"Sex Work" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The act or practice of engaging in sexual relations for money or other benefit.
| Descriptor ID |
D011477
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.802.790 I01.880.735.679
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| Concept/Terms |
Sex Work- Sex Work
- Work, Sex
- Sex Industry
- Industries, Sex
- Sex Industries
- Prostitution
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2018 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Work" by people in Profiles.
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Law, criminalisation and HIV in the world: have countries that criminalise achieved more or less successful pandemic response? BMJ Glob Health. 2021 08; 6(8).
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Mental health issues of massage therapists who practice sex work during COVID-19 in the Philippines. Asian J Psychiatr. 2021 10; 64:102768.
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Health and Economic Outcomes Associated With COVID-19 in Women at High Risk of HIV Infection in Rural Kenya. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 06 01; 4(6):e2113787.
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Longitudinal Assessment of Changes in Mental and Sexual Health Outcomes Due to COVID-19 Among Latinx SMM and TGW. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 12 15; 85(5):e90-e92.
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Transactional sex in the wake of COVID-19: sexual and reproductive health and rights of the forcibly displaced. Sex Reprod Health Matters. 2020 12; 28(1):1822493.
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Experiences of commercial sex workers during COVID-19 restrictions in selected metropolises in Ghana. Health Care Women Int. 2020 Nov-Dec; 41(11-12):1398-1409.
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[Sex Work during the COVID-19 Pandemic Period in the Ibero-American Context: analysis of advertisements on websites]. Cien Saude Colet. 2020 Nov; 25(11):4237-4248.
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A Community Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Case Study in Protecting the Health and Human Rights of People Who Use Drugs. J Urban Health. 2020 08; 97(4):448-456.
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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. Sex Health. 2020 08; 17(4):384-386.
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Investigating the effects of COVID-19 on global male sex work populations: a longitudinal study of digital data. Sex Transm Infect. 2021 03; 97(2):93-98.