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    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Lifetime prevalence of anal intercourse among sexually active female youth and young female sex workers: a comparative systematic review and meta-analysis.
Owen BN, Brock PM, Shubber Z, et al
Sex Health
. 2013 Nov;10(6):585
Abstract

United States and US Territories
 

    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

 

Sex work, injection drug use, and abscesses: Associations in women, but not men.
Wurcel AG, Burke D, Skeer M, et al  

Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2018 Feb 20;185:293-297 20;185:293-297
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Burden and correlates of mental health diagnoses among sex workers in an urban setting.
Puri N, Shannon K, Nguyen P, Goldenberg SM.
BMC Womens Health. 2017 Dec 19;17(1):133.
Paper

Barriers to Accessing Detox Facilities, Substance Use Treatment, and Residential Services among Women Impacted by Commercial Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking.
Gerassi LB.
Behav Med. 2017 Oct 6:0.
Abstract


Sex work, injection drug use, and abscesses: Associations in women, but not men.
Wurcel AG, Burke D, Skeer M,et al  

Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2018 Feb 20;185:293-297
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
A brief, trauma-informed intervention increases safety behavior and reduces HIV risk for drug-involved women who trade sex.
Decker MR, Tomko C, Wingo E, 

BMC Public Health
. 2017 Aug 1;18(1):75.
Paper

Committee Opinion No. 708 Summary: Improving Awareness of and Screening for Health Risks Among Sex Workers.
[No authors listed]
Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Jul;130(1):253-254.
Abstract

Childhood Maltreatment and Child Protective Services Involvement Among the Commercially Sexually Exploited: A Comparison of Women Who Enter as Juveniles or as Adults.
Cimino AN, Madden EE, Hohn K,
J Child Sex Abus. 2017 Apr;26(3):352-371
Abstract

Female sex workers use power over their day-to-day lives to meet the condition of a conditional cash transfer intervention to incentivize safe sex.
Cooper JE, Dow WH, de Walque D,  et al
Soc Sci Med. 2017 Mar 14;181:148-157
Abstract

Trading Sex for Money or Compensation: Prevalence and Associated Characteristics from a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Clinic Sample
Gerassi LB, Jonson-Reid M, Plax K, Kaushik G.
J Aggress Maltreat Trauma. 2016;25(9):909-920.
Abstract

I Got it off my Chest': An Examination of how Research Participation Improved the Mental Health of Women Engaging in Transactional Sex.
Felsher M, Wiehe SE, Gunn JK, Roth AM. 
Community Ment Health J. 2017 Feb 2
Abstract

Identifying Health Experiences of Domestically Sex-Trafficked Women in the USA: A Qualitative Study in Rikers Island Jail.
Ravi A, Pfeiffer MR, Rosner Z, Shea JA.

J Urban Health
. 2017 Jan 23
Abstract

Why female sex workers participate in HIV research: the illusion of voluntariness.
Reed E, Fisher CB, Blankenship KM,
et al |
AIDS Care
. 2016 Dec 28:1-5.
Abstract

Practitioner Perspectives on Child Sexual Exploitation: Rapport Building With Young People.
Ahern EC, Sadler LA, Lamb ME, Gariglietti GM.
J Child Sex Abus. 2016 Dec 21:1-14
Abstract


Defining and Predicting Pimps' Coerciveness Toward Sex Workers: Socialization Processes.
Stalans LJ, Finn MA.
J Interpers Violence. 2016 Nov 1.
Abstract

How do male sex workers on Craigslist differ from those on Rentboy? A comparison of two samples.
Grov C, Koken J, Smith M, Parsons JT.

Cult Health Sex
. 2016 Sep 16:1-17.
Abstract

Ethnicity, Sex Work, and Incident HIV/STI Among Transgender Women in New York City: A Three Year Prospective Study.
Nuttbrock LA, Hwahng SJ.

