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Sex Work and HIV Prevention

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The phrase “sex work and HIV prevention” refers to any strategy undertaken to prevent the acquisition or transmission of HIV/AIDS in the context of commercial sex transactions (e.g., where there is exchange of sex for money between consenting adults). This may include HIV prevention among sex workers or their clients (sex buyers) or both, though the vast majority of programs and research to date have focused on sex workers alone. While HIV prevention within sex work typically focused on prevention of sexual acquisition or transmission of HIV among sex workers and their clients, it may also include drug-related transmission routes where there is overlap between sex workers and clients who use drugs. This entry will focus on HIV prevention through sexual contact but will also discuss HIV prevention within sex work where there is overlap with drug use.

Global Burden of HIV Among Sex Workers

Worldwide, sex workers remain highly vulnerable to HIV in most settings, due to a...

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  1. Gender and Sexual Health Initiative, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul’s Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, V6Z 1Y6, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Kathleen N. Deering, Kate Shannon & Steffanie A. Strathdee

  2. Division of AIDS, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Kathleen N. Deering & Kate Shannon

  3. School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Kate Shannon

  4. Division of Global Public Health in the Department of Medicine, San Diego School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, USA

    Steffanie A. Strathdee

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  3. University of California, San Diego Dept. Pathology, La Jolla, California, USA

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Deering, K.N., Shannon, K., Strathdee, S.A. (2015). Sex Work and HIV Prevention. In: Hope, T., Stevenson, M., Richman, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of AIDS. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9610-6_90-1

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