Title Hotel Ritz Comparing Mexican and U.S. Street Prostitutes : Factors in HIV/AIDS Transmission / David J. Bellis

Published Hoboken : Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (230 pages) Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Theory, Research Design, and Study Limitations; Mexican Study; Main Drugs of Abuse and Injection Methods; Concern of Street FSWs in Requiring Condom Use Compared to Ten Years Ago; Chapter 2: Etiology of HIV Transmission; Incidence and Prevalence of HIV/AIDS; Hepatitis C (HCV), a Potentially More Serious Health Threat; Reported AIDS Cases in Mexico; The Relationship Between Commercial Sex Work, AIDS, and IDU; Chapter 3: A Short History of Heroin and Commercial Sex Work; Heroin Definitions of ProstitutionHistory of Prostitution; The FSW Hierarchy and the Bottom Rung of the Ladder; Chapter 4: Study Setting and Methods; Why Mexico?; Why Particular Mexican Cities Were Chosen in Which to Interview Prostitutes; The Tijuana Street Interview Experience; FSW Interviews in Ciudad Juárez; FSW Interviews in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas; Cuernavaca, Morelos: Another Interview Site; Chapter 5: Findings: Comparing Mexican and San Bernardino Sex Workers; Interview Research Questions; Analysis and Discussion; Chapter 6: Summary, Recommendations, and Conclusions Recommendations for Mexican FSWsRecommendations for American FSWs; Conclusions; Appendix: Survey Questionnaire; References; Index Summary Explore ways to reduce the rate of HIV infection in street prostitutes--and the inescapable connection between the heroin trade, prostitution, and HIV!This unique book draws on face-to-face interviews that the author conducted on the streets, with heroin-addicted street prostitutes in Southern California and their counterparts in four large Mexican cities. Author David James Bellis illustrates the significant--and surprising--differences in the risk of exposure to HIV and other STDs that exist between street prostitutes in the two countries arising from national differences Notes Print version record Subject AIDS (Disease) -- California, Southern Prostitutes -- Diseases -- California, Southern Prostitutes -- Drug use -- California, Southern Heroin abuse -- California, Southern AIDS (Disease) -- Mexico Prostitutes -- Diseases -- Mexico Prostitutes -- Drug use -- Mexico Heroin abuse -- Mexico POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. AIDS (Disease) Heroin abuse Prostitutes -- Diseases Prostitutes -- Drug use Southern California Mexico Form Electronic book Author Bellis, David J ISBN 9781317787938 1317787935 9781317787945 1317787943

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