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Violence
     

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Associations between childhood maltreatment and sex work in a cohort of drug-using youth.
Stoltz JA, Shannon K, Kerr T, et al 
Soc Sci Med. 2007 Jun 16;
Abstract
 
Commercial sex engagement: medical and social aspects
Margolin J, Witztum E.et al   
Harefuah. 2004 Jan;143(1):26-7, 86, 85.
Abstract

Correlates of partner violence among female street-based sex workers: substance abuse,
history of childhood abuse, and HIV risks.
El-Bassel N, Witte SS, Wada T, et al.  
AIDS Patient Care STDS 2001 Jan;15(1):41-51
Abstract

  
Vulnerability
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  From competition to community: participatory learning and action among young, debt-bonded
Vietnamese sex workers in Cambodia.
Busza J, Schunter BT.
Reprod Health Matters 2001 May;9(17):72-81
 Abstract

Condom use, power and HIV/AIDS risk: sex-workers bargain for survival in Hillbrow/Joubert
Park/Berea, Johannesburg.
Wojcicki JM, Malala J.
Soc Sci Med 2001 Jul;53(1):99-121
 Abstract

The health and welfare needs of female and transgender street sex workers in New South Wales.
Harcourt C, van Beek I, Heslop J.
Aust N Z J Public Health 2001;25(1):84-9
 Abstract

A 'segmented' sex industry in New Zealand: sexual and personal safety of female sex  workers.
Plumridge L, Abel G.
Aust N Z J Public Health 2001;25(1):78-83
Abstract

 		 
Mental Health
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  The motivation and mental health of sex workers.
 Chudakov B, Ilan K, Belmaker RH, Cwikel J.
J Sex Marital Ther 2002 Jul-Sep;28(4):305-15
 Abstract		  
Drugs
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Consequences of cocaine use among prostitutes.
Meneses Falcón C.
Gac Sanit. 2007 May-Jun;21(3):191-6.
 Abstract

Drug use and sexual risk behaviours among female Russian IDUs who exchange sex for
money or drugs.
Benotsch EG, Somlai AM, Pinkerton SD, et al
Int J STD AIDS. 2004 May;15(5):343-7.
 Abstract
 
  Intravenous drug use among street-based sex workers: a high-risk behavior for HIV
transmission.
Nguyen AT, Nguyen TH, Pham KC. et al 
Sex Transm Dis. 2004 Jan;31(1):15-9.
 Abstract
 
  Intravenous Drug Use Among Street-Based Sex Workers: A High-Risk Behavior for HIV
transmission.
Tuan NA, Hien NT, Chi PK,et al
Sex Transm Dis. 2004 Jan;31(1):15-9.
 Abstract
Sex Trafficking
       
     Books
 
  Social Epidemiology:  Strategies for Public Health Activism
New York: Columbia University Press,
November 2006.
Chapter 15, p. 477-480 deals with the social epidemiology of trafficked women.
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Women trafficked into prostitution: determinants, human rights and health needs.
Gajic-Veljanoski O, Stewart DE.  
Transcult Psychiatry. 2007 Sep;44(3):338-58.
Abstract

Traffic violations: determining the meaning of violence in sexual trafficking versus sex work.
 Saunders P.
 J Interpers Violence. 2005 Mar;20(3):343-60.
 Abstract
 

Contentious issues in research on trafficked women working in the sex industry. 
Cwikel J,; Hoban E
The Journal of Sex Research 2005 Nov 1
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Trafficked female sex workers awaiting deportation: comparison with brothel workers.
Cwikel J, Chudakov B, Paikin M, et al    
Arch Women Ment Health. 2004 Oct;7(4):243-249.
Abstract
 
Knowledge, attitudes and experiences of sex trafficking by young women in Benin City,
South-South Nigeria.
Okonofua FE, Ogbomwan SM, Alutu AN
Soc Sci Med. 2004 Sep;59(6):1315-27.
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