV among female sex workers in the Central Asian Republics, Afghanistan, and Mongolia: Contexts and convergence with drug use.
Baral S, Todd CS, Aumakhan B,, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2013 Nov;132 Suppl 1:S13-6.
Abstract

Distinct Circulating Recombinant HIV-1 Strains Among Injecting Drug Users
and Sex Workers in Afghanistan.
Sanders-Buell E, Bose M, Nasir A,  et al 
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
. 2010 May 3.

Abstract


Bangladesh
 

    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Sexual and reproductive health behaviors of female sex workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Wahed T, Alam A, Sultana S, et al;

PLoS One
. 2017 Apr 3;12(4):e0174540
Paper

Sexually Transmitted Infections and Associated Risk Factors Among Street-Based and Residence-Based Female Sex Workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Khanam R, Reza M, Ahmed D, et al
Sex Transm Dis. 2017 Jan;44(1):21-28.
Abstract

Sex worker activism, feminist discourse and HIV in Bangladesh.
Sultana H.

Cult Health Sex
. 2015 Jan 15:1-12.'
Abstract

Safer Sex Negotiation and Its Association With Condom Use Among Clients of Female Sex Workers in Bangladesh
Kamal SM, Hassan CH, Salikon RH. et al
Asia Pac J Public Health. 2013 Dec 16.
Abstract

Mental Health and Functioning of Female Sex Workers in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Hengartner MP, Islam MN, Haker H, Rössler W.
Front Psychiatry. 2015 Dec 15;6:176.

Abstract

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Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis by Immunological and Genetic Methods in Female Sex Workers and the Local Female Population of Reproductive Age in Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Hoque SM, Hossain MA, Paul SK,  et al

Jpn J Infect Dis
.
2013;66(3):256-9.
Paper

Sexually transmitted infections and sexual behaviour among youth clients of hotel-based female sex workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Haseen F, Chawdhury FA, Hossain ME,  et al

Int J STD AIDS
. 2012 Aug;23(8):553-9
Abstract

Process assessment of a peer education programme for HIV prevention among sex workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh : A social support framework.
Sarafian I.

Soc Sci Med
. 2011 Oct 5.
Abstract

 

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
Prevention of HIV among bonded sex workers through establishing human rights
J.S. Piwoo, A.Y. Choudhury
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

POSTER
Factors associated with prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and safer sex negotiation
among female sex workers in Bangladesh
T. Roy, F.A. Alam, F. Nabi
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Poster    Abstract

Tripartite approach in addressing harassment of female sex workers in under development country setting
M. Khan
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Correlation between illicit substances, unsafe sexual behaviour and symptoms suggesting sexually transmitted infection |among male clients of female sex workers in Bangladesh
A. Ahmed, L. Reichenbach, N. Alam
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Prevention of HIV through capacity building of sex workers
J.S. Piwoo, A.Y. Choudhury, E. Haque, M. Leya
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract


Cambodia
 

    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
HIV prevalence, risky behaviors, and discrimination experiences among transgender women in Cambodia: descriptive findings from a national integrated biological and behavioral survey
Yi S, Ngin C, Tuot S, et al 
BMC Int Health Hum Rights
. 2017 May 23;17(1):14
Paper"

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Causes of maternal and child mortality among Cambodian sex workers and their children: a cross sectional study.
Willis B, Onda S, Stoklosa HM. 

BMC Public Health
. 2016 Nov 21;16(1):1176.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE

Are Text Messages a Feasible and Acceptable Way to Reach Female Entertainment Workers in Cambodia with Health Messages? A Cross-Sectional Phone Survey.
Brody C, Dhaliwal S, Tuot S,  et al
J
JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2016 May 20;4(2):e52
Paper

The impact of violence on sex risk and drug use behaviors among women engaged in sex work in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Draughon Moret JE, Carrico AW,  et

Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Apr 1;161:171-7
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
HIV risk and psychological distress among female entertainment workers in Cambodia: a cross-sectional study.
Brody C, Chhoun P, Tuot S,  et al
BMC Public Health
. 2016 Feb 9;16(1):133.
Paper

Behavioral interventions for Cambodian female entertainment and sex workers who use amphetamine-type stimulants.
Carrico AW, Nil E, Sophal C,  et al
J Behav Med. 2016 Jan 18.
Abstract

Intravaginal Practices in Female Sex Workers in Cambodia: A Qualitative Study.
Bui TC, Tran LT, Hor LB, et aj
Arch Sex Behav. 2016 Jan 7
Abstract

Conflicting Rights: How the Prohibition of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Infringes the Right to Health of Female Sex Workers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Maher L, Dixon T, Phlong P,
Health Hum Rights. 2015 Jun 11;17(1):E102-13.
Abstract

Human papillomavirus knowledge, vaccine acceptance, and vaccine series completion among female entertainment and sex workers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: the Young Women's Health Study.
Wadhera P, Evans JL, Stein E,  et al
Int J STD AIDS. 2014 Dec 12. pii: 0956462414563626.
Abstract

Douching practices among female sex workers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Bui TC, Tran LT, Ross MW, Markham CM.

