Sex-work harm reduction

ML Rekart - The Lancet, 2005 - thelancet.com
Sex work is an extremely dangerous profession. The use of harm-reduction principles can
help to safeguard sex workers' lives in the same way that drug users have benefited from …

Systematic review examining differences in HIV, sexually transmitted infections and health-related harms between migrant and non-migrant female sex workers

L Platt, P Grenfell, A Fletcher, A Sorhaindo… - Sexually transmitted …, 2013 - sti.bmj.com
Objectives To assess the evidence of differences in the risk of HIV, sexually transmitted
infections (STI) and health-related behaviours between migrant and non-migrant female sex …

Determinants of health care utilization by immigrants in Portugal

SF Dias, M Severo, H Barros - BMC health services research, 2008 - Springer
Background The increasing diversity of population in European Countries poses new
challenges to national health systems. There is a lack of data on accessibility and use of …

[PDF][PDF] Irregular migration as survival strategy: Narratives from youth in urban Nigeria

LO Ikuteyijo - West African youth challenges and opportunity …, 2020 - library.oapen.org
The phrase “giant of Africa” is associated with Nigeria due to its large population—which
constitutes one-sixth of the continent's total—and also because of its geopolitical …

Health problems of Nepalese migrants working in three Gulf countries

S Joshi, P Simkhada, GJ Prescott - BMC International Health and human …, 2011 - Springer
Background Nepal is one of the largest suppliers of labour to countries where there is a
demand for cheap and low skilled workers. In the recent years the Gulf countries have …

Knowledge and attitude on maternal health care among rural-to-urban migrant women in Shanghai, China

Q Zhao, A Kulane, Y Gao, B Xu - BMC women's health, 2009 - Springer
Abstract Background In China, with the urbanization, women migrated from rural to big cities
presented much higher maternal mortality rates than local residents. Health knowledge is …

Acculturation strategies, age at migration, and self-rated health: An empirical study on internal migrants in China

Z Ma, Y Xia - Social Science Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Berry's bidimensional acculturation model categorizes acculturation status (integration,
assimilation, separation, marginalization) by preference toward host and origin cultures …

Toward healthy migration: An exploratory study on the resilience of migrant domestic workers from the Philippines

AJ van der Ham, MT Ujano-Batangan… - Transcultural …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Domestic workers face many migration-related stressors that affect their mental health.
Currently there is an emphasis in the literature on these workers' problems and vulnerability …

[PDF][PDF] Migração e saúde

S Dias, A Gonçalves - Revista Migrações, 2007 - uc.pt
A migração internacional é considerada um dos maiores desafios da Saúde Pública a nível
mundial. Actualmente há uma reconhecida necessidade de compreensão da …

Migration and health: current issues, governance and knowledge gaps

JO Vearey, C Hui, K Wickramage - World migration report, 2020 - un-ilibrary.org
There is a dynamic and complex relationship between migration and health. Migration can
lead to greater exposure to health risks, such as those migrant workers working in conditions …