Description |
1 online resource (230 pages) |
Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Theory, Research Design, and Study Limitations; Mexican Study; Main Drugs of Abuse and Injection Methods; Concern of Street FSWs in Requiring Condom Use Compared to Ten Years Ago; Chapter 2: Etiology of HIV Transmission; Incidence and Prevalence of HIV/AIDS; Hepatitis C (HCV), a Potentially More Serious Health Threat; Reported AIDS Cases in Mexico; The Relationship Between Commercial Sex Work, AIDS, and IDU; Chapter 3: A Short History of Heroin and Commercial Sex Work; Heroin |
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Definitions of ProstitutionHistory of Prostitution; The FSW Hierarchy and the Bottom Rung of the Ladder; Chapter 4: Study Setting and Methods; Why Mexico?; Why Particular Mexican Cities Were Chosen in Which to Interview Prostitutes; The Tijuana Street Interview Experience; FSW Interviews in Ciudad Juárez; FSW Interviews in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas; Cuernavaca, Morelos: Another Interview Site; Chapter 5: Findings: Comparing Mexican and San Bernardino Sex Workers; Interview Research Questions; Analysis and Discussion; Chapter 6: Summary, Recommendations, and Conclusions |
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Recommendations for Mexican FSWsRecommendations for American FSWs; Conclusions; Appendix: Survey Questionnaire; References; Index |
Summary |
Explore ways to reduce the rate of HIV infection in street prostitutes--and the inescapable connection between the heroin trade, prostitution, and HIV!This unique book draws on face-to-face interviews that the author conducted on the streets, with heroin-addicted street prostitutes in Southern California and their counterparts in four large Mexican cities. Author David James Bellis illustrates the significant--and surprising--differences in the risk of exposure to HIV and other STDs that exist between street prostitutes in the two countries arising from national differences |
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Subject |
AIDS (Disease) -- California, Southern
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Prostitutes -- Diseases -- California, Southern
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Prostitutes -- Drug use -- California, Southern
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Heroin abuse -- California, Southern
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AIDS (Disease) -- Mexico
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Prostitutes -- Diseases -- Mexico
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Prostitutes -- Drug use -- Mexico
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Heroin abuse -- Mexico
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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AIDS (Disease)
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Heroin abuse
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Prostitutes -- Diseases
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Prostitutes -- Drug use
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Southern California
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Mexico
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Bellis, David J
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ISBN |
9781317787938 |
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1317787935 |
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9781317787945 |
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1317787943 |
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