Citation

Lim S, Park JN, Kerrigan DL, Sherman SG. AIDS Behav. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Health, Behavior & Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N. Broadway Hamton House 749, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. ssherma1@jhu.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10461-019-02643-0

PMID

31429031

Abstract

Despite established links between food insecurity and HIV outcomes, no studies have examined the role of food insecurity among female sex workers (FSW) in the United States (US). The aim of this exploratory study was to identify correlates (structural vulnerability and health factors) of severe food insecurity among street-based FSW in Baltimore, Maryland using multivariable logistic regression. In adjusted models, FSW with severe food insecurity were at greater odds of recent homelessness, physical intimate partner violence, client condom refusal, and HIV infection. Multi-sectoral approaches must take into consideration the co-occurrence of structural and health vulnerabilities to food insecurity among FSW in the US, including those that address violence, housing, and HIV.

Language: en

Keywords

Female sex workers; Food insecurity; Gender-based violence; HIV; Homelessness