AIDS Behav
. 2016 Aug 8.
Abstract

Exchange of Sex for Drugs or Money in Adolescents and Young Adults: An Examination of Sociodemographic Factors, HIV-Related Risk, and Community Context.
Boyer CB, Greenberg L, Chutuape K, et al
 ommunity Health
. 2016 Aug 6
Abstract

Supporting youth involved in domestic minor sex trafficking: Divergent perspectives on youth agency.
Sapiro B, Johnson L, Postmus JL, Simmel C.
Child Abuse Negl. 2016 Jun 25;58:99-110
Abstract

Acceptability of Three Novel HIV Prevention Methods Among Young Male and Transgender Female Sex Workers in Puerto Rico.
Giguere R, Frasca T, Dolezal C, et al
AIDS Behav. 2016 Apr 5
Abstract

A retrospective and prospective analysis of trading sex for drugs or money in women substance abuse treatment patients.
Rash CJ, Burki M, Montezuma-Rusca JM, Petry NM.

Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2016 Mar 16. pii: S0376-8716(16)00146-0
Abstract

Perioperative Care of the Transgender Patient.
Smith FD.
AORN J
. 2016 Feb;103(2):151-63
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
From Exploitation to Industry: Definitions, Risks, and Consequences of Domestic Sexual Exploitation and Sex Work Among Women and
Girls
Gerassi L.

J Hum Behav Soc Environ
. 2015;25(6):591-605.
Paper

Finding what works: Predicting health or social service linkage in drug using, African American female sex workers in Miami, FL.
Levi-Minzi MA, Surratt HL, O'Grady CL, Kurtz SP.
Health Care Women Int. 2016 Mar 2:0.
Abstract

The Relationship Between Non-Medical use of Prescription Opioids and Sex Work Among Adults in Residential Substance use Treatment.
Matusiewicz AK, Ilgen MA, Bonar EE,  et al

J Subst Abuse Treat
. 2016 Feb 13.
Abstract

Prevalence of HIV Among U.S. Female Sex Workers: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Paz-Bailey G, Noble M, Salo K, Tregear SJ.

AIDS Behav
. 2016 Feb 25
Abstract


Challenges to the rapid identification of children who have been trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation.
Rafferty Y.
Child Abuse Negl. 2016 Feb;52:158-68.
|Abstract

Love moderates the relationship between partner type and condom use among women engaging in transactional vaginal sex.
Roth AM, Rosenberger JG, Hensel DJ, et al  

Sex Healt
h
. 2015 Nov 30.
Abstract

Gender, Race, and Risk: Intersectional Risk Management in the Sale of Sex Online.
Moorman JD, Harrison K.
J
Sex Res
. 2015 Oct 21:1-9
Abstract

Transactional Sex With Regular and Casual Partners Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men in the Detroit Metro Area.
Bauermeister JA, Eaton L, Meanley S, Pingel ES; UHIP Partnership. 
Am J Mens Health
. 2015 Oct 5
Abstract

Do Sexually Oriented Massage Parlors Cluster in Specific Neighborhoods? A Spatial Analysis of Indoor Sex Work in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California.
Chin JJ, Kim AJ, Takahashi L, Wiebe DJ. 
Public Health Rep. 2015 Sep-Oct;130(5):533-42.
Abstract

Street Level Prostitution: A Systematic Literature Review.
Love R.
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2015 Aug;36(8):568-577
Abstract

Correlates of Sex Trading among Drug-Involved Women in Committed Intimate Relationships: A Risk Profile.
Jiwatram-Negrón T, El-Bassel N.
 
Womens Health Issues
. 2015 Jun 16.
Abstract

Male Escorts' and Male Clients' Sexual Behavior During Their Last Commercial Sexual Encounter: Comparing and Contrasting Findings from Two Online Studies.
Grov C, Rodríguez-Díaz CE, Jovet-Toledo GG.

Arch Sex Behav
. 2015 May 8.
Abstract

"First, do no harm": legal guidelines for health programmes affecting adolescents aged 10-17 who sell sex or inject drugs.
Conner B.
J Int AIDS Soc
. 2015 Feb 26;18(2 Suppl 1):19437.
Abstract

A Systematic Review of HIV and STI Behavior Change Interventions for Female Sex Workers in the United States.
Abad N, Baack BN, O'Leary A,  et al
AIDS Behav. 2015 Feb 26
Abstract

Streets, strolls and spots: Sex work, drug use and social space in Detroit.
Draus P, Roddy J, Asabigi K.

