The aim of this study was to
examine female sex workers' solicitation of clients using mobile phones and the
association between this and condom use with clients. Cross-sectional data were
utilised to address the study's aim, drawing on data collected from female sex
workers in Calicut, Kerala, and Chirala, Andhra Pradesh.
Use of mobile phone
solicitation was reported by 46.3% (n = 255) of Kerala participants
and 78.7% (n = 464) of those in Andhra Pradesh. Kerala participants
reporting exclusive solicitation using mobile phones demonstrated 1.67 times
higher odds (95% CI: 1.01-2.79) of inconsistent condom use than those reporting
non-use of mobile phones for solicitation.
However, those reporting exclusive
solicitation through mobile phones in Andhra Pradesh reported lower odds of
inconsistent condom use (OR: 0.03; 95% CI: 0.01-0.26) than those not using
mobile phones for solicitation.
Findings indicate that solicitation of clients
using mobile phones facilitates or hampers consistency in condom use with
clients depending on the context, and how mobile phones are incorporated into
solicitation practices.
Variations in sex work environments, including economic
dependence on sex work or lack thereof may partially account for the different
effects found.
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By: Navani-Vazirani S1, Solomon D, Gopalakrishnan, Heylen E, Srikrishnan AK, Vasudevan CK, Ekstrand ML.
- 1 School of Public Health, University of California , Berkeley , USA.
- Cult Health Sex. 2015;17(2):252-65. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2014.960002. Epub 2014 Oct 10.
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