Developing safer sex negotiation skills among Latin American female sex workers working in Germany
Year: 2014
Type: dissertation
Abstract: BACKGROUND:Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, are among the most important causes of infertility, long-term disability and death in the world (WHO 2012).Because of the particularities of their job, sex workers (SW) are at great risk of acquiring HIV/STIs.It is estimated that around 400,000 sex workers are engaged in Germany and approximately 1 million men look daily for sex workers' services in the country (TAMPEP 2010).In Germany, sex work is a commercial activity predominantly conducted by migrants and by women (TAMPEP 2010(TAMPEP , 2007a(TAMPEP , 2007b(TAMPEP , 2007d)).The largest populations of migrant SW in the country are the groups from Central and Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America (TAMPEP 2010).Evidence suggests that sex workers in Germany may not consistently practice protected sex (RKI 2012;Bremer 2007Bremer , 2006;; TAMPEP 2010 TAMPEP , 2007b TAMPEP , 2007d)).Among other interventions to increase condom use among SW, it is recommended to improve sex workers' safer sex negotiation abilities.In this sense, the current study was conducted to achieve two principal goals: 1) to identify negotiation strategies that Latin American female sex workers working in Germany (LAFSWs) employ by attempting to persuade clients resistant to using a condom; and 2) to identify skills building approaches to teach sex workers condom use negotiation strategies. METHODS:A 'gatekeeper' access strategy as well as a mix of qualitative methods (including participant-observation field work, field interviews and focus groups with sex workers) was employed to collect data to identify condom use negotiation techniques used by LAFSWs.In collaboration with organizations aimed at improving the health, social and political conditions of sex workers, field work was carried out in brothels and window houses in 3 German cities of 3 German states.Furthermore, expert interviews were conducted to recognize potential skills building approaches to teach condom use negotiations.The data collected were analyzed using elements of Grounded Theory and coded with the help of Atlas.tiversion 6.2. "Developing Safer Sex Negotiation Skills among Latin American Female Sex Workers Working in Germany" | viii
Authors: Escamilla Loredo, María Ixhel
Language: English
Topic: Sex work and related issues
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W139910394