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FULL-TEXT NEWS RELEASE
US: Gag Rule Threatens Global Fight Against HIV/AIDS :Amicus Shows How Anti-Prostitution
Pledge Puts Sex Workers’ Lives, Health at Risk
Human Rights Watch 
November 17, 2006
News Release
 
FULL-TEXT PDF DOCUMENT
Behind Closed Doors
An analysis of indoor sex work in New York City.
Sex Worker Project at the Urban Justice Center
2005
 Report

FULL-TEXT INTERVIEW
 The Use of the Internet by Gay and Bisexual Male Escorts
Parsons JT, Nary G,
A Backwards Glance  Nov 2004
 Interview

    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Street Workers and Internet Escorts: Contextual and Psychosocial Factors Surrounding HIV Risk
Behavior among Men Who Engage in Sex Work with Other Men.
Mimiaga MJ, Reisner SL, Tinsley JP, et al  
J Urban Health. 2008 Sep 9.
 Abstract
 
Sex purchasing and associations with HIV/STI among a clinic-based sample of US men.
Decker MR, Raj A, Gupta J, Silverman JG. et al 
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2008 Jul 1;48(3):355-9
 Abstract
 
Outreach-based drug treatment for sex trading women: The Cal-Pep risk-reduction demonstration
project.
Bowser BP, Ryan L, Smith CD, Lockett G.
Int J Drug Policy. 2008 Mar 27
Abstract
 
Sex trade in a male-to-female transgender population: psychosocial correlates of inconsistent
condom use
Clements-Nolle K, Guzman R, Harris SG.
Sex Health. 2008 Mar;5(1):49-54.
 Abstract
 
Sex Work and HIV Status Among Transgender Women: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Operario D, Soma T, Underhill K.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2008 Mar 13
Abstract
 
A WEEK IN REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Prostitute homicides: a descriptive study.
Salfati CG, James AR, Ferguson L.
J Interpers Violence. 2008 Apr;23(4):505-43
 Abstract
 
Prevalence and health correlates of prostitution among patients entering treatment for substance
use disorders.
Burnette ML, Lucas E, Ilgen M, et al
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2008 Mar;65(3):337-44.
 Abstract
 
Motivational Influences on the Safer Sex Behavior of Agency-based Male Sex Workers.
Smith MD, Seal DW. 
Arch Sex Behav. 2008 Feb 21
 Abstract
 
A WEEK IN REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
An examination of perceived norms and exchanging sex for money or drugs among women injectors in
Baltimore, MD, USA
Davey-Rothwell MA, Latkin CA.et al
 Int J STD AIDS. 2008 Jan;19(1):47-50.
 Abstract

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Street careers: homelessness, drug use, and sex work among young men who have sex with
men (YMSM).
Lankenau SE, Clatts MC, Welle D, et al   
int J Drug Policy. 2005 Jan;16(1):10-18
 Paper

Porn Star/Stripper/Escort: Economic and Sexual Dynamics in a Sex Work Career.
Escoffier J.
J Homosex. 2007;53(1/2):173-200.
 Abstract
 
Sex work and risk behaviour among HIV-negative gay men.
Prestage G, Mao L, Jin F, Grulich A, et al 
AIDS Care. 2007 Aug;19(7):931-4.
Abstract
 
Perceived Risks and Benefits of Sex Work among Transgender Women of Color in San
Francisco.
Sausa LA, Keatley J, Operario D.
 Arch Sex Behav. 2007 Aug 3;
Abstract
 
Commercial Sex Venues: A Closer Look At Their Impact on The Syphilis and HIV Epidemics
Among Men Who Have Sex With Men.
Aynalem G, Smith L, Bemis C, et al
Sex Transm Infect. 2006 Aug 2;
 Abstract
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Sex Worker Health: San Francisco Style.
Cohan DL, Lutnick A, Davidson P,  et al
Sex Transm Infect. 2006 Jul 19;
Abstract
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Gender-specific Correlates of Sex Trade among Homeless and Marginally Housed Individuals
in San Francisco.
Weiser SD, Dilworth SE, Neilands TB, et al
J Urban Health. 2006 Jul;83(4):736-40
 Abstract
 
Correlates of HIV Risk and Preventive Behaviors in Armenian Female Sex Workers.
Markosyan KM, Babikian T, Diclemente RJ, et al
 AIDS Behav. 2006 Jul 6;
 Abstract
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
HIV Prevention and Street-Based Male Sex Workers: An Evaluation of Brief Interventions.
Williams ML, Bowen AM, Timpson SC, et al
AIDS Educ Prev. 2006 Jun;18(3):204-15.
Abstract
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Contextual Determinants of Condom Use Among Female Sex Exchangers in East Harlem, NYC:
An Event Analysis.
McMahon JM, Tortu S, Pouget ER, et al
AIDS Behav. 2006 Jun 16;
Abstract
 
Violence against women associated with arrests for sex trade but not drug charges.
Raj A, Clarke JG, Silverman JG, Rose J,  
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2006 Mar 22;
 Abstract
 
Commercial Sex Work and Risk of HIV Infection Among Young Drug-Injecting Men Who
Have Sex With Men in San Francisco.
Bacon O, Lum P, Hahn J, et al
Sex Transm Dis. 2006 Apr;33(4):228-234
 Abstract
 
The evaluation of the JEWEL project: An innovative economic enhancement and HIV
prevention intervention study targeting drug using women involved in prostitution.
Sherman SG, German D, Cheng Y, et al
AIDS Care. 2006 Jan;18(1):1-11.
Abstract
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Interventions in the Commercial Sex Industry During the Rise in Syphilis Rates Among Men
Who Have Sex With Men (MSM).
Taylor M, Montoya JA, Cantrell R, et al 
Sex Transm Dis. 2005 Oct;32(10 supplement)
 Abstract
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Health indicators among low income women who report a history of sex work: the
population based Northern California Young Women's Survey.
Cohan DL, Kim A, Ruiz J, Morrow S, et al 
Sex Transm Infect. 2005 Oct;81(5):428-33.
 Abstract
 
