Sex Work

"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.

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The act or practice of engaging in sexual relations for money or other benefit.

Descriptor ID	D011477
MeSH Number(s)	F01.145.802.790 I01.880.735.679
Concept/Terms	Sex Work Sex Work Work, Sex Sex Industry Industries, Sex Sex Industries Prostitution

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Sex Work".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Behavior [F01.145]
Sexual Behavior [F01.145.802]
Sex Work [F01.145.802.790]
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Social Problems [I01.880.735]
Sex Work [I01.880.735.679]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sex Work" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sex Work" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 20 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2007

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	1	0	1
1999	1	0	1
2005	1	0	1
2006	1	1	2
2007	2	2	4
2008	0	1	1
2009	1	0	1
2010	1	0	1
2013	2	0	2
2014	3	0	3
2016	2	0	2
2023	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Work" by people in Profiles.

Rains A, Sibley AL, Levander XA, Walters SM, Nolte K, Colston DC, Piscalko HM, Go VF, Friedmann PD, Seal DW. "I would do anything but that": Attitudes towards sex work among rural people who use drugs. Int J Drug Policy. 2023 Dec; 122:104237.

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Giovenco D, Kahn K, Hughes JP, MacPhail C, Wagner R, Pettifor A. Self-Esteem as an Indicator of Transactional Sex Among Young Women in Rural South Africa (HPTN 068). AIDS Behav. 2020 Mar; 24(3):823-826.

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Saw YM, Saw TN, Wai KM, Poudel KC, Win HH. Correlates of sex trading among male non-injecting drug users in Myanmar: a cross-sectional study. Harm Reduct J. 2016 12 05; 13(1):34.

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Ranganathan M, Heise L, Pettifor A, Silverwood RJ, Selin A, MacPhail C, Delany-Moretlwe S, Kahn K, G?mez-Oliv? FX, Hughes JP, Piwowar-Manning E, Laeyendecker O, Watts C. Transactional sex among young women in rural South Africa: prevalence, mediators and association with HIV infection. J Int AIDS Soc. 2016; 19(1):20749.

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Zhang L, Li X, Wang B, Shen Z, Zhou Y, Xu J, Tang Z, Stanton B. Violence, stigma and mental health among female sex workers in China: A structural equation modeling. Women Health. 2017 07; 57(6):685-704.

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Su S, Li X, Lin D, Zhang C, Qiao S, Zhou Y. Social context factors, refusal self-efficacy, and alcohol use among female sex workers in China. Psychol Health Med. 2015; 20(8):889-95.

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Zhang L, Li X, Zhou Y, Lin D, Su S, Zhang C, Stanton B. Predictors of consistent condom use among Chinese female sex workers: an application of the protection motivation theory. Health Care Women Int. 2015; 36(7):816-33.

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Shen Z, Zhang C, Li X, Su S, Cui Y, Zhou Y, Tang Z. HIV-related behavioral risk factors among older female sex workers in Guangxi, China. AIDS Care. 2014; 26(11):1407-10.

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Zhang C, Li X, Hong Y, Su S, Zhou Y. Relationship between female sex workers and gatekeeper: the impact on female sex worker's mental health in China. Psychol Health Med. 2014; 19(6):656-66.

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Zhang C, Hong Y, Li X, Qiao S, Zhou Y, Su S. Psychological stressors in the context of commercial sex among female sex workers in China. Health Care Women Int. 2015; 36(7):753-67.

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