The impact of violence on sex risk and drug use behaviors among women engaged in sex work in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

JED Moret, AW Carrico, JL Evans, ES Stein… - Drug and alcohol …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Violence, substance use, and HIV disproportionately impact female
entertainment and sex workers (FESW), but causal pathways remain unclear. Methods We …

Correlates of amphetamine-type stimulant use and associations with HIV-related risks among young women engaged in sex work in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

MC Couture, JL Evans, N San Sothy, ES Stein… - Drug and alcohol …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Amphetamine-type stimulant (ATS) use has increased in Cambodia and
emerged as a significant problem among female sex workers (FSWs), potentially …

[HTML][HTML] Conflicting rights: how the prohibition of human trafficking and sexual exploitation infringes the right to health of female sex workers in Phnom Penh …

L Maher, TC Dixon, P Phlong… - Health and human …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
While repressive laws and policies in relation to sex work have the potential to undermine
HIV prevention efforts, empirical research on their interface has been lacking. In 2008 …

[HTML][HTML] Selling sex in unsafe spaces: sex work risk environments in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

L Maher, J Mooney-Somers, P Phlong… - Harm reduction …, 2011 - Springer
Background The risk environment framework provides a valuable but under-utilised heuristic
for understanding environmental vulnerability to HIV and other sexually transmitted …

Club drug use and associated high‐risk sexual behaviour in six provinces in C hina

YP Bao, ZM Liu, JH Li, RM Zhang, W Hao, M Zhao… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To investigate the characteristics of the different club drugs and associated high‐risk
sexual behaviours in C hina. Design Multicentre cross‐sectional study. Setting D rug D …

Sex work and HIV in Cambodia: trajectories of risk and disease in two cohorts of high-risk young women in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

K Page, E Stein, N Sansothy, J Evans, MC Couture… - BMJ open, 2013 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives HIV prevalence among Cambodian female sex workers (FSW) is among the
highest in Southeast Asia. We describe HIV prevalence and associated risk exposures in …

[HTML][HTML] Risk behaviors and HIV care continuum outcomes among criminal justice-involved HIV-infected transgender women and cisgender men: data from the Seek …

CG Beckwith, I Kuo, RJ Fredericksen… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Transgender persons are highly victimized, marginalized, disproportionately
experience incarceration, and have alarmingly increased rates of HIV infection compared to …

The syndemic of HIV, HIV-related risk and multiple co-morbidities among women who use drugs in Malaysia: important targets for intervention

KB Loeliger, R Marcus, JA Wickersham, V Pillai… - Addictive …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Substance use and HIV are syndemic public health problems in Malaysia.
Harm reduction efforts to reduce HIV transmission have primarily focused on men with …

Crystal methamphetamine use and its correlates in women engaged in sex work in a developing country setting

M Shokoohi, M Karamouzian, H Sharifi… - Drug and alcohol …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Worldwide, crystal methamphetamine (CM) use and associated high-risk
sexual behaviors are a concern, but they are less studied among female sex workers (FSW) …

Violence, trauma and living with HIV: Longitudinal predictors of initiating crystal methamphetamine injection among sex workers

E Argento, SA Strathdee, S Goldenberg… - Drug and alcohol …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Despite rapid increases in crystal methamphetamine (CM) use worldwide and
established gendered patterns of use, empirical research on CM injection initiation among …