Alcohol and other drug use, partner violence, and mental health problems among female sex workers in Southwest China.

A total of 1,022 female sex workers completed a self-administered survey on their demographic characteristics, mental health status, substance use behaviors, and experiences of partner violence. We found that alcohol use was independently predictive of mental health problems when both partner violence and illicit drug use were accounted for in the multivariate logistic regression models. […]

Age at entry into prostitution: relationship to drug use, race, suicide, education level, childhood abuse, and family experiences.

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Associations of physical and sexual health with suicide attempts among female sex workers in South Korea.

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