"Feeling Safe, Feeling Seen, Feeling Free": Combating stigma and creating culturally safe care for sex workers in Chicago.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies have established that sex workers experience discrimination and stigma within healthcare settings, limiting their access and receipt of culturally safe care. These barriers impact sex workers' ability and desire to routinely engage with the healthcare system. Community empowerment interventions that are culturally safe offer an effective strategy to improve access to services and health outcomes for sex workers.

Objectives

This project was designed to inform the development of community empowerment interventions for sex workers by understanding their self-management, health promotion, and harm reduction needs.

Methods

In-depth interviews (N = 21) were conducted with sex workers in Chicago. Transcripts of individual interviews were analyzed

SUBMITTER: Singer RB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8241054 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature