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     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

Alberta law confining child prostitutes upheld.
Gold J, Bugg G.
Can HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev 2001;6(1-2):34-5
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Predictors of Initiation into Prostitution among Female Street Youths.
Weber AE, Boivin JF, Blais L, Haley N, Roy E. 
J Urban Health. 2004 Dec;81(4):584-95.
 Abstract

Suicide and prostitution among street youth: a qualitative analysis.
Kidd SA, Kral MJ.
Adolescence 2002 Summer;37(146):411-30
 Abstract

Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae among at-risk women,
young sex workers, and street youth attending community organizations in Quebec City,
Canada.
 Poulin C, Alary M, Bernier F, et al.
Sex Transm Dis 2001 Aug;28(8):437-43
 Abstract

  

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  High rates of unaddressed childhood sexual abuse and increased risk for HIV infection among
drug-using women in survival sex work
 Shannon K, Bright V, Parsad D, et al
(4th IAS Conference)
 Abstract
Adults
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Sexual and drug-related vulnerabilities for HIV infection among women engaged in survival sex work in
Vancouver, Canada.
Shannon K, Bright V, Gibson K, et al
Can J Public Health. 2007 Nov-Dec;98(6):465-9.
 Abstract
 
Why and according to what consultation profiles do female sex workers consult health care
professionals? A study conducted in Laval, Québec.
Nguyen MN, Venne T, Rodrigues I, Jacques J.
Health Care Women Int. 2008 Feb;29(2):165-82.
 Abstract
 
A WEEK IN REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Drug sharing with clients as a risk marker for increased violence and sexual and drug-related
harms among survival sex workers.
Shannon K, Kerr T, Bright V, et al
AIDS Care. 2008 Feb;20(2):235-41.
 Abstract
 
Mapping violence and policing as an environmental-structural barrier to health service and
syringe availability among substance-using women in street-level sex work.
Shannon K, Rusch M, Shoveller J, et al 
Int J Drug Policy. 2008 Jan 17
 Abstract
 
Social and structural violence and power relations in mitigating HIV risk of drug-using women
in survival sex work.
Shannon K, Kerr T, Allinott S, et al  
Soc Sci Med. 2007 Dec 20
Abstract
 
FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Community-based HIV prevention research among substance-using women in survival sex work:
The Maka Project Partnership
Shannon K,  Bright V,  Allinott S, et al 
Harm Reduction Journal 2007, 4:20
Paper
 
Nobody's Ever Going to Make a Fag Pretty Woman: Stigma Awareness and the Putative Effects
of Stigma Among a Sample of Canadian Male Sex Workers.
Morrison TG, Whitehead BW. 
J Homosex. 2007;53(1/2):201-217.
 Abstract
 
The Cedar Project: A comparison of HIV-related vulnerabilities amongst young Aboriginal women
surviving drug use and sex work in two Canadian cities.
Mehrabadi A, Craib KJ, Patterson K, et al
Int J Drug Policy. 2007 Sep 14
 Abstract
 
Clients of Indoor Commercial Sex Workers: Heterogeneity in Patronage Patterns and Implications
for HIV and STI Propagation Through Sexual Networks.
Remple VP, Patrick DM, Johnston C, et al  
Sex Transm Dis. 2007 May 15;
Abstract
 
Sex-work harm reduction.
Rekart ML.
Lancet. 2006 Dec 17;366(9503):2123-34.
 Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Trafficking in women: the Canadian perspective
Stewart  DE,  Gajic-Veljanoski O 
CMAJ 2005;173 25-26
 Paper
 
Access and Utilization of HIV Treatment and Services Among Women Sex Workers in
Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Shannon K, Bright V, Duddy J, Tyndall MW.
J Urban Health. 2005 Jun 8;
 Abstract
 
Incorrect condom use and frequent breakage among female sex workers and their clients.
Mukenge-Tshibaka L, Alary M, et al  
Int J STD AIDS. 2005 May;16(5):345-7.
 Abstract

Sex trade involvement and rates of human immunodeficiency virus positivity among young gay
and bisexual men.
Weber AE, Craib KJ, Chan K, et al.
Int J Epidemiol 2001 Dec;30(6):1449-54; discussion1455-6
 Abstract
 

  
    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
POWERPOINT POSTER PRESENTATION
 Undiagnosed HIV infections: scaling up prevention and testing services for persons who inject drugs
C Archibald
 (XVII International AIDS Conference)
 Poster

Structural and environmental barriers to condom use negotiation with clients among women in
survival sex work: implications for HIV prevention and policy
Shannon K, Kerr T, Bright V, et al
 (4th IAS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Reproductive health, HIV prevalence, and HIV screening practices of indoor commercial
sex workers (CSW) in Vancouver, BC
Johnston C., Remple V.P., Leclair R., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Exploring HIV vulnerability through places of violence, harassment, police presence, and
syringe access among survival sex workers in Vancouver, Canada
Shannon K., Bright V., Oleson M., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 

Inconsistent condom puts indoor commercial sex workers (CSW) at risk for HIV in Vancouver,
Canada
Johnston C., Remple V.P., Bungay V., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
High-risk sexual networks of indoor commercial sex workers (CSW), their clients, and other
sexual partners in Vancouver, Canada
Remple V.P., Patrick D.M., Tyndall M.W., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
HIV knowledge and risk perception of indoor commercial sex workers (CSW) in Vancouver,
Canada
Remple V.P., Johnston C., Barnett J., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

Working with peers to develop an HIV prevention programme for Asian indoor commercial sex
workers (CSW) in Vancouver, Canada: challenges and successes
Thindal S., Johnston C., Remple V.P., Leclair R.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Development and implementation of an HIV prevention programme for Asian
commercial sex workers (CSW) in Vancouver, Canada
Thindal S., Johnston C., Remple V.P., Leclair R.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Women survival sex workers in Vancouver’s downtown eastside: a hidden HIV epidemic
K Shannon ,  V Bright ,  J Duddy , M Oleson 
(3rd IAS)
 Abstract

Health service delivery to Female Sex Workers in Vancouver
V J Bright, K Shannon, F Ranville, et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract

Canadian public policies on anti-trafficking, prostitution, and immigration: Impacts
on HIV/AIDS program implementation for migrant sex workers
N Sutdhibhasilp, K Gillies
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
La sphére de Vénus: an evaluation of an intervention program with female sex workers in
the Laval (Québec, Canada) region.
B A Neff, Kesnamelly, D R Otis, et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Uptake and acceptance of antiretroviral medications among female sex workers in Vancouver's
downtown eastside
K Shannon, V Bright, T Ishida, et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract

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