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Reducing stigma in healthcare and law enforcement: a novel approach to service provision for street level sex workers

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal for Equity in Health, April 2015
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Title
Reducing stigma in healthcare and law enforcement: a novel approach to service provision for street level sex workers
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International Journal for Equity in Health, April 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12939-015-0156-0
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Kate Bodkin, Alannah Delahunty-Pike, Tim O’Shea

Abstract

Providing services for street level sex workers requires a multidisciplinary approach, addressing both health and safety concerns typical of their age and gender and those that arise specific to their line of work. Despite being a diverse population, studies have identified some specific health needs for sex workers including addictions treatment, mental health. Additionally, studies have shown a higher risk of physical and sexual assault for this population. The Persons at Risk program (PAR) in London, Ontario, Canada was started in 2005 to address the specific needs of street level sex workers by using a harm-reduction model for policing and healthcare provision. This qualitative study evaluated this model of care in terms of improving access to healthcare and essential police services for street level sex workers. A total of 14 semi-structured interviews were conducted with current and former female street level sex workers enrolled in the PAR program. In addition, 3 semi-structured interviews were conducted with health and law enforcement professionals. The research team then analyzed and coded the transcripts using qualitative description to identify key themes in the data. Results indicated that participants represent a vulnerable population with increased safety concerns and healthcare needs relating to addictions, mental health and infectious disease. Despite this, participants reported avoiding healthcare workers and police officers in the past because of fear of stigma or repercussions. All participants identified the harm reduction approach of the PAR program as being essential to their continued engagement with the program. Other important aspects included flexible hours, the location of the clinic, streamlined access to mental health and addictions treatment and the female gender of the police and healthcare worker. The PAR program provides sex workers access to much needed primary healthcare that is flexible and without judgment. In addition, they are provided with a direct avenue to access law enforcement. We feel a similar model of care could be applicable to many cities across Canada.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 144 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 26 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 12%
Researcher 16 11%
Student > Bachelor 12 8%
Other 10 7%
Other 31 22%
Unknown 32 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 30 21%
Medicine and Dentistry 23 16%
Psychology 22 15%
Nursing and Health Professions 16 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 3%
Other 13 9%
Unknown 36 25%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. 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 06 May 2015.
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#13,942,329
of 22,803,211 outputs
Outputs from International Journal for Equity in Health
#1,388
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#134,920
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#10
of 13 outputs
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