Street smarts and urban myths: women, sex work, and the role of storytelling in risk reduction
and rationalization.
Roche B, Neaigus A, Miller M. 
Med Anthropol Q. 2005 Jun;19(2):149-70
 Abstract
 
Violence and legalized brothel prostitution in Nevada: examining safety, risk, and prostitution
policy.Brents BG, Hausbeck K.
J Interpers Violence. 2005 Mar;20(3):270-95.
 Abstract

The use of the Internet by gay and bisexual male escorts: sex workers as sex educators.
Parsons JT, Koken JA, Bimbi DS.
AIDS Care. 2004 Nov;16(8):1021-35
 Abstract
 
HIV risk, seropositivity and predictors of infection among homeless and non-homeless women
sex workers in Miami, Florida, USA.
Surratt HL, Inciardi JA. 
AIDS Care. 2004 Jun;16(5):594-604.
 Abstract

"Nobody Gives a Damn if I Live or Die": Violence, Drugs, and Street-Level Prostitution in Inner-
City Hartford, Connecticut.
Romero-Daza N, Weeks M, Singer M.
Med Anthropol. 2003 Jul-Sep;22(3):233-59.
Abstract
 
Drug injection and sexual mixing patterns of drug-using male sex workers.
Williams ML, Bowen AM, Timpson , et al
Sex Transm Dis. 2003 Jul;30(7):571-4.
Abstract
 
Childhood trauma and adult prostitution behavior in a multiethnic heterosexual drug-using
population.
Medrano MA, Hatch JP, Zule WA, Desmond DP.
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2003 May;29(2):463-86.
 Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
General health problems of inner-city sex workers: a pilot study.
Baker LM, Case P, Policicchio DL.
J Med Libr Assoc 2003 Jan;91(1):67-71
 Paper

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 

 
HIV-related risk behaviors among Asian female sex workers in San Francisco
T Nemoto, M Iwamoto, Y-j Kim, et al 
136 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Early involvement in survival sex among homeless girls; a comparative study
C Warf, M Desai, L Clark, et al
136 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Female performers in the adult film industry: What and where is the risk?
C Grudzen, G Ryan, B Margold, et al
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Characteristics and risk factors of male commercial sex workers
BW Taylor, G Jones, M Mallett, et al
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
HIV risk behaviors among male customers of Asian massage parlors in San Francisco
T Nemoto, M Iwamoto, S Witt
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Condom use and high-risk sexual acts in the adult film industry
C Grudzen, MN Elliott, PR Kerndt, et al
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Human trafficking victims: In a neighborhood near you?
S Baldwin, G Ryan, D Eisenman
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Outreach and ollow-up of increasing importance in developing services for streetwalking sex
workers living with HIV
Weiner A., Lorber K.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Outreach and follow-up of increasing importance in developing services for streetwalking sex
workers living with HIV
Schneier K.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Sex workers at truck stops: HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) risk assessment
and screening, New Mexico, USA
Valway S., Jenison S., Keller N., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Individual and system level health promotion project for Asian female sex workers in
San Francisco, U.S.A
Nemoto T., Iwamoto M., Tran D., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Sex workers, fem queens, and crossdressers: economics, marginalization, and HIV
vulnerabilities among ethnocultural male-to-female transgendered communities in New
York City
Wahng S.J.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 

Screening Massage Parlor Sex Industry Workers-How Often Should Sex Industry Workers
Be Screened?
BP Schumann
(2004 National STD Prevention Conference)
 Abstract/Slides/Webcast

 HIV/AIDS risk behaviors of drug-involved sex-working mothers
JA Inciardi, HL. Surratt, MC Kiley,et al
 (133 APHA)
Abstract

HIV Prevention and Health Promotion for Hard-to-Reach and Stigmatized Population:
Asian Women Working at Massage Parlors in San Francisco
T Nemoto, MIwamoto, HJ Oh, et al
 (133 APHA)
Abstract
 
Autonomy and working conditions of indoor sex workers in New York City
M Ditmore, A Murphy, J Thukral, et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Internet chatroom focus groups assessing sexual health issues of MSM sex workers
 J K Williams, G E Wyatt
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Challenges of HIV-prevention among Armenian commercial sex workers
K M Markosyan, T Babikian, R J DiClemente, et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Childhood trauma and the relationship to HIV status among streetwalking sex workers in
New York City
A P Weiner, J. Wallace, K R Lorber, et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Social context and the health of sex workers in San Francisco
D L Cohan, J Breyer, C Cobaugh, et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Sexual patterns, condom use and HIV among streetwalking prostitutes in NYC
K R Lorber, A P Weiner
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Streetwalking prostitutes who are engaging in ongoing HIV testing are more likely to
remain HIV negative
J I Wallace, A P Weiner, K R Lorber
 (14IAC)
Abstract
 
Expanded outreach efforts needed to reduce increasing HIV infection rates among
streetwalking prostitutes in NYC
J I Wallace, A P Weiner, K R Lorber
 (14IAC)
Abstract
 
Sexual patterns, condom use and HIV among streetwalking prostitutes in NYC
K R Lorber, A P Weiner, J I Wallace
 (14IAC)
Abstract
 
Day treatment center for prostitutes: An integrated services model of HIV and substance
abuse
G Lockett, C D Smith
 (14IAC)
Abstract

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