HIV Prevention Needs Among Street-based Male Sex Workers in Providence, Rhode Island

Overview

Journal Am J Public Health

Specialty Public Health

Date 2014 Sep 12

PMID 25211761

Citations 12

Authors

Stewart Landers

Elizabeth F Closson

Catherine E Oldenburg

Richard Holcomb

Shannon Spurlock

Matthew J Mimiaga

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Abstract

We examined data derived from a needs assessment of the personal and social characteristics and HIV risk behavior of street-based male sex workers, in Providence, Rhode Island, who engage in transactional sexual intercourse with other men. Substance use, injected drugs, needle sharing, and psychosocial distress were highly prevalent among the sample. History of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse was associated with increased risk of condomless anal sexual intercourse with paying male clients.

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