Sex trade among young female family planning patients: Associations with violence and sexual/reproductive health

Decker, Michele R.

Saturday, March 31, 2012: 2:10 PM-3:30 PM

Pacific C (San Francisco Marriott Marquis)

Speaker:
Michele R. Decker, ScD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Authors:
Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Heather L. McCauley, MS, Harvard School of Public Health
Daniel J. Tancredi, PhD, University of California at Davis
Rebecca R. Levenson, MA, Futures Without Violence
Jeffrey Waldman, MD, Planned Parenthood Shasta Diablo Affiliate
Phyllis Schoenwald, PA, Planned Parenthood Shasta Diablo Affiliate
Jay G. Silverman, PhD, University of California, San Diego

Presentation Format:
Scientific Program Report

Learning Objectives:

Describe the prevalence of sex trade in family planning clinic settings and its associations with violence and poor health
Describe the challenges and nuances of disentangling perpetrators of violence against women involved in sex trade
Describe implications for clinical settings that serve marginalized populations as well as the violence support infrastructure

Description:
We will describe recent findings from a family planning clinic-based study that illustrate the prevalence of sex trade and its links with multiple forms of violence victimization and poor health.