Structural and environmental barriers to condom use negotiation with clients among female sex workers: Implications for HIV-prevention strategies and policy

Kate Shannon, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Jean Shoveller, Melanie Rusch, Thomas Kerr, Mark W. Tyndall

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Résumé

Objectives. We investigated the relationship between environmental- structural factors and condom-use negotiation with clients among female sex workers. Methods. We used baseline data from a 2006 Vancouver, British Columbia, community-based cohort of female sex workers, to map the clustering of "hot spots" for being pressured into unprotected sexual intercourse by a client and assess sexual HIV risk. We used multivariate logistic modeling to estimate the relationship between environmental-structural factors and being pressured by a client into unprotected sexual intercourse. Results. In multivariate analyses, being pressured into having unprotected sexual intercourse was independently associated with having an individual zoning restriction (odds ratio [OR]=3.39; 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.00, 9.36), working away from main streets because of policing (OR=3.01; 95% CI=1.39, 7.44), borrowing a used crack pipe (OR=2.51; 95% CI=1.06, 2.49), clientperpetrated violence (OR=2.08; 95% CI=1.06, 4.49), and servicing clients in cars or in public spaces (OR=2.00; 95% CI=1.65, 5.73). Conclusions. Given growing global concern surrounding the failings of prohibitive sex-work legislation on sex workers' health and safety, there is urgent need for environmental-structural HIV-prevention efforts that facilitate sex workers' ability to negotiate condom use in safer sex-work environments and criminalize abuse by clients and third parties.

Langue d'origineEnglish
Pages (de-à)659-665
Nombre de pages7
JournalAmerican Journal of Public Health
Volume99
Numéro de publication4
DOI
Statut de publicationPublished - avr. 1 2009

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

PubMed: MeSH publication types

  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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