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Immigrants
     
Canada
 
       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Adolescent risk behaviours and psychological distress across immigrant generations.
Hamilton HA, Noh S, Adlaf EM.
 Can J Public Health. 2009 May-Jun;100(3):221-5.
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Sexworkers
     
Multinational

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Adolescent female sex workers: invisibility, violence and HIV.
 Silverman JG.
Arch Dis Child. 2011 Feb 28
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Canada
 
       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Individual and structural vulnerability among female youth who exchange sex for survival.
Miller CL, Fielden SJ, Tyndall MW, et al
J Adolesc Health. 2011 Jul;49(1):36-41.
 Abstract

Survival sex work involvement as a primary risk factor for hepatitis C virus acquisition in drug-using youths in a Canadian setting.
 Shannon K, Kerr T, Marshall B, Li K, et al
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Jan;164(1):61-5.
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China
 
      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Sexual and Reproductive Health Knowledge, Contraception Uptake, and Factors Associated with Unmet Need for Modern Contraception among Adolescent Female Sex Workers in China.
Lim MS, Zhang XD, Kennedy E,  et al
PLoS One. 2015 Jan 27;10(1):e0115435.
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FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Vulnerabilities, health needs and predictors of high-risk sexual behaviour among female adolescent sex workers in Kunming, China.
Zhang XD, Temmerman M, Li Y, Luo W, Luchters S.
Sex Transm Infect. 2012 Dec 8.
Paper
 
      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Sexual and reproductive health in adolescent female sex workers: Kunming, China
X.-D. Zhang, M. Lim, E. Kennedy
 (XX International AIDS Conference)
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The neglected HIV/AIDS risky population in Taiwan: a qualitative study among massage boys
F.-Y. Li, Y.-H. Lin, S. King, C.-C. Hung Lin
 (XIX International AIDS Conference)
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Liberia
 

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Transactional sex among youths in post-conflict Liberia.
 Atwood KA, Kennedy SB, Barbu EM,  et al
J Health Popul Nutr. 2011 Apr;29(2):113-22.
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Mexico

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Exploring the Context of Trafficking and Adolescent Sex Industry Involvement in Tijuana, Mexico: Consequences for HIV Risk and Prevention.
Goldenberg SM, Silverman JG, Engstrom D, et al
Violence Against Women. 2015 Feb 32.
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Russia

 
      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Entering sex work under age 18, violence and HIV risk among FSWs in St. Petersburg and Orenburg, Russia
M. Rusakova, V. Odinokova, L.A. Urada, et al
 (XIX International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 

South Africa

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Transactional Sex amongst AIDS-orphaned and AIDS-Affected Adolescents Predicted by Abuse and
Extreme Poverty.
 D CL, Phd OM, Mark B, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Aug 18.
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Ukraine
 
         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  POSTER
 Adolescent female sex workers in Ukraine: results of a targeted intervention model
 A. Teltschik, S. Ancker, T. Bondar, Y. Sereda
(XVIII IAC)
PDF Poster     Abstract
 
United States
 
       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Laboratory-confirmed HIV and sexually transmitted infection seropositivity and risk behavior among sexually active transgender patients at an adolescent and young adult urban community health center.
Reisner SL, Vetters R, White JM,  et al 
AIDS Care. 2015 Mar 19:1-6.
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A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
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.
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Zimbabwe

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Triple jeopardy: Adolescent experiences of sex work and migration in Zimbabwe.
Busza J, Mtetwa S, Chirawu P, Cowan F.
Health Place. 2014 Apr 29;28C:85-91.
Abstract
American Indians
     
 
       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Respecting the circle of life: one year outcomes from a randomized controlled comparison of an HIV risk reduction intervention for American Indian adolescents.
Tingey L, Mullany B, Chambers R, et al
 AIDS Care. 2015 Apr 2:1-11
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The Respecting the Circle of Life trial for American Indian adolescents: rationale, design, methods, and baseline characteristics.
Tingey L, Mullany B, Chambers R, et al
AIDS Care. 2015 Feb 25:1-7
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