Self-Care Practices and Associated Sexual Health Risks Among Cisgender Women Sex Workers in Colombia

Introduction: Sex work is a social phenomenon characterized by exchanging sexual services for money or goods. In Colombia, it generally occurs in clandestine and unsafe environments due to social exclusion related to stigma, discrimination, and criminalization of the occupation. Sex workers may expe...

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Autores: Perdomo Sandoval, Luis Albeiro, Villamil Camacho, Diego Fernando, Goberna Tricas, Josefina
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Prostitució
Salut sexual
Colòmbia
Hàbits sanitaris
Prostitution
Sexual health
Colombia
Health behavior
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spelling Self-Care Practices and Associated Sexual Health Risks Among Cisgender Women Sex Workers in ColombiaPerdomo Sandoval, Luis AlbeiroVillamil Camacho, Diego FernandoGoberna Tricas, JosefinaProstitucióSalut sexualColòmbiaHàbits sanitarisProstitutionSexual healthColombiaHealth behaviorIntroduction: Sex work is a social phenomenon characterized by exchanging sexual services for money or goods. In Colombia, it generally occurs in clandestine and unsafe environments due to social exclusion related to stigma, discrimination, and criminalization of the occupation. Sex workers may experience health risks due to the ineffectiveness of some self-care measures in exercising sexual practices. Methods: This qualitative, constructivist, hermeneutic phenomenological study explored the sexual health self-care practices of 34 cisgender women sex workers over 18 years of age in Colombia from the analytical lens of intersectionality. Data were obtained through in-depth interviews face-to-face and discussion groups between July 2021 and March 2022.Results: After reflective thematic analysis with an inductive approach to the data, five general themes emerged: meaning of self-care promoting practices, relationship with the healthcare system, empowerment and personal autonomy, vulnerability of cisgender women sex workers, and low-risk perception. Conclusions and Policy Implications: The findings show the need to promote and provide humanized, friendly, and self-sustainable sexual health care with educational strategies that favor the intersectional cooperation of preventive care linked to the body, conceptual, and cultural memory of sex workers, providing them with the necessary tools to manage sexual health risks from their situated and contextual reality with a perspective of rights, social justice, and gender equity.Springer Verlag2024202420242024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion16 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/208152Articles publicats en revistes (Infermeria de Salut Pública, Salut mental i Maternoinfantil)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-024-00935-2Sexuality Research And Social Policy, 2024, vol. 2024https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-024-00935-2cc by (c) Perdomo Sandoval, Luis Albeiro et al., 2024https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/2081522026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Self-Care Practices and Associated Sexual Health Risks Among Cisgender Women Sex Workers in Colombia
title Self-Care Practices and Associated Sexual Health Risks Among Cisgender Women Sex Workers in Colombia
spellingShingle Self-Care Practices and Associated Sexual Health Risks Among Cisgender Women Sex Workers in Colombia
Perdomo Sandoval, Luis Albeiro
Prostitució
Salut sexual
Colòmbia
Hàbits sanitaris
Prostitution
Sexual health
Colombia
Health behavior
title_short Self-Care Practices and Associated Sexual Health Risks Among Cisgender Women Sex Workers in Colombia
title_full Self-Care Practices and Associated Sexual Health Risks Among Cisgender Women Sex Workers in Colombia
title_fullStr Self-Care Practices and Associated Sexual Health Risks Among Cisgender Women Sex Workers in Colombia
title_full_unstemmed Self-Care Practices and Associated Sexual Health Risks Among Cisgender Women Sex Workers in Colombia
title_sort Self-Care Practices and Associated Sexual Health Risks Among Cisgender Women Sex Workers in Colombia
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Perdomo Sandoval, Luis Albeiro
Villamil Camacho, Diego Fernando
Goberna Tricas, Josefina
author Perdomo Sandoval, Luis Albeiro
author_facet Perdomo Sandoval, Luis Albeiro
Villamil Camacho, Diego Fernando
Goberna Tricas, Josefina
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Goberna Tricas, Josefina
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Prostitució
Salut sexual
Colòmbia
Hàbits sanitaris
Prostitution
Sexual health
Colombia
Health behavior
topic Prostitució
Salut sexual
Colòmbia
Hàbits sanitaris
Prostitution
Sexual health
Colombia
Health behavior
description Introduction: Sex work is a social phenomenon characterized by exchanging sexual services for money or goods. In Colombia, it generally occurs in clandestine and unsafe environments due to social exclusion related to stigma, discrimination, and criminalization of the occupation. Sex workers may experience health risks due to the ineffectiveness of some self-care measures in exercising sexual practices. Methods: This qualitative, constructivist, hermeneutic phenomenological study explored the sexual health self-care practices of 34 cisgender women sex workers over 18 years of age in Colombia from the analytical lens of intersectionality. Data were obtained through in-depth interviews face-to-face and discussion groups between July 2021 and March 2022.Results: After reflective thematic analysis with an inductive approach to the data, five general themes emerged: meaning of self-care promoting practices, relationship with the healthcare system, empowerment and personal autonomy, vulnerability of cisgender women sex workers, and low-risk perception. Conclusions and Policy Implications: The findings show the need to promote and provide humanized, friendly, and self-sustainable sexual health care with educational strategies that favor the intersectional cooperation of preventive care linked to the body, conceptual, and cultural memory of sex workers, providing them with the necessary tools to manage sexual health risks from their situated and contextual reality with a perspective of rights, social justice, and gender equity.
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