Int J Drug Policy
. 2015 Feb 4.
Abstract

Transactional sex and prevalence of STIs: a cross-sectional study of MSM and transwomen screened for an HIV prevention trial.
Solomon MM, Nureña CR, Tanur JM, et al
Int J STD AIDS. 2014 Dec 17. pii: 0956462414562049
Abstract

Collaborating for consensus: Considerations for convening Coalition stakeholders to promote a gender-based approach to addressing the health needs of sex workers.
Silverman B, Champney J, Steber SA, Zubritsky C.
Eval Program Plann. 2014 Dec 10. pii: S0149-7189(14)00132-3
Abstract

"What makes you think you have special privileges because you are a police officer?" A qualitative exploration of police's role in the risk environment of female sex workers.
Sherman SG, Footer K, Illangasekare S, et al
AIDS Care. 2014 Oct 31:1-8
Abstract

STI/HIV test result disclosure between female sex workers and their primary, non-commercial male partners in two Mexico-US border cities: a cross-sectional study.
Pines HA, Patterson TL, Rangel G,  et al
 
Sex Transm Infect
. 2014 Oct 8
Abstract

Comparing male escorts' sexual behaviour with their last male client versus non-commercial male partner.
Grov C, Rodríguez-Díaz CE, Jovet-Toledo GG, Parsons JT.

Cult Health Sex
. 2014 Oct 3:1-14.
Abstract

Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Personal Mastery Among Sexual Minority African American Female Sex Workers
Buttram ME, Surratt HL, Kurtz SP.
J Gay Lesbian Soc Serv. 2014 Oct 1;26(4):407-425.
Abstract

Examining the Associations Between Sex Trade Involvement, Rape, and Symptomatology of Sexual Abuse Trauma.
Lutnick A, Harris J, Lorvick J,  et al
J Interpers Violence
. 2014 Sep 10
Abstract

HIV Prevention Needs Among Street-Based Male Sex Workers in Providence, Rhode Island.
Landers S, Closson EF, Oldenburg CE,  et al
Am J Public Health. 2014 Sep 11:e1-e3.
Abstract

Strategies for Recruiting Steady Male Partners of Female Sex Workers for HIV Research.
Fleming PJ, Barrington C, Perez M,  et al  

AIDS Behav
. 2014 Sep 6.
Abstract

Correlates of selling sex among male injection drug users in New York City.
Reilly KH, Neaigus A, Wendel T,  et al

Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2014 Aug 24.
Abstract

HIV Testing and Engagement in Care among Highly Vulnerable Female Sex Workers: Implications for Treatment as Prevention Models.
Surratt HL, O'Grady CL, Kurtz SP,  et al

J Health Care Poor Underserved
. 2014;25(3):1360-78.
Abstract

Social-Emotional Aspects of Male Escorting: Experiences of Men Working for an Agency.
Smith MD, Grov C, Seal DW, et al

Arch Sex Behav
. 2014 Aug 14.
Abstract

HIV risk and preventive interventions in transgender women sex workers.
Poteat T, Wirtz AL, Radix A, et al

Lancet
. 2014 Jul 21.
Abstract

Enhancing Benefits or Increasing Harms- Community Responses for HIV Among Men Who Have Sex With Men, Transgender Women, Female Sex Workers, and People Who Inject Drugs
Baral S, Holland CE, Shannon K, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014 Aug 15;66 Suppl 3:S319-28
Abstract

The Interaction of Drug Use, Sex Work, and HIV Among Transgender Women.
Hoffman BR.
Subst Use Misuse
. 2014 Jul;49(8):1049-1053

Abstract

Outcomes of a Behavioral Intervention to Reduce HIV Risk Among Drug-involved Female Sex Workers.
Surratt HL, O'Grady C, Kurtz SP, et al
AIDS Behav. 2014 Apr;18(4):726-39.
Abstract

Predicting Health Care Utilization in Marginalized Populations: Black, Female, Street-Based Sex Workers.
Varga LM, Surratt HL.
Womens Health Issues. 2014 Mar 19.
Abstract


HIV Prevalence and Risk Behaviors Among African American Women Who Trade Sex for Drugs Versus Economic Resources.
Dunne EM, Dyer TP, Khan MR, et al
AIDS Behav. 2014 Feb 5
Abstract

Coming of age on the streets: survival sex among homeless young women in Hollywood.
Warf CW, Clark LF, Desai M,  et al

J Adolesc
. 2013 Dec;36(6):1205-13.
Abstract

.Age-Graded Risks for Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Male and Female Youth.
Reid JA, Piquero AR.