Int J STD AIDS
. 2014 May 8.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Sex work and HIV in Cambodia: trajectories of risk and disease in two cohorts of high-risk young women in Phnom Penh,
Page K, Stein E, Sansothy N, et al Young Women's Health Study Collaborative
BMJ Open. 2013 Sep 10;3(9):

BMJ Open. 2013 Sep 10;3(9):
Paper

Condom Negotiation and Use Among Female Sex Workers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Bui TC, Markham CM, Tran LT,  et al
AIDS Behav. 2012 Nov 30
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Cervical human papillomavirus infection among young women engaged in sex work in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: prevalence, genotypes, risk factors and association with HIV infection.
Couture MC, Page K, Stein ES, et al
BMC Infect Dis. 2012 Jul 28;12(1):166.
Paper

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Selling sex in unsafe spaces: Sex work risk environments in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Maher L, Mooney-Somers J, Phlong P,  et al

Harm Reduct J
. 2011 Nov 20;8(1):30.
Paper

Correlates of amphetamine-type stimulant use and associations with HIV-related risks among young women engaged in sex work in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Couture MC, Evans JL, Sothy NS,  et al

Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2011 Aug 3
Abstract

Falling through the cracks: contraceptive needs of female sex workers in Cambodia and Laos
Morineau G, Neilsen G, Heng S, et al

Contraception
. 2011 Aug;84(2):194-8
Abstract

Amphetamine-type stimulant use and HIV/STI risk behaviour among young female sex workers
in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Maher L, Phlong P, Mooney-Somers J,  et al
Int J Drug Policy. 2011 Feb 11.
Abstract

 

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
Binge use of amphetamine-type stimulants and exposure to violence among a cohort of young women engaged in sex work in Cambodia: opportunity for comprehensive HIV risk reduction interventions
M.-C. Couture, N. Sansothy, E.S. Stein, et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Responding to HIV vulnerability of informal sex workers in Cambodia: improving workplace conditions is the key to prevention
E.S. Carlson, H. Richard, N. Poetschka, et al
XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Combination prevention for female entertainment workers in Cambodia
V. Nou, K. Chhim
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

High HIV and risk in Cambodian entertainment and sex workers: results from two prospective cohorts
K. Page, E. Stein, N. Sansothy, et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Binge use of amphetamine-type stimulants and exposure to violence among a cohort of young women engaged in sex work in Cambodia: opportunity for comprehensive HIV risk reduction interventions
M.-C. Couture, N. Sansothy, E.S. Stein, et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Biomarker validation of recent unprotected sexual intercourse in a prospective study of young women engaged in sex work in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
J. Evans, M.-C. Couture, E. Stein, et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract


Indonesia
 

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Playground love: sex work, pleasure, and self-affirmation in the urban nightlife of Indonesian waria.
Toomistu T.  

Cult Health Sex
. 2018 Apr 16:1-14.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Newcomers in a hazardous environment: a qualitative inquiry into sex worker vulnerability to HIV in Bali, Indonesia.
Januraga PP, Mooney-Somers J, Ward PR. 
BMC Public Health. 2014 Aug 11;14(1):832
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
High Prevalence of HIV-1 CRF01_AE Viruses among Female Commercial Sex Workers Residing in Surabaya, Indonesia.
Kotaki T, Khairunisa SQ, Sukartiningrum SD,  et al
PLoS One. 2013 Dec 18;8(12):e82645.
Paper

Studying Alcohol Use Prior to Sexual Intercourse Among Female Sex Workers in Eastern Indonesia.
Safika I, Johnson TP.

Subst Use Misuse
.
2013 Jul 2
Abstract

Sex work venue and condom use among female sex workers in Senggigi, Indonesia.
Safika I, Levy JA, Johnson TP.
Cult Health Sex. 2013 Mar 11.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Transactional Sex Risk across a Typology of Rural and Urban Female Sex Workers in Indonesia: A Mixed Methods Study.
Puradiredja DI, Coast E.

PLoS One
. 2012;7(12):e52858
Paper

Is the bed capture enzyme immunoassay useful for surveillance in concentrated epidemics? The case of female sex workers in Indonesia.
Morineau G, Magnani R, Nurhayati A, et al
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2011 May;42(3):634-42
Abstract

Prevalence over time and risk factors for sexually transmissible infections among newly-arrived female sex workers in Timika, Indonesia.
Silitonga N, Davies SC, Kaldor J, et al

Sex Health
. 2011 Feb;8(1):61-4.
Abstract

Sexually transmissible infections among female sex workers in Manado, Indonesia, using a multiplex polymerase chain reaction-based reverse line blot assay.
Mawu FO, Davies SC, McKechnie M, et al
Sex Health. 2011 Feb;8(1):52-60.
Abstract

A venue analysis of predictors of alcohol use prior to sexual intercourse among female sex workers in Senggigi, Indonesia.
Safika I, Johnson TP, Levy JA.

