Prostitutes and their clients: A Gambian survey

Pickering, Helen; Todd, Jim; Dunn, David; Pépin, Jacques; Wilkins, Andy

doi:10.1016/0277-9536(92)90069-3

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“…In a paper reporting on interviews with sex workers in Gambia, the authors use somewhat judgmental language, variously describing sex workers' accounts of their life histories as "lies", "fiction" and accounts that "could not be trusted" (Pickering et al, 1992). Probably this was also the case in our interviews.…”

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Selling sex in the time of AIDS: the psycho-social context of condom use by sex workers on a Southern African mine

Campbell¹

2000

Social Science & Medicine

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This paper provides a detailed account of the social organisation of commercial sex work in a squatter camp in a South African gold mining community. On the basis of in-depth interviews with 21 women, living in conditions of poverty and violence, the paper examines factors which might serve to help or hinder a newly implemented community-based peer education and condom distribution project aimed at vulnerable single women. Attention is given to the way in which the routine organisation of sex workers' everyday working and living conditions, as well as the strategies they use to construct positive social identities despite working in the most stigmatised of professions, serve to undermine their confidence in their ability to insist on condom use in sexual encounters with reluctant clients. However, even amongst this disadvantaged group of women, the interviews suggest that the tendency to speak of women's 'powerlessness' (as is the case in many studies of African women in the context of the HIV epidemic) is unduly simplistic and fails to take account of the range of coping strategies and social support networks that women have constructed to deal with their day to day life challenges. These strategies and networks could serve as potentially strong resources for community-based sexual health promotion programmes.

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Section: Confidence Dignity and Self-efficacymentioning

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Selling sex in the time of AIDS: the psycho-social context of condom use by sex workers on a Southern African mine

Campbell¹

2000

Social Science & Medicine

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148

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“…The few studies conducted on HIV/AIDS prevention among SW in Sub Saharan Africa have focused primarily on knowledge of HIV/AIDS and their association with sexually risky or preventive behavior (Asamoah-Adu et al 1994;Pickering et al 1992). However, few studies are based on a conceptual framework.…”

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Correlates of Condom Use among Sex Workers and Their Boyfriends in Three West African Countries

Godin

Bah²,

Sow

et al. 2007

AIDS Behav

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The aim of this study was to identify correlates associated with condom use at last intercourse between sex workers (SW) and their boyfriends (BF). The sample was derived as a convenience sample recruited through existing HIV prevention organizations in Benin, Guinea and Senegal. The Theory of Planned Behavior served as the conceptual framework. A total of 406 individuals (220 SW and 186 BF) participated in the study. Socio-demographic, behavioral and psychological variables were collected through a face-to-face administered questionnaire. Condom use at last intercourse was significantly associated with intention and perceived control among SW as well as their BF. With respect to intention, perceived control, attitude and moral norm explained 82 and 74% of intention of SW and BF, respectively. These results suggest that promoting condom use among SW and BF should be based primarily on the development of personal ability to overcome obstacles to condom use.

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“…11 Studies in African nations found that clients represented diverse educational backgrounds, occupations, and incomes. 13,14 In Vietnam, Indonesia, Lao, and Pakistan, sex workers reported that civil servants, government officials, and businessmen were among their most frequent clients. 15 In India, exit interviews with clients established that nearly one third were transport workers, but over one fourth also worked as businessmen or in the service industry.…”

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HIV-Related Risk Behaviors and History of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Male Migrants Who Patronize Commercial Sex in China

Wang

Li²,

Stanton³

et al. 2007

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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Prostitutes and their clients: A Gambian survey

Cited by 64 publications

References 17 publications

Selling sex in the time of AIDS: the psycho-social context of condom use by sex workers on a Southern African mine

Selling sex in the time of AIDS: the psycho-social context of condom use by sex workers on a Southern African mine

Correlates of Condom Use among Sex Workers and Their Boyfriends in Three West African Countries

HIV-Related Risk Behaviors and History of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Male Migrants Who Patronize Commercial Sex in China

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