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Estonia
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Sex Work in Tallinn, Estonia: The Socio-spatial Penetration of Sex Work into Society.
Aral SO, St Lawrence JS, Uuskula A  
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Sex Transm Infect.
2006 Jun 28;

Abstract

Georgia
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  HIV testing uptake among female sex workers and men who have sex with men in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Tsereteli N, Chikovani I, Chkhaidze N, et al
HIV Med. 2013 Oct;14 Suppl 3:29-32.

Abstract

Moldova
 

 Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Determinants of HIV Infection Among Female Sex Workers in Two Cities in the Republic of Moldova: The Role of Injection Drug Use and Sexual Risk.
Zohrabyan L, Johnston LG, Scutelniciuc O, et al

AIDS Behav
. 2013 Mar 29.

Abstract

Russia
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Motivators and barriers to HIV testing among street-based female sex workers in St. Petersburg, Russia.
King EJ, Maman S, Dudina VI, et al 
Glob Public Health. 2015 Dec 28:1-16
Abstract

Association between Pregnancy and Active Injection Drug Use and Sex Work among Women Injection Drug Users in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Girchenko P, Ompad DC, Bikmukhametov D, Gensburg L.

J Urban Health
. 2015 Apr 3.

Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
History of intimate partner violence is associated with sex work but not sexually transmitted infection among HIV-positive female drinkers in Russia.
Urada LA, Raj A, Cheng DM,  et al
Int J STD AIDS. 2013 Apr;24(4):287-92.
Paper

Female Sex Workers in Three Cities in Russia: HIV Prevalence, Risk Factors and Experience with Targeted HIV Prevention.
Decker MR, Wirtz AL, Moguilnyi V, et al

AIDS Behav
. 2013 Aug 9.
Abstract

Police sexual coercion and its association with risky sex work and substance use behaviors among female sex workers in St. Petersburg and Orenburg, Russia.
Odinokova V, Rusakova M, Urada LA,  et al

Int J Drug Policy
. 2013 Aug 2.
Abstract

Structural Barriers to Receiving Health Care Services for Female Sex Workers in Russia.
King EJ, Maman S.

Qual Health Re
s
. 2013 Jun 17
Abstract

The Influence of Stigma and Discrimination on Female Sex Workers' Access to HIV Services in St. Petersburg, Russia.
King EJ, Maman S, Bowling JM,  et al

AIDS Behav
. 2013 Mar 23.
Abstract

'In different situations, in different ways': male sex work in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Niccolai LM, King EJ, Eritsyan KU, et al

Cult Health Sex
. 2013 Apr;15(4):480-93
Abstract

Female Migrant Sex Workers in Moscow: Gender and Power Factors and HIV Risk.
Weine S, Golobof A, Bahromov M,  et al
Women Health. 2013 Jan;53(1):56-73.
Abstract

Induced abortion, contraceptive use, and dual protection among female sex workers in Moscow, Russia.
Decker MR, Yam EA, Wirtz AL,. et al

Int J Gynaecol Obstet
. 2012 Oct 16.
Abstract

Injection drug use, sexual risk, violence and STI/HIV among Moscow female sex workers.
Decker MR, Wirtz AL, Baral SD,  et al

Sex Transm Infect
. 2012 Jan 27.
Abstract

Clients of street-based female sex workers and potential bridging of HIV/STI in Russia: results of a pilot study.
Niccolai LM, Odinokova VA, Safiullina LZ,  et al
AIDS Care. 2012 Jan 31
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The Ecology of Sex Work and Drug Use in Saratov Oblast, Russia.
Aral SO, St Lawrence JS.

Sex Transm Dis
2002 Dec;29(12):798-805
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    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Poster
 
 
Entering sex work under age 18, violence and HIV risk among FSWs in St. Petersburg and Orenburg, Russia
M. Rusakova, V. Odinokova, L.A. Urada, et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Police sexual coercion and its association with injection drug use and binge alcohol use among female sex workers in Russia
V. Odinokova, M. Rusakova, L.A. Urada
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Prevalence of and sexual and injecting drug related HIV risks among female sex workers in the Russian Federation
A. Wirtz, V. Moguilnyi, M. Nikitina, et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

The criminalization of condoms in St. Petersburg, Russia
I. Maslova, E. Maron
XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Female sex workers in the Russian Federation: HIV prevalence and links with violence
M.R. Decker, A. Wirtz, M. Ostrovskaya. et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Improving the measurement and understanding of correct and consistent condom use among commercial sex workers in the Russian Federation
B Sergeyev
(135 APHA)
Abstract

 

Remarkable Variation in the Socio-Spatial Organization of Sex Work and Its Implications for STD/HIV Spread
SS Aral, A Uusküla, R Dyatlov

(134 APHA)
Abstract

Ukraine
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  'Pure' drug users, commercial sex workers and 'ordinary girls': gendered narratives of HIV risk and prevention in post-Soviet Ukraine.
Owczarzak J, Phillips SD, Cho W.
Cult Health Sex. 2018 Feb 8:1-14.
Abstract

Estimating the Impact of Reducing Violence Against Female Sex Workers on HIV Epidemics in Kenya and Ukraine: A Policy Modeling Exercise.
Decker MR, Wirtz AL, Pretorius C, et al
Am J Reprod Immunol. 2013 Feb;69 Suppl 1:122-32.
Abstract

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 

 
Behavioral patterns and knowledge level about HIV/AIDs/STI of male clients of female sex workers in Ukraine
A. Tokar, L. Shulga, M. Varban, P. Smyrnov
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Residential support for HIV-positive street-involved girls in Ukraine
H. Skipalska, S. Hodgdon, I. Semenko, O. Rudneva
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract


Uzbekistan
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

  Sexually transmitted disease symptom management behaviours among female sex workers in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Alibayeva G, Todd CS, Khakimov MM, et al
Int J STD AIDS. 2007 May;18(5):324-8
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