Correlates of partner violence among female street-based sex workers: Substance abuse, history of childhood abuse, and HIV risks
Correlates of partner violence among female street-based sex workers: Substance abuse, history of childhood abuse, and HIV risks
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DOI：
10.1089/108729101460092
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发表时间：
2001-01-01
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Wallace, J
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作者：
El-Bassel, N;Witte, SS;Wallace, J
本研究探讨了街头性工作者中亲密和商业性伙伴的身体和性虐待的患病率，并探讨了商业伙伴使用以下因素虐待伙伴的相关性：社会人口统计学，药物滥用，性行为，身体和性童年虐待。从1996年12月至1997年5月，113名街头性工作者被招募，同时接受性传播疾病研究基金会（FROST'D）的服务，该基金会是一个总部设在纽约市的非营利组织。虐待伴侣在街头性工作者中很常见。三分之二的街头妓女一生中遭受过亲密或商业伙伴的身体或性虐待。此外，八分之一的人报告说，她一生中受到亲密伴侣和商业伙伴的身体虐待和性虐待。在过去一年无家可归的妇女、报告说以毒品和金钱作为主要收入来源的妇女、在过去一年使用注射毒品的妇女和在毒品房中发生性行为的妇女以及艾滋病毒呈阳性的妇女更有可能报告说受到身体虐待和性虐待。了解伴侣暴力、受害者药物滥用和艾滋病毒风险行为之间的关系，对于制定公共政策和治疗及预防战略以解决吸毒的女性街头性工作者面临的一系列问题至关重要。
This study examines the prevalence of physical and sexual abuse by intimate and commercial sexual partners among street-based sex workers and explores correlates of partner abuse by commercial partners using the following factors: sociodemographics, substance abuse, sexual behavior, and physical and sexual childhood abuse. One hundred thirteen street sex workers were recruited from December 1996 through May 1997 while receiving services from the Foundations for Research on Sexually Transmitted Diseases (FROST'D), a nonprofit organization based in New York City. Partner abuse is a common occurrence among street sex workers. Two of three street prostitutes have experienced lifetime physical or sexual abuse by either an intimate or commercial partner. In addition, one of eight reported physical and sexual abuse by both intimate and commercial partners during her lifetime. Women who were homeless in the last year, those who reported exchanging for drugs and money as their main source of income, used injection drugs in the past year and had sex in crack houses, and who were human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive were more likely to be report combined physical and sexual abuse. Understanding the relationship between partner violence, victim's substance abuse, and HIV-risk behavior is important for the development of public policies and treatment and prevention strategies to address the constellation of problems that drug-using female street sex workers face.