"Sex Workers" 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.
People who engage in occupational sexual behavior in exchange for economic rewards or other extrinsic considerations.
| Descriptor ID |
D060386
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.776
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| Concept/Terms |
Sex Worker Clients- Sex Worker Clients
- Client, Sex Worker
- Clients, Sex Worker
- Sex Worker Client
- Worker Client, Sex
- Worker Clients, Sex
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Workers" by people in Profiles.
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HIV Self-Testing Uptake and Intervention Strategies Among Men in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review. Front Public Health. 2021; 9:594298.
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Values and Preferences on the Use of Oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Prevention Among Multiple Populations: A Systematic Review of the Literature. AIDS Behav. 2017 May; 21(5):1325-1335.
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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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Epidemic impacts of a community empowerment intervention for HIV prevention among female sex workers in generalized and concentrated epidemics. PLoS One. 2014; 9(2):e88047.
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Social cohesion, social participation, and HIV related risk among female sex workers in Swaziland. PLoS One. 2014; 9(1):e87527.
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Community empowerment among female sex workers is an effective HIV prevention intervention: a systematic review of the peer-reviewed evidence from low- and middle-income countries. AIDS Behav. 2013 Jul; 17(6):1926-40.
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Estimating the impact of reducing violence against female sex workers on HIV epidemics in Kenya and Ukraine: a policy modeling exercise. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2013 Feb; 69 Suppl 1:122-32.
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Community mobilisation for HIV prevention in India: what difference does it make? J Epidemiol Community Health. 2012 Oct; 66 Suppl 2:ii1-2.