Int J Drug Policy
. 2010 Oct 16
Abstract

Syphilis among female sex workers in Indonesia: need and opportunity for intervention.
Majid N, Bollen L, Morineau G,  et al
 
Sex Transm Infect
. 2010 Jun 3.
Abstract

Sexual risk behaviours, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Indonesia.
Magnani R, Riono P, Nurhayati,
et al
Sex Transm Infect
. 2010 Jun
Abstract

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 

 
First look raises concern: prevalence of high risk human papillomavirus (HPV) among female sex workers (FSW), transgender women and men who have sex with men (MSM) in Tanah Papua, Indonesia
N.H. Kawi, J.R. Rachdyatmaka S. Ayawaila, et al
(XX  International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Japan
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Drug Resistance-Associated Mutations in Mycoplasma genitalium in Female Sex Workers, Japan.
Deguchi T, Yasuda M, Horie K,  et al
Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jun;21(6):
Paper

Reduction of health-related risks among female commercial sex workers: learning from their life and working experiences
Ohnishi M, Notico E.Health  
Care Women Int. 2011 Mar;32(3):243-60.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Oral and Cervical Human Papillomavirus Infection among Female Sex Workers in Japan.
Matsushita K, Sasagawa T, Miyashita M,  et al

Jpn J Infect Dis
. 2011 Jan;64(1):34-9

Paper


Malaysia
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Cisgender and Transgender Women Sex Workers in Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Results From a Respondent-Driven Sampling Study.
Wickersham JA, Gibson BA, Bazazi AR, et al
Sex Transm Dis. 2017 Jun 20.

Abstract

Kazakhstan
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Multi-level risk factors associated with sex trading among women living with HIV in Kazakhstan: A neglected key population.
Davis A, Jiwatram-Negrón T, Primbetova S,
Int J STD AIDS. 2017 Jan 1:956462417708678.
Abstract

Korea
           

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Condom Use and Prevalence of Genital Chlamydia trachomatis Among the Korean Female Sex Workers.
Lee J, Jung SY, Kwon DS, Jung M, Park BJ.

Epidemiol Health
. 2010 Aug 13;32:e2010008.
Abstract

Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and mental health in women who escaped prostitution and helping activists in shelters.
Jung YE, Song JM, Chong J, et al  
Yonsei Med J. 2008 Jun 30;49(3):372-82

Abstract
 

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Health Vulnerability of Commercial Sex Workers and their Risky Sexual Behaviors: Results of the Nationally Survey of South Korea, 2008-2009
M Jung
(139 APHA)
Abstract

Lao (Laos)
           

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
It goes both ways: a cross-sectional study of buying and selling sex among young behaviourally bisexual men in Vientiane, Laos.
Bowring AL, van Gemert C, Vongsaiya K, et al. 
Sex Health. 2015 Jul 13.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Risks, benefits and survival strategies-views from female sex workers in Savannakhet, Laos.
Phrasisombath K, Faxelid E, Sychareun V, Thomsen S.
BMC Public Health. 2012 Nov 20;12(1):1004
Paper

Knowledge About Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Attitudes Toward Female Sex Workers With STI Symptoms Among Health Care Providers in Laos.
Phrasisombath K, Thomsen S, Hagberg J, et al

Asia Pac J Public Health
. 2011 Jul 31.
Abstract

Falling through the cracks: contraceptive needs of female sex workers in Cambodia and Laos
Morineau G, Neilsen G, Heng S, et al

Contraception
. 2011 Aug;84(2):194-8
Abstract

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 

  Initiating the implementation of female condom among female sex workers in Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR
P. Philakone , K. Xayabounthavong , C. Ounaphom, P. Ounaphom
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Mongolia
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Efficacy of a Savings-Led Microfinance Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk for HIV Among Women Engaged in Sex Work: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Witte SS, Aira T, Tsai L, Riedel M,  et al

Am J Public Health
. 2015 Jan 20:e1-e8.
Abstract

HIV and sexually transmitted infection-related risks among female sex workers in Mongolia: second-generation surveillance survey, 2011-2012.
Munkhbaatar S, Aumakhan B, Jantsansengee B, et al

Sex Transm Infect
. 2014 Apr 10.
Abstract

HIV among female sex workers in the Central Asian Republics, Afghanistan, and Mongolia: Contexts and convergence with drug use.
Baral S, Todd CS, Aumakhan B,, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2013 Nov;132 Suppl 1:S13-6.
Abstract

Reducing Intimate and Paying Partner Violence Against Women Who Exchange Sex in Mongolia:Results From a Randomized Clinical Trial.
Carlson CE, Chen J, Chang M,  et al

J Interpers Violenc
e
. 2012 Feb 23.
Abstract

Reducing Sexual HIV/STI Risk and Harmful Alcohol Use Among Female Sex Workers in Mongolia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Witte SS, Altantsetseg B, Aira T, et al
AIDS Behav. 2011 Jul 8
Abstract


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