Women engaged in prostitution and COVID-19: why are they excluded from socially vulnerable groups?

This study analyzed the exposure of women engaged in prostitution in downtown São Paulo to COVID-19. This cross-sectional study had a convenience sample selected in May 2021. We interviewed 219, mostly black, middle-aged, poor women with comorbidities. Among them, 61 had shown COVID-19 symptoms, 23,...

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Autores principales: Chiang, Michelle Ishida, Basile, Maitê Leite, de Souza, Ana Beatriz Pereira, Moccagatta, Isabella Dastler, Vieira, Julia Rabello Guerra, Lourenço, Thaís Rocha, Gonçalves, Mariana Langanke, Pinto, Helena Afférri Fernandes, Lowenthal, Rosane, Ferrer, Michele Lacerda Pereira, Klautau, Giselle Burlamaqui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo 2022
Materias:
Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8868671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35262612
http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2022056004229
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Sumario:This study analyzed the exposure of women engaged in prostitution in downtown São Paulo to COVID-19. This cross-sectional study had a convenience sample selected in May 2021. We interviewed 219, mostly black, middle-aged, poor women with comorbidities. Among them, 61 had shown COVID-19 symptoms, 23, tested positive for the disease, seven underwent hospitalization, and four reported post-COVID-19 complications. Only 26 (30.2%) had been vaccinated. In addition to gender, race, and class inequalities, these women suffer both from a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 due to their working conditions and from the subsequent worsening of that disease due to age and lack of vaccination.

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