Hotel Ritz - Comparing Mexican and U.S. Street Prostitutes : Factors in HIV/AIDS Transmission

ISBN-13: 9780789017758 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 146 str.

David J. Bellis

Opis

Bellis (public administration, California State U.-San Bernardino) presents the results of his research on HIV and AIDS transmission in this comparative study of female street prostitutes in San Bernadino, California and several Mexican cities. He concludes that the effects of US drug and prostituti

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• 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 Prostitution
• History 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, Recommendation, and Conclusions
• Recommendations for Mexican FSWs
• Recommendations for American FSWs
• Conclusions
• Appendix. Survey Questionnaire
• References
• Index

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