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3370.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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The purpose of this session is to discuss voluntary and forced sex work. This session is one of the only at the APHA annual meeting that will address this important issue for women. The session will feature international perspectives and provide information on health outcomes of sex work. Further, the session will include information on those factors that facilitate sex work as an important part of the economy. | |||
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to: (1) Discuss the social and economic community-level factors realted to sex work; (2) Identify health-related outcomes of sex workers and potential effects on women's health; (3) Explore the relationship of social, family, and work roles to sex work; and (4) Describe methodological implications of conducting research and interventions with sex workers. | |||
Stacey B. Plichta, ScD | |||
Alexis N. Martinez, PhDc, MPH | |||
Sex Worker or Prostitute? Labels do matter: Evidence from a community-level intervention trial of the Sonagachi Project, India Dallas Swendeman, MPH, Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, PhD, Peter A. Newman, PhD, Sung-Jae Lee, PhD, Robert E. Weiss, PhD | |||
Reproductive Health through the Eyes of Trafficked Moldovan Women Laurie Helzer, BA | |||
Community level correlates of commercial sex in China Hongyun Fu, Clare Houseman, PhD, RN, CS, Stacey B. Plichta, ScD | |||
Exploring the etiology of depression among urban women in treatment for substance use disorders: The role of sex work Thomas M. Brady, PhD | |||
Does family role or work policy matter to using condoms for Filipina sex workers: A multilevel perspective? Chi Chiao, MSc, MPH, Donald Morisky, ScD | |||
Withdrawn -- Self-perceptions of physical and mental health among trafficked women from Asia living in the US Nalini Visvanathan, PhD, MPH, Carol J. Gomez | |||
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
Organized by: | Women's Caucus | ||
Endorsed by: | APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; Occupational Health and Safety; Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health; Socialist Caucus | ||
CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing |