You can ’t do this job when you are sober: Heroin use among female sex workers and the need for comprehensive drug treatment programming in Kenya

Globally, female sex workers experience disproportionate health and social harms including HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), viral hepatitis, reproductive health concerns, stigma, and violence (Beyrer et al., 2015; Shannon et al., 2015). Sex workers often use alcohol and drugs for social, coping, and job-related reasons, exacerbating their vulnerabilities (Dixon et al., 2015; Li et al., 2010; Needle et al., 2008; Wechsberg et al., 2006). Unfortunately, programs often fail to acknowledge the situated logics of women ’s substance use, including that not all women are willing or even able to stop sex work or drug use (Strathdee et al., 2015).
Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - Category: Addiction Authors: Tags: Full length article Source Type: research