{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Machat S"],"funding":["US National Institutes of Health","NIDA NIH HHS","Canadian Institutes of Health Research","CIHR"],"pagination":["373-379"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9106863"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["79(6)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objectives</h4>Examine the independent association between online solicitation and sex workers' (SWs') occupational health and safety (OHS), particularly violence and work stress.<h4>Methods</h4>Data were drawn from a cohort of women SWs (N=942, 2010-2019) in Vancouver, Canada. Analyses used descriptive statistics and bivariate and multivariable logistic and linear regression using generalised estimating equations (GEE); explanatory and confounder modelling approaches were used.<h4>Results</h4>33.9% (n=319) of participants solicited online and 14.1% (n=133) primarily solicited online in the last 6 months in at least one study visit. In multivariable GEE analysis, factors associated with primarily soliciting online included younger age (adjusted OR (AOR) 0.95 per year older, 95% CI 0.93 to 0.97), sexual minority status (AOR 2.57, 95% CI 1.61 to 4.10), gender minority status (AOR 3.09, 95% CI 1.80 to 5.28), higher education (AOR 2.13, 95% CI 1.34 to 3.40), higher sex work income (AOR 1.03 per $100 weekly, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.06), being an im/migrant to Canada (AOR 2.40, 95% CI 1.26 to 4.58) and primarily servicing in informal indoor workspaces (AOR 3.47, 95% CI 2.32 to 5.20). In separate GEE confounder models, primarily soliciting online significantly (1) reduced odds of physical/sexual workplace violence (AOR 0.64, 95% CI 0.39 to 1.06) and (2) reduced work stress (β coefficient -0.93, 95% CI -1.59 to -0.26).<h4>Discussion/conclusions</h4>Younger workers, gender/sexual minorities, im/migrants and those in informal indoor spaces had higher odds of soliciting online. Confounder models indicate access to online solicitation methods may support enhanced OHS. Decriminalisation of sex work-including advertising via online platforms-remains necessary to support SWs' OHS."],"journal":["Occupational and environmental medicine"],"pubmed_title":["Internet solicitation linked to enhanced occupational health and safety outcomes among sex workers in Metro Vancouver, Canada 2010-2019."],"pmcid":["PMC9106863"],"funding_grant_id":["R01 DA028648","165855","R01DA028648"],"pubmed_authors":["Machat S","Lyons T","Braschel M","Shannon K","Goldenberg S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Internet solicitation linked to enhanced occupational health and safety outcomes among sex workers in Metro Vancouver, Canada 2010-2019.","description":"<h4>Objectives</h4>Examine the independent association between online solicitation and sex workers' (SWs') occupational health and safety (OHS), particularly violence and work stress.<h4>Methods</h4>Data were drawn from a cohort of women SWs (N=942, 2010-2019) in Vancouver, Canada. Analyses used descriptive statistics and bivariate and multivariable logistic and linear regression using generalised estimating equations (GEE); explanatory and confounder modelling approaches were used.<h4>Results</h4>33.9% (n=319) of participants solicited online and 14.1% (n=133) primarily solicited online in the last 6 months in at least one study visit. In multivariable GEE analysis, factors associated with primarily soliciting online included younger age (adjusted OR (AOR) 0.95 per year older, 95% CI 0.93 to 0.97), sexual minority status (AOR 2.57, 95% CI 1.61 to 4.10), gender minority status (AOR 3.09, 95% CI 1.80 to 5.28), higher education (AOR 2.13, 95% CI 1.34 to 3.40), higher sex work income (AOR 1.03 per $100 weekly, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.06), being an im/migrant to Canada (AOR 2.40, 95% CI 1.26 to 4.58) and primarily servicing in informal indoor workspaces (AOR 3.47, 95% CI 2.32 to 5.20). In separate GEE confounder models, primarily soliciting online significantly (1) reduced odds of physical/sexual workplace violence (AOR 0.64, 95% CI 0.39 to 1.06) and (2) reduced work stress (β coefficient -0.93, 95% CI -1.59 to -0.26).<h4>Discussion/conclusions</h4>Younger workers, gender/sexual minorities, im/migrants and those in informal indoor spaces had higher odds of soliciting online. Confounder models indicate access to online solicitation methods may support enhanced OHS. Decriminalisation of sex work-including advertising via online platforms-remains necessary to support SWs' OHS.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Jun","modification":"2025-04-04T21:07:42.023Z","creation":"2025-04-04T21:07:42.023Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9106863","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35149596"],"doi":["10.1136/oemed-2021-107429"]}}