The impact of end-demand legislation on sex workers' access to health and sex worker-led services: A community-based prospective cohort study in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Following a global wave of end-demand criminalization of sex work, the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA) was implemented in Canada, which has implications for the health and safety of sex workers. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the PCEPA on sex workers' access to health, violence, and sex worker-led services.

Methods

Longitudinal data were drawn from a community-based cohort of ~900 cis and trans women sex workers in Vancouver, Canada. Multivariable logistic regression examined the independent effect of the post-PCEPA period (2015-2017) versus the pre-PCEPA period (2010-2013) on time-updated measures of sex workers' access to health, violence supports, and sex worker/community-led services.

Results

The PCEPA was indepen

SUBMITTER: Argento E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7135091 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature