Literature review on risk factors for acquiring HIV infection in female sex workers.
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https://doi.org/10.5377/rtu.v13i37.17992Keywords:
HIV, Female sex workers, Risk factorAbstract
The risk of not using safe sex practices and the vulnerability of sex workers to health risks such as acquiring a sexually transmitted infection such as HIV, makes them a key vulnerable population. The characteristics of sex workers and their perception of safe sex practices are unknown, most of them present some situations such as violence, low educational level, alcoholism, drug use, in other words, the stigma and discrimination that women suffer because of sex work. Focusing on the issue of HIV in female sex workers and risk factors, a literature review was carried out in the following databases such as Lilacs, Scielo, Google Scholar, Pubmed, from the last five years using the following descriptors. HIV, female sex workers, risk factor. A total of 20 scientific articles were obtained from websites such as WHO, PAHO, Thesis, Lilacs, Google Scholar, SCIELO, Revista Chilena, being selected 10 for the research published between 2018 and 2023, taking into account that the publications were not more than five years old and were updated, all research before 2018 was excluded.
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