"Sex Work" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The act or practice of engaging in sexual relations for money or other benefit.
| Descriptor ID |
D011477
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.802.790 I01.880.735.679
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| Concept/Terms |
Sex Work- Sex Work
- Work, Sex
- Sex Industry
- Industries, Sex
- Sex Industries
- Prostitution
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Work" by people in Profiles.
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A community empowerment approach to the HIV response among sex workers: effectiveness, challenges, and considerations for implementation and scale-up. Lancet. 2015 Jan 10; 385(9963):172-85.
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Alcohol use before sex and HIV risk: situational characteristics of protected and unprotected encounters among high-risk African women. Sex Transm Dis. 2010 Sep; 37(9):571-8.
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Talking the talk, walking the walk: social network norms, communication patterns, and condom use among the male partners of female sex workers in La Romana, Dominican Republic. Soc Sci Med. 2009 Jun; 68(11):2037-44.
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The role of relationship intimacy in consistent condom use among female sex workers and their regular paying partners in the Dominican Republic. AIDS Behav. 2007 May; 11(3):463-70.
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Cost-effectiveness of environmental-structural communication interventions for HIV prevention in the female sex industry in the Dominican Republic. J Health Commun. 2006; 11 Suppl 2:123-42.
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Environmental-structural interventions to reduce HIV/STI risk among female sex workers in the Dominican Republic. Am J Public Health. 2006 Jan; 96(1):120-5.
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Environmental-structural factors significantly associated with consistent condom use among female sex workers in the Dominican Republic. AIDS. 2003 Feb 14; 17(3):415-23.
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HIV-1 subtype E incidence and sexually transmitted diseases in a cohort of military conscripts in northern Thailand. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1998 Aug 01; 18(4):372-9.
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Alcohol consumption, brothel attendance, and condom use: normative expectations among Thai military conscripts. Med Anthropol Q. 1996 Sep; 10(3):402-23.
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AIDS awareness among a cohort of young Thai men: exposure to information, level of knowledge, and perception of risk. AIDS Care. 1995; 7(5):573-91.