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Drug Use and Sex Work Among At-risk Women: A Qualitative Study of Initial Factors
BACKGROUND: In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in performing research on drug use and sex work among at-risk women. Although there is a well-documented literature of the initial reasons associated with drug use and sex work among women, there is, however, a paucity of information...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4539590/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26288649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17795/ijpbs953 |
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author | Roshanfekr, Payam Noori, Roya Dejman, Masoumeh Fathi Geshnigani, Zahra Rafiey, Hassan |
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description | BACKGROUND: In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in performing research on drug use and sex work among at-risk women. Although there is a well-documented literature of the initial reasons associated with drug use and sex work among women, there is, however, a paucity of information in this area in Iran. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to explore the initial reasons associated with drug use and sex work in a group of female treatment seekers, who presented health-related risk behaviors, in Tehran, Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This qualitative study enrolled a total of 65 at-risk women, from five women-specific drug clinics, who participated in the study in 2011. Individual in-depth interviews were conducted. Focus group interviews were conducted with 10 key informants. All interviews were audio-taped and thematically written. The recorded data were analyzed using ATLASti qualitative research software version 10. RESULTS: The median age of the sample was 34 years. In addition, 44.6% of subjects were opiate users, and 55.4% were users of opiates and methamphetamine. Sex work was the main source of income for almost half of the sample. The most frequently reported reasons, associated with initial drug use, were extrinsic motivations, including the drug-using family, friends or social networks. Intrinsic motivations, including curiosity and individual willingness to use drugs, were other initial reasons. The most frequently reported reasons, associated with initial sex work, included the need to purchase drugs and financial problems. CONCLUSIONS: The study findings demonstrated a number of reasons associated with initial drug use and sex work. The role of sex work in providing drugs necessitates education and prevention. Special treatment programs should be implemented to prevent sex work among at-risk women in Iran. |
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spelling | pubmed-45395902015-08-18 Drug Use and Sex Work Among At-risk Women: A Qualitative Study of Initial Factors Roshanfekr, Payam Noori, Roya Dejman, Masoumeh Fathi Geshnigani, Zahra Rafiey, Hassan Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci Original Article BACKGROUND: In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in performing research on drug use and sex work among at-risk women. Although there is a well-documented literature of the initial reasons associated with drug use and sex work among women, there is, however, a paucity of information in this area in Iran. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to explore the initial reasons associated with drug use and sex work in a group of female treatment seekers, who presented health-related risk behaviors, in Tehran, Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This qualitative study enrolled a total of 65 at-risk women, from five women-specific drug clinics, who participated in the study in 2011. Individual in-depth interviews were conducted. Focus group interviews were conducted with 10 key informants. All interviews were audio-taped and thematically written. The recorded data were analyzed using ATLASti qualitative research software version 10. RESULTS: The median age of the sample was 34 years. In addition, 44.6% of subjects were opiate users, and 55.4% were users of opiates and methamphetamine. Sex work was the main source of income for almost half of the sample. The most frequently reported reasons, associated with initial drug use, were extrinsic motivations, including the drug-using family, friends or social networks. Intrinsic motivations, including curiosity and individual willingness to use drugs, were other initial reasons. The most frequently reported reasons, associated with initial sex work, included the need to purchase drugs and financial problems. CONCLUSIONS: The study findings demonstrated a number of reasons associated with initial drug use and sex work. The role of sex work in providing drugs necessitates education and prevention. Special treatment programs should be implemented to prevent sex work among at-risk women in Iran. Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences 2015-06-01 2015-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4539590/ /pubmed/26288649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17795/ijpbs953 Text en Copyright © 2015, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Roshanfekr, Payam Noori, Roya Dejman, Masoumeh Fathi Geshnigani, Zahra Rafiey, Hassan Drug Use and Sex Work Among At-risk Women: A Qualitative Study of Initial Factors |
title | Drug Use and Sex Work Among At-risk Women: A Qualitative Study of Initial Factors |
title_full | Drug Use and Sex Work Among At-risk Women: A Qualitative Study of Initial Factors |
title_fullStr | Drug Use and Sex Work Among At-risk Women: A Qualitative Study of Initial Factors |
title_full_unstemmed | Drug Use and Sex Work Among At-risk Women: A Qualitative Study of Initial Factors |
title_short | Drug Use and Sex Work Among At-risk Women: A Qualitative Study of Initial Factors |
title_sort | drug use and sex work among at-risk women: a qualitative study of initial factors |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4539590/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26288649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17795/ijpbs953 |
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