Your browser doesn't support javascript.
loading
Trabajadores del sexo y salud pública: intersecciones, vulnerabilidades y resistencia / Sex workers and public health: intersections, vulnerabilities and resistance
Oliveira, Alexandra; Fernandes, Luís.
  • Oliveira, Alexandra; Universidade do Porto. PT
  • Fernandes, Luís; Universidade do Porto. PT
Salud colect ; 13(2): 199-210, abr.-jun. 2017.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: biblio-903687
RESUMEN
RESUMEN Desde el siglo XIX, con la sífilis y, más recientemente, con el sida, lxs trabajadorxs del sexo pasaron a ser vistos como medios de transmisión de enfermedades y como un problema de salud pública que requiere intervención. Sin embargo, las investigaciones han demostrado que, en los países occidentales, la tasa de VIH en personas involucradas con la venta de sexo es baja, con excepción de grupos específicos, como los consumidores de drogas por vía inyectable. Además, se han puesto en evidencia los riesgos a los que están sometidos lxs trabajadorxs del sexo, por vía de la estigmatización o de otras formas de violencia. En este artículo, a partir de una etnografía urbana con trabajadorxs del sexo de calle, llevada a cabo en la ciudad de Porto (Portugal) entre 2004 y 2005, discutimos las vulnerabilidades sociales, laborales y jurídicas que afectan a las personas involucradas en el comercio del sexo y cómo interfieren en su salud. Nos centraremos en las estrategias de lxs trabajadorxs del sexo para minimizar los riesgos para la salud y el discurso de resistencia en el combate a las vulnerabilidades.
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Since the 19th century with syphilis and most recently with AIDS, sex workers have been seen as a means for disease transmission and a public health problem that requires intervention. However, researchers have shown that in Western countries, HIV rates in people involved in commercial sex are low, except for in specific groups, such as intravenous drug users. Moreover, the risks faced by sex workers due to stigmatization and other forms of violence have been put into evidence. Based on an urban ethnography with street sex workers carried out in Porto (Portugal), between 2004 and 2005, this article discusses the social, labor, and legal vulnerabilities affecting people involved in commercial sex and how these interfere with their health. Focus is placed on the strategies used by sex workers to minimize health risks and their discourses of resistance in fighting vulnerabilities.
Subject(s)


Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Sex Work / Public Health / Risk Reduction Behavior / Health Status Disparities / Sex Workers Type of study: Etiology study / Prognostic study / Qualitative research Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: Spanish Journal: Salud colect Journal subject: Medicina Social / Sa£de P£blica Year: 2017 Type: Article Affiliation country: Portugal Institution/Affiliation country: Universidade do Porto/PT

Similar

MEDLINE

...
LILACS

LIS


Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Sex Work / Public Health / Risk Reduction Behavior / Health Status Disparities / Sex Workers Type of study: Etiology study / Prognostic study / Qualitative research Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: Spanish Journal: Salud colect Journal subject: Medicina Social / Sa£de P£blica Year: 2017 Type: Article Affiliation country: Portugal Institution/Affiliation country: Universidade do Porto/PT