J Interpers Violence
. 2013 Dec 22.

Abstract

Breaking the Blue Wall of Silence: Risk Factors for Experiencing Police Sexual Misconduct Among Female Offenders.
Cottler LB, O'Leary CC, Nickel KB,  et al
Am J Public Health. 2013 Dec 1
Abstract

Chieh Mei Ching Yi: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Culturally Tailored HIV Prevention Intervention for Chinese Massage Parlor Women in Los Angeles.
Takahashi LM, Tobin KE, et al
AIDS Educ Prev. 2013 Dec;25(6):508-18.
Abstract

Coming of age on the streets: Survival sex among homeless young women in Hollywood.
Warf CW, Clark LF, Desai M, et al

J Adolesc
. 2013 Dec;36(6):1205-13.
Abstract

An International Comparative Public Health Analysis of Sex Trafficking of Women and Girls in Eight Cities: Achieving a More Effective Health Sector Response.
Macias Konstantopoulos W, Ahn R, Alpert EJ,  et al

J Urban Health. 2013 Oct 23.
Abstract

Resilience and syndemic risk factors among African-American female sex workers.
Buttram ME, Surratt HL, Kurtz SP.
Psychol Health Med. 2013 Aug 2.
Abstract

White Slavery, Whorehouse Riots, Venereal Disease, and Saving Women: Historical Context of Prostitution Interventions and Harm Reduction in New York City during the Progressive Era.
Smolak A.
Soc Work Public Health. 2013 Aug;28(5):496-508.
Abstract

Reductions in HIV/STI Incidence and Sharing of Injection Equipment among Female Sex Workers Who Inject Drugs: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Strathdee SA, Abramovitz D, Lozada R,
et al
PLoS One
. 2013 Jun 13;8(6):e65812.
Paper

Sex Trade Behavior among Heterosexually Active Homeless Men.
Tucker JS, Wenzel SL, Kennedy DP,  et al

Arch Sex Behav
. 2013 May 30.
Abstract

Female sex workers incarcerated in New York City jails: prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and associated risk behaviors.
Parvez F, Katyal M, Alper H, et al

Sex Transm Infect
. 2013 Jun;89(4):280-4
Paper

Venue-Based Affiliation Networks and HIV Risk-Taking Behavior Among Male Sex Workers.
Fujimoto K, Williams ML, Ross MW.

Sex Transm Dis
. 2013 Jun;40(6):453-8.
Abstract

Health Outcomes Among Women Trafficked for Sex in the United States: A Closer Look.
Muftic LR, Finn MA.
J Interpers Violence. 2013 Jan 6
Abstract

Female sex work within the rural immigrant Latino community in the southeast United States: an exploratory qualitative community-based participatory research study.
Rhodes SD, Tanner A, Duck S,  et al

Prog Community Health Partnersh
. 2012 Winter;6(4):417-27

Abstract

Sources of Personal Income and HIV Risk Among Sexually Active Women.
Davey-Rothwell MA, Linas BS, Latkin CA.
AIDS Educ Prev
. 2012 Oct;24(5):422-30
Abstract

Sex Work in Trucking Milieux: "Lot Lizards," Truckers, and Risk.
Apostolopoulos Y, Sönmez S, Shattell M, Kronenfeld J.

Nurs Forum
.
2012 Jul;47(3):140-152
Abstract

The Impact of Homelessness on Recent Sex Trade among Pregnant Women in Drug Treatment.
Brown QL, Cavanaugh CE, Penniman TV, Latimer WW.
J Subst Use. 2012;17(3):287-293.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Risk factors for homelessness and sex trade among incarcerated women:
A Structural equation model.

