"Sex Workers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
People who engage in occupational sexual behavior in exchange for economic rewards or other extrinsic considerations.
| Descriptor ID |
D060386
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.776
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| Concept/Terms |
Sex Worker Clients- Sex Worker Clients
- Client, Sex Worker
- Clients, Sex Worker
- Sex Worker Client
- Worker Client, Sex
- Worker Clients, Sex
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Workers" by people in Profiles.
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Costs and outcomes of routine HIV oral pre-exposure prophylaxis implementation across different service delivery models and key populations in South Africa: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet HIV. 2025 Feb; 12(2):e130-e142.
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The health effects and moral imperative of funding sex worker programmes. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Sep; 12(9):e1373-e1374.
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Preferences, educational messaging, and demand creation channels for multipurpose-prevention technologies (MPTs) among women in South Africa. BMC Public Health. 2023 10 25; 23(1):2090.
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Impact and cost-effectiveness of the national scale-up of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among female sex workers in South Africa: a modelling analysis. J Int AIDS Soc. 2023 02; 26(2):e26063.
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Understanding drivers of female sex workers' experiences of external/enacted and internalised stigma: findings from a cross-sectional community-centric national study in South Africa. Cult Health Sex. 2023 11; 25(11):1433-1448.
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Relative cost-effectiveness of long-acting injectable cabotegravir versus oral pre-exposure prophylaxis in South Africa based on the HPTN 083 and HPTN 084 trials: a modelled economic evaluation and threshold analysis. Lancet HIV. 2022 12; 9(12):e857-e867.
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HIV incidence estimation among female sex workers in South Africa: a multiple methods analysis of cross-sectional survey data. Lancet HIV. 2022 11; 9(11):e781-e790.
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Key risk factors for substance use among female sex workers in Soweto and Klerksdorp, South Africa: A cross-sectional study. PLoS One. 2022; 17(1):e0261855.
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Intersections of Sex Work, Mental Ill-Health, IPV and Other Violence Experienced by Female Sex Workers: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Community-Centric National Study in South Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 11 15; 18(22).
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Potential Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Condomless-Sex-Concentrated PrEP in KwaZulu-Natal Accounting for Drug Resistance. J Infect Dis. 2021 04 23; 223(8):1345-1355.