Sex workers are returning to work and require enhanced support in the face of COVID-19: Results from a longitudinal analysis of online sex work activity and a content analysis of safer sex work guidelines

Denton Callander; Étienne Meunier; Ryan Deveau; Christian Grov; Basil Donovan; Victor Minichiello; Alicia Singham Goodwin; Dustin T. Duncan

doi:10.1071/SH20128

Sex workers are returning to work and require enhanced support in the face of COVID-19: Results from a longitudinal analysis of online sex work activity and a content analysis of safer sex work guidelines

Denton Callander, Étienne Meunier, Ryan Deveau, Christian Grov, Basil Donovan, Victor Minichiello, Alicia Singham Goodwin, Dustin T. Duncan

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Sex workers confront unique challenges in the face of COVID-19. Data from an international sex work website popular with cisgender men and transgender men and women suggest that, after a period of physical distancing, many sex workers are returning to in-person work: from May to August 2020, active sex work profiles increased 9.4% (P < 0.001) and newly created profiles increased by 35.6% (P < 0.001). Analysis of sex work and COVID-19 guidelines published by five community-based organisations found that they focused on altering sexual practices, enhancing hygiene and pivoting to virtual work. To capitalise on these guidelines, funding and research for implementation and evaluation are needed to support COVID-19 risk reduction strategies for sex workers.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	384-386
Number of pages	3
Journal	Sexual Health
Volume	17
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1071/SH20128
State	Published - Aug 2020

Keywords

community health
community interventions
male sex work
risk reduction

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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Callander, D., Meunier, É., Deveau, R., Grov, C., Donovan, B., Minichiello, V., Singham Goodwin, A., & Duncan, D. T. (2020). Sex workers are returning to work and require enhanced support in the face of COVID-19: Results from a longitudinal analysis of online sex work activity and a content analysis of safer sex work guidelines. Sexual Health, 17(4), 384-386. https://doi.org/10.1071/SH20128

Sex workers are returning to work and require enhanced support in the face of COVID-19: Results from a longitudinal analysis of online sex work activity and a content analysis of safer sex work guidelines. / Callander, Denton; Meunier, Étienne; Deveau, Ryan et al.
In: Sexual Health, Vol. 17, No. 4, 08.2020, p. 384-386.

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Callander, D, Meunier, É, Deveau, R, Grov, C, Donovan, B, Minichiello, V, Singham Goodwin, A & Duncan, DT 2020, 'Sex workers are returning to work and require enhanced support in the face of COVID-19: Results from a longitudinal analysis of online sex work activity and a content analysis of safer sex work guidelines', Sexual Health, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 384-386. https://doi.org/10.1071/SH20128

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Sex workers are returning to work and require enhanced support in the face of COVID-19: Results from a longitudinal analysis of online sex work activity and a content analysis of safer sex work guidelines

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