# Sex work and related issues

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/sex-work-and-related-issues/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Description | This cluster of papers explores the global impact of sex work and trafficking, focusing on issues such as HIV/AIDS prevalence, violence against sex workers, human rights violations, stigma, health interventions, structural factors influencing risk, mental health challenges, and policy responses. The research encompasses a wide range of geographical locations and examines the complex interplay of social, economic, and cultural factors affecting individuals involved in sex work. |
| Domain | Social Sciences |
| Field | Social Sciences |
| OpenAlex ID | t11350 |
| Works | 154 |

## Topic papers all

Showing 15 of 154.

- [Heterosexual risk of HIV-1 infection per sexual act: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies](https://scholariq.org/papers/heterosexual-risk-of-hiv-1-infection-per-sexual-act-systematic-review-and-meta/)
- [Abstinence and Safer Sex HIV Risk-Reduction Interventions for African American Adolescents](https://scholariq.org/papers/abstinence-and-safer-sex-hiv-risk-reduction-interventions-for-african-american/)
- [Death, Hope, and Sex: Life-History Theory and the Development of Reproductive Strategies \[and Comments and Reply\]](https://scholariq.org/papers/death-hope-and-sex-life-history-theory-and-the-development-of-reproductive/)
- [Correlates of rape while intoxicated in a national sample of college women.](https://scholariq.org/papers/correlates-of-rape-while-intoxicated-in-a-national-sample-of-college-women/)
- [Randomised, controlled, community-level HIV-prevention intervention for sexual-risk behaviour among homosexual men in US cities](https://scholariq.org/papers/randomised-controlled-community-level-hiv-prevention-intervention-for-sexual/)
- [HIV incidence among injecting drug users in New York City syringe-exchange programmes](https://scholariq.org/papers/hiv-incidence-among-injecting-drug-users-in-new-york-city-syringe-exchange/)
- [Sexual transmission of HIV-1 among injection drug users in San Francisco, USA: risk-factor analysis](https://scholariq.org/papers/sexual-transmission-of-hiv-1-among-injection-drug-users-in-san-francisco-usa/)
- [Substance Abuse, Violence, and HIV in Women: A Literature Review of the Syndemic](https://scholariq.org/papers/substance-abuse-violence-and-hiv-in-women-a-literature-review-of-the-syndemic/)
- [The Health of Trafficked Women: A Survey of Women Entering Posttrafficking Services in Europe](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-health-of-trafficked-women-a-survey-of-women-entering-posttrafficking/)
- [Biological and behavioural impact of an adolescent sexual health intervention in Tanzania: a community-randomized trial](https://scholariq.org/papers/biological-and-behavioural-impact-of-an-adolescent-sexual-health-intervention-in/)
- [PrEP Awareness, Familiarity, Comfort, and Prescribing Experience among US Primary Care Providers and HIV Specialists](https://scholariq.org/papers/prep-awareness-familiarity-comfort-and-prescribing-experience-among-us-primary/)
- [Outcomes of a randomized community-level HIV prevention intervention for women living in 18 low-income housing developments](https://scholariq.org/papers/outcomes-of-a-randomized-community-level-hiv-prevention-intervention-for-women/)
- [How Stigma Surrounding the Use of HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Undermines Prevention and Pleasure: A Call to Destigmatize “Truvada Whores”](https://scholariq.org/papers/how-stigma-surrounding-the-use-of-hiv-preexposure-prophylaxis-undermines/)
- [Condom use, power and HIV/AIDS risk: sex-workers bargain for survival in Hillbrow/Joubert Park/Berea, Johannesburg](https://scholariq.org/papers/condom-use-power-and-hiv-aids-risk-sex-workers-bargain-for-survival-in-hillbrow/)
- [No Door to Lock](https://scholariq.org/papers/no-door-to-lock/)

## Topic primary papers

Showing 15 of 54.

- [Heterosexual risk of HIV-1 infection per sexual act: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies](https://scholariq.org/papers/heterosexual-risk-of-hiv-1-infection-per-sexual-act-systematic-review-and-meta/)
- [Death, Hope, and Sex: Life-History Theory and the Development of Reproductive Strategies \[and Comments and Reply\]](https://scholariq.org/papers/death-hope-and-sex-life-history-theory-and-the-development-of-reproductive/)
- [The Health of Trafficked Women: A Survey of Women Entering Posttrafficking Services in Europe](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-health-of-trafficked-women-a-survey-of-women-entering-posttrafficking/)
- [Condom use, power and HIV/AIDS risk: sex-workers bargain for survival in Hillbrow/Joubert Park/Berea, Johannesburg](https://scholariq.org/papers/condom-use-power-and-hiv-aids-risk-sex-workers-bargain-for-survival-in-hillbrow/)
- [Surplus men, sex work, and the spread of HIV in China](https://scholariq.org/papers/surplus-men-sex-work-and-the-spread-of-hiv-in-china/)
- [Entrapment and Enmeshment Schemes Used by Sex Traffickers](https://scholariq.org/papers/entrapment-and-enmeshment-schemes-used-by-sex-traffickers/)
- [An Exploratory Model of Girl’s Vulnerability to Commercial Sexual Exploitation in Prostitution](https://scholariq.org/papers/an-exploratory-model-of-girl-s-vulnerability-to-commercial-sexual-exploitation/)
- [Human Trafficking of Minors and Childhood Adversity in Florida](https://scholariq.org/papers/human-trafficking-of-minors-and-childhood-adversity-in-florida/)
- [The health risks and consequences of trafficking in women and adolescents: Findings from a European study](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-health-risks-and-consequences-of-trafficking-in-women-and-adolescents/)
- [Power, community mobilization, and condom use practices among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India](https://scholariq.org/papers/power-community-mobilization-and-condom-use-practices-among-female-sex-workers/)
- [The Context of Economic Insecurity and its Relation to Violence and Risk Factors for HIV among Female Sex Workers in Andhra Pradesh, India](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-context-of-economic-insecurity-and-its-relation-to-violence-and-risk-factors/)
- [Juvenile Entry Into Prostitution](https://scholariq.org/papers/juvenile-entry-into-prostitution/)
- [Exploitation, Violence, and Suicide Risk Among Child and Adolescent Survivors of Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Subregion](https://scholariq.org/papers/exploitation-violence-and-suicide-risk-among-child-and-adolescent-survivors-of/)
- [Exploratory review of route-specific, gendered, and age-graded dynamics of exploitation: Applying life course theory to victimization in sex trafficking in North America](https://scholariq.org/papers/exploratory-review-of-route-specific-gendered-and-age-graded-dynamics-of/)
- [Stolen smiles: a summary report on the physical and psychological health consequences of women and adolescents trafficked in Europe.](https://scholariq.org/papers/stolen-smiles-a-summary-report-on-the-physical-and-psychological-health/)

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