Female Sex Work Within the Rural Immigrant Latino Community in the Southeast United States: An Exploratory Qualitative Community-Based Participatory Research Study
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Amanda Elizabeth Tanner, Associate Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: of, and the risks encountered in, sex work in the United States.
Objective: This community-based participatory research
(CBPR) study explored female sex work and the feasibility
of conducting a larger study of sex work within the immigrant
Latino community in North Carolina.
Methods: Twelve abbreviated life story interviews were
conducted with Latina women who sold sex, other women
who sold sex to Latino men, and Latino men who hired sex
workers. Content analysis was used to analyze narrative data.
Results: Themes emerged to describe the structure of sex
work, motivations to sell and hire sex, and the sexual healthrelated
needs of sex workers. Lessons learned included the
ease of recruiting sex workers and clients, the need to develop
relationships with controllers and bar owners/managers, and
the high compensation costs to reimburse sex workers for
participation.
Conclusions: Study findings suggest that it is possible to
identify and recruit sex workers and clients and collect formative
data within this highly vulnerable and neglected
community; the prevention of HIV and STDs is a priority
among sex workers, and the need for a larger study to include
non-Latino men who report using Latina sex workers, other
community insiders (e.g., bartenders), and service providers
for Latina sex workers.
Female Sex Work Within the Rural Immigrant Latino Community in the Southeast United States: An Exploratory Qualitative Community-Based Participatory Research Study
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Language: English
- Date: 2012
- Keywords
- community health partnerships, health promotion, rural populations, HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, women’s health, health disparities, sex workers, latino communities