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Yiyun Chen, Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Prevention Research Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 3901 Beaubien Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48201; Email: star107c@gmail.com or Email: starpower@wayne.edu

The authors want to thank Xiaoyi Fang, Xiuyun Lin, and other faculty and graduate students at Beijing Normal University School of Psychology for their participation in survey instrument development and field data collection. The authors would also like to thank Boris Loeve for his help in translating the French abstract and Linda Li for her help in translating the Spanish one.

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.

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The study described in this report was supported by NIH research grant R01AA018090 by the National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Keywords:

  • Science & Technology
  • Social Sciences
  • Life Sciences & Biomedicine
  • Substance Abuse
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  • alcohol use
  • work environment
  • female sex workers
  • sociodemographic characteristics
  • SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
  • CLUB DRUG-USE
  • RISK BEHAVIORS
  • HIV/AIDS RISK
  • CONDOM USE
  • HIV-RISK
  • ADOLESCENTS
  • PREVENTION
  • ASSOCIATION
  • INVOLVEMENT

Alcohol Consumption in Relation to Work Environment and Key Sociodemographic Characteristics Among Female Sex Workers in China

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Journal Title:

SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE

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Volume 47, Number 10

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, Pages 1086-1099

Type of Work:

Article | Post-print: After Peer Review

Abstract:

The study explores the variation in pattern of alcohol use and related risk behaviors by types of sex work environments and sociodemographic characteristics among female sex workers (FSWs) in China. Data were collected from 1,022 FSWs in Guangxi, China, through a self-administered questionnaire. Chi-square and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to assess the variations. Results showed that younger FSWs were more susceptible than older FSWs to nearly all the risk drinking behaviors. FSWs of non-Han ethnicity as compared with those of Han ethnicity were more at risk of drinking large amounts of alcohol and having sex under the influence of alcohol. FSWs in entertainment establishments were most likely to have all kinds of risk drinking behaviors. Street-based FSWs were least likely to drink alcohol but more or equally likely to engage in alcohol-related sexual risk behaviors. The study highlights a need to develop tailored alcohol risk reduction intervention that takes into consideration these differences. Copyright © 2012 Informa Healthcare USA, Inc.

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This is an Open Access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/rdf).
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