Sex worker health outcomes in high-income countries of varied regulatory environments: A systematic review
There is significant debate regarding the regulation of the sex industry, with a complex range of cultural, political and social factors influencing regulatory models which vary considerably between and within countries. This systematic review examined the available evidence on the relationship betw...
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| author | McCann, Jessica Crawford, Gemma Hallett, Jonathan |
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| description | There is significant debate regarding the regulation of the sex industry, with a complex range of cultural, political and social factors influencing regulatory models which vary considerably between and within countries. This systematic review examined the available evidence on the relationship between different approaches to sex industry regulation in high-income countries, and associated effects on sex worker health status. Objectives included identification of sex worker health outcomes, including sexual health, substance use and experience of stigma and violence. A search was performed electronically in eight scholarly databases which yielded 95 articles which met the criteria for inclusion. Findings suggested that sex workers in legalised and decriminalized countries demonstrated greater health outcomes, including awareness of health conditions and risk factors. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-882712022-05-03T03:08:05Z Sex worker health outcomes in high-income countries of varied regulatory environments: A systematic review McCann, Jessica Crawford, Gemma Hallett, Jonathan Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Environmental Sciences Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Environmental Sciences & Ecology sex work regulation legislation public health SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS HIV-INFECTION CONDOM USE COMMERCIAL SEX DRUG-USE CHLAMYDIA-TRACHOMATIS HEPATITIS-B NEISSERIA-GONORRHOEAE HONG-KONG There is significant debate regarding the regulation of the sex industry, with a complex range of cultural, political and social factors influencing regulatory models which vary considerably between and within countries. This systematic review examined the available evidence on the relationship between different approaches to sex industry regulation in high-income countries, and associated effects on sex worker health status. Objectives included identification of sex worker health outcomes, including sexual health, substance use and experience of stigma and violence. A search was performed electronically in eight scholarly databases which yielded 95 articles which met the criteria for inclusion. Findings suggested that sex workers in legalised and decriminalized countries demonstrated greater health outcomes, including awareness of health conditions and risk factors. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88271 10.3390/ijerph18083956 English http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ MDPI fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Environmental Sciences Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Environmental Sciences & Ecology sex work regulation legislation public health SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS HIV-INFECTION CONDOM USE COMMERCIAL SEX DRUG-USE CHLAMYDIA-TRACHOMATIS HEPATITIS-B NEISSERIA-GONORRHOEAE HONG-KONG McCann, Jessica Crawford, Gemma Hallett, Jonathan Sex worker health outcomes in high-income countries of varied regulatory environments: A systematic review |
| title | Sex worker health outcomes in high-income countries of varied regulatory environments: A systematic review |
| title_full | Sex worker health outcomes in high-income countries of varied regulatory environments: A systematic review |
| title_fullStr | Sex worker health outcomes in high-income countries of varied regulatory environments: A systematic review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sex worker health outcomes in high-income countries of varied regulatory environments: A systematic review |
| title_short | Sex worker health outcomes in high-income countries of varied regulatory environments: A systematic review |
| title_sort | sex worker health outcomes in high-income countries of varied regulatory environments: a systematic review |
| topic | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Environmental Sciences Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Environmental Sciences & Ecology sex work regulation legislation public health SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS HIV-INFECTION CONDOM USE COMMERCIAL SEX DRUG-USE CHLAMYDIA-TRACHOMATIS HEPATITIS-B NEISSERIA-GONORRHOEAE HONG-KONG |
| url | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88271 |