The health and welfare needs of female and transgender street sex workers in New South Wales

Harcourt, Christine; Beek, Ingrid van; Heslop, Jenny; McMahon, Maria Faillace; Donovan, Basil

doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.2001.tb00556.x

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“…However, some of these studies have been limited by recruiting participants from sexual health clinics 13 and some have been limited by focusing on workers in particular settings such as street sex work. 14 In Sydney, interesting differences were found between male and female sex workers. 13 Of the 94 male sex workers interviewed, 90% serviced only men, while 10% serviced both men and women.…”

Section: Being Paid For Sexmentioning

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Sex in Australia: Experiences of commercial sex in a representative sample of adults

Rissel

Richters

Grulich

et al. 2003

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Objective: To describe the characteristics of Australian adults' experience of commercial sex. Method: Telephone interviews were completed by a representative sample of 10,173 men and 9,134 women aged 16-59 years (response rate 73.1%; 69.4% men, 77.6% women). Respondents were asked about their experiences both as clients and as sex workers. Socio-demographic and health factors associated with experience of commercial sex were explored for men. Results: Almost one in six Australian men (15.6%) have ever paid for sex; 1.9% had done so in the past year. Of men who had ever paid for sex, 97% had paid for sex with a woman and 3% for sex with a man. Very few women (0.1%) had ever paid for sex. Twice as many men (0.9%) as women (0.5%) had ever been paid for sex; two-thirds of these men (0.6%) were paid by other men. Condom use during vaginal sex was highest in parlours and brothels and with escorts, and lowest for street sex work. Twothirds of women who had ever been paid for sex had done so only overseas. One in 10 men who had paid for sex had only done so overseas. Men who had paid for sex were more likely than other men to smoke, to drink more alcohol, to have had a sexually transmitted infection or been tested for HIV, to have more sexual partners, to have first had vaginal intercourse before 16, and to have had heterosexual anal intercourse. Conclusion: Sex work overseas, where condom use may not be common, represents a potential source of HIV or sexually transmitted infection.

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Section: Being Paid For Sexmentioning

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Sex in Australia: Experiences of commercial sex in a representative sample of adults

Rissel

Richters

Grulich

et al. 2003

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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“…6 Remarkably, by 1997 a survey of the most vulnerable of NSW sex workers, drug-affected street workers, found an uncomfortable relationship between the workers and police but no evidence of corruption. 7 Decriminalisation of sex work enabled NSW to become a global leader in other policy areas, including the first published work-place standards for brothels 8 and accreditation of the formal training of peer educators toward a diploma in community education.…”

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Improving the health of sex workers in NSW: maintaining success

Donovan¹,

Harcourt²,

Egger³

et al. 2010

NSW Public Health Bull.

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NSW has a diverse sex industry that is limited in its size by modest demand. There is no evidence that decriminalisation in 1995 increased the frequency of commercial sex in NSW. Though the largest sector, female brothels, is now mainly staffed by Asian women, condom use for vaginal and anal sex exceeds 99% and sexually transmissible infection rates are at historic lows. These gains are attributable to the long-term support of the NSW Department of Health in collaboration with the community-based Sex Workers Outreach Project and sexual health services, facilitated by the removal of criminal sanctions without the expense and access barriers of licensing systems.Just a generation ago sex work in New South Wales (NSW) had been criminalised for many years, linking the sex industry to criminal subcultures and fuelling corrupt behaviour.

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“…Physical health problems associated with selling or trading sex include Hepatitis B and C (Harcourt, Beek, Heslop, McMahon, & Donovan, 2001), -Bassel, et al, 1997;Flowers, 2001), and other sexually transmitted infections (Jeal & Salisbury, 2004). While there is limited research regarding mental health symptoms specific to DMST victims, a recent descriptive study of a residential program for sexually exploited children found that among the 13 residents with completed mental health records, residents had an average of at least two primary mental health disorders, most commonly PTSD (n = 6) and depression (n = 4) (Twill, Green, & Traylor, 2010).…”

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Putting the Pieces Back Together: A Group Intervention for Sexually Exploited Adolescent Girls

Hickle

Roe‐Sepowitz

2014

Social Work with Groups

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Article (Unspecified) http://sro.sussex.ac.uk Hickle, Kristine E and Roe-Sepowitz, Dominique E (2014) Putting the pieces back together: a group intervention for sexually exploited adolescent girls. Social Work With Groups, 37 (2). pp. [99][100][101][102][103][104][105][106][107][108][109][110][111][112][113] This version is available from Sussex Research Online: http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/49718/ This document is made available in accordance with publisher policies and may differ from the published version or from the version of record. If you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the URL above for details on accessing the published version. Copyright and reuse:Sussex Research Online is a digital repository of the research output of the University.Copyright and all moral rights to the version of the paper presented here belong to the individual author(s) and/or other copyright owners. To the extent reasonable and practicable, the material made available in SRO has been checked for eligibility before being made available.Copies of full text items generally can be reproduced, displayed or performed and given to third parties in any format or medium for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge, provided that the authors, title and full bibliographic details are credited, a hyperlink and/or URL is given for the original metadata page and the content is not changed in any way. Running head: PUTTING THE PIECES BACK TOGETHER Putting the Pieces Back Together: A Group Intervention for SexuallyExploited Adolescent Girls KRISTINE E. HICKLE and DOMINIQUE E. ROE-SEPOWITZ Arizona State University, School of Social Work, Phoenix, AZ, USA Domestic minor sex trafficking (DMST) is an emerging problem affecting adolescents, families, and communities throughout the United States. Despite a growing awareness of the problem, information regarding treatment is limited. This paper describes a pilot group intervention created for use with DMST victims, focusing specifically on areas that were critical to the development and life of the group: 1) providing education about DMST, 2) reducing shame and addressing stigma, 3) mutual aid, and 4) managing strong emotions through the development of new coping skills. Process examples are given to illustrate this pilot intervention, and recommendations for research and practice are discussed.

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The health and welfare needs of female and transgender street sex workers in New South Wales

Abstract: Consideration should be given to developing a network of safe houses to reduce community pressure and violence.

Cited by 72 publications

References 11 publications

Sex in Australia: Experiences of commercial sex in a representative sample of adults

Sex in Australia: Experiences of commercial sex in a representative sample of adults

Improving the health of sex workers in NSW: maintaining success

Putting the Pieces Back Together: A Group Intervention for Sexually Exploited Adolescent Girls

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