"Sex Workers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
People who engage in occupational sexual behavior in exchange for economic rewards or other extrinsic considerations.
| Descriptor ID |
D060386
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.776
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| Concept/Terms |
Sex Worker Clients- Sex Worker Clients
- Client, Sex Worker
- Clients, Sex Worker
- Sex Worker Client
- Worker Client, Sex
- Worker Clients, Sex
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Workers" by people in Profiles.
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Difficulty accessing contraceptives in a 2010-2022 prospective cohort of sex workers in Vancouver, Canada: intersectional influence of im/migration status and racialization. Reprod Health. 2025 Dec 23; 23(1):19.
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Intersectional associations between citizenship, English fluency and racialisation on access to health and sex work community services: findings from a prospective cohort of sex workers in Canada (2014-2022). BMJ Open. 2025 Mar 18; 15(3):e092124.
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Centering PrEP: utilizing ADAPT-ITT to inform group PrEP care for sex workers in Chicago. BMC Public Health. 2024 01 02; 24(1):56.
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Experiences of Sex Workers in Chicago during COVID-19: A Qualitative Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 05 25; 20(11).
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Embedding a Linkage to Preexposure Prophylaxis Care Intervention in Social Network Strategy and Partner Notification Services: Results From a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2021 02 01; 86(2):191-199.
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Exploring new and existing PrEP modalities among female sex workers and women who inject drugs in a U.S. city. AIDS Care. 2019 10; 31(10):1207-1213.
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Human rights violations against sex workers: burden and effect on HIV. Lancet. 2015 Jan 10; 385(9963):186-99.
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Sociostructural 2-mode network analysis: critical connections for HIV transmission elimination. Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Jun; 40(6):459-61.
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Social participation and drug use in a cohort of Brazilian sex workers. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2013 Jun; 67(6):491-7.
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Findings from Encontros: a multilevel STI/HIV intervention to increase condom use, reduce STI, and change the social environment among sex workers in Brazil. Sex Transm Dis. 2012 Mar; 39(3):209-16.