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Changes in strategies are needed for efforts that stigmatize sex workers and force mandatory testing without confidentiality. Studies in China found that sex workers are mandated to be tested for HIV in re-education camps but many are not informed of their serostatus. Studies found that sex workers were sent to labor re-education camps, were publicly shamed as sex workers and IDUs and had low rates of testing, condom use and access to services. Studies also found that cities in China that detain sex workers have a higher mean HIV prevalence compared to cities that do not detain sex workers.

Female Sex Workers

1 study

Policies that involve sex workers, brothel owners and clients in development and implementation of condom use can increase reported condom use.[*]

Female Sex Workers

3 studies Gray IIIa, IIIb, IV condom use, peer education, sex workers China, Dominican Republic, Philippines

Providing routine, high quality, voluntary and confidential STI clinical services that include condom promotion can be successful in reducing HIV risk among sex workers.

Female Sex Workers

3 studies Gray IIIa, V HIV testing, STIs, community outreach, condom use, counseling, sex workers China, Kenya, South Africa

Comprehensive prevention programs that include components such as peer education, medical services, and support groups, can be effective in enabling sex workers to adopt safer sex practices.

Female Sex Workers

5 studies Gray II, IIIa, IIIb HIV testing, STIs, community organizing, community outreach, condom use, condoms, peer education, risk reduction, sex workers China, India

Clinic-based interventions with outreach workers can be effective in increasing condom use and HIV testing among sex workers.

Female Sex Workers

5 studies Gray IIIa, IIIb, V HIV testing, STIs, community outreach, condom use, contraception, sex behavior, sex workers, sexually transmitted infections Brazil, China, Guatemala, Mexico, Mozambique

Efforts are needed to avoid disruption of HIV and AIDS programmes during raids and other policing mechanisms. Studies found that HIV prevention efforts are disrupted during raids and that carrying condoms is used to prosecute sex workers.

Female Sex Workers

1 study

Basic information on HIV such as where to access condoms and confidential HIV testing is still needed for sex workers in some settings. Studies found that sex workers lacked adequate knowledge of HIV and few had sought testing. Most did not know where to obtain condoms or understand that condoms could reduce the risk of HIV acquisition. Others had misconceptions that showering could reduce risk of acquiring HIV

Female Sex Workers

1 study

Efforts are needed to provide HIV prevention and services to children and adolescents aged 10 to 17 who sell sex. [See also Prevention for Young People: %{s:25}] A number of studies show that significant numbers of sex workers selling sex when they are under age 18 and these adolescents are at high risk of acquiring HIV and have numerous legal and policy barriers, such as fear of the police, needing a guardian over age 18 to access HIV testing and counseling, and forced detention, in trying to access services.

Female Sex Workers

1 study

Interventions are needed to provide sex workers with greater control and access over money and resources, which can have a positive impact on HIV-related risk reduction. Studies found that if sex workers had access to resources under their control, women were more likely to negotiate condom use and that female sex workers in debt were less likely to report condom use.

Female Sex Workers

1 study