TY - JOUR
T1 - Violence Victimization and Alcohol Use Among Venue-Based Female Sex Workers in Pattaya, Thailand
T2 - Unpacking the Temporal Relationship
