“…Past studies (Mahapatra et al, 2012;Navani-Vazirani et al, 2015) show how solicitation patterns enabled by mobile phones may be associated with high-risk sexual behaviours among sex workers indicated by lower levels of condom use. While condom use behaviours were not explored in the current study, results from the current study revealed that mobile phones facilitated closer bonds between FSWs and some clients, which may place them at risk for non-condom use with such trusted partners, an issue that has been repeatedly highlighted in past studies (Deering et al, 2011;Jie et al, 2012;Murray et al, 2007;Panchanadeswaran et al 2008Panchanadeswaran et al , 2010Voeten, Egesah, Varkevissesr, & Habberma, 2007).…”