Kim S, Johnson TP, Goswami S, Puisis M.
J Int Womens Stud
. 2011 Jan;12(1):128-148
Paper

HIV risk among female sex workers in Miami: the impact of violent victimization and untreated
mental illness.
Surratt HL, Kurtz SP, Chen M, Mooss A.

AIDS Care
. 2011 Nov 15.
Abstract

Foster Care History and HIV Infection among Drug-Using African American Female Sex Workers.
Surratt HL, Kurtz SP.

AIDS Behav
. 2011 Aug 5
Abstract

"This area has been declared a prostitution free zone": discursive formations of space, the state, and trans
"sex worker" bodies.
Edelman EA.

J Homosex.  2011 Jul-Aug;58(6-7):848-64.
Abstract

Correlates of Current Transactional Sex among a Sample of Female Exotic Dancers in
Baltimore, MD.
Reuben J, Serio-Chapman C, Welsh C,  et al

J Urban Health
. 2011 Apr;88(2):342-51.
Abstract

Is military sexual trauma associated with trading sex among women veterans seeking outpatient
mental health care?
Strauss JL, Marx CE, Weitlauf JC,  et al

J Trauma Dissociation
. 2011 May;12(3):290-304.
Abstract

A Multilevel Analysis of the Impact of Socio-Structural and Environmental Influences
on Condom Use Among Female Sex Workers.
Ang A, Morisky DE.

AIDS Behav
. 2011 Mar 23.
Abstract

Understanding the Social and Economic Contexts Surrounding Women Engaged In
Street-Level Prostitution.
Murphy LS.
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2010 Dec;31(12):775-784.
Abstract

Risk behaviours among internet-facilitated sex workers: evidence from two new
datasets.
Cunningham S, Kendall TD.

Sex Transm Infect
. 2010 Dec;86 Suppl 3:iii100-105
Abstract

Keeping a common bawdy house becomes a "serious offence" under Criminal Code.
[No authors listed]
HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev. 2010 Oct;15(1):8-9.
Abstract

Risk behaviours among internet-facilitated sex workers: evidence from two new datasets
Cunningham S, Kendall TD.

Sex Transm Infect
. 2010 Sep 18
Abstract

Factors that influence police conceptualizations of girls involved in prostitution in six U.S. cities:
child sexual exploitation victims or delinquents?
Halter S.
Child Maltreat
. 2010 May;15(2):152-60.
Abstract

Exiting prostitution: an integrated model.
Baker LM, Dalla RL, Williamson C.

Violence Against Women
. 2010 May;16(5):579-600.
Abstract

An effective HIV risk-reduction protocol for drug-using female sex workers.
Surratt HL, Inciardi JA.

J Prev Interv Community
. 2010 Apr;38(2):118-31.
Abstract

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
In harm´s way: sex workers, drug users, and HIV in New Orleans
M. McLemore, D. Haywood, F. Gonzales, et al
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

HIV and sexually transmitted infection among clients of brothel-based commercial sex workers: identifying areas for behavioral intervention
T.O. Lawoyin, O. Lawoyin
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Sex Trafficking of Women and Girls in Three Major Cities in the United States: Implications for Local Health Systems
W M Konstantooulos,R Ahn, E Alpert, et al
(139 APHA)
Abstract

Facilitating disclosure of intimate partner violence during teen pregnancy
F Somers, A Rothenberg, EJ Garland 
(139 APHA)
Abstract

Preventing Violence and Exploitation of Prostituted/trafficked Women and their Children
D Vines
(139 APHA)
Abstract

Female sex work within the Latino community in rural North Carolina: An exploratory, community-based
participatory study
AE Tanner,S Duck, R Aronson, et al
(139 APHA)
Abstract

Male commercial sex clients in the U.S.: Who are they?
DC. Ompad,
S Amesty, Edo Lazcano-Ponce, et al,
(139 APHA)
Abstract

Preventing Violence and Exploitation of Prostituted/trafficked Women and their Children
D Vines
(139 APHA)
Abstract

Male commercial sex clients in the U.S.: Who are they?
DC Ompad, DL Bell,S Amesty, et al
(139 APHA)
Abstract


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