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Risks, benefits and survival strategies-views from female sex workers in Savannakhet, Laos

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, November 2012
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (89th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (81st percentile)

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Title
Risks, benefits and survival strategies-views from female sex workers in Savannakhet, Laos
Published in
BMC Public Health, November 2012
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1004
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Authors

Ketkesone Phrasisombath, Elisabeth Faxelid, Vanphanom Sychareun, Sarah Thomsen

Abstract

Female sex workers (FSWs) are vulnerable to sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and encounter socio-economic and health problems, including STIs/HIV, unintended pregnancy and complications from unsafe abortion, stigma, violence, and drug addiction. Reducing risks associated with sex work requires an understanding of the social and cultural context in which sex workers live and work. This study aimed to explore the working environment and perceived risks among FSWs in Savannakhet province in Laos.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 111 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 32 29%
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 14%
Student > Bachelor 12 11%
Researcher 11 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 8%
Other 13 12%
Unknown 19 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 27 24%
Social Sciences 18 16%
Nursing and Health Professions 16 14%
Psychology 11 10%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 4 4%
Other 13 12%
Unknown 22 20%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 February 2024.
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#3,387,419
of 25,388,837 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#4,119
of 17,337 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#30,593
of 280,263 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#57
of 298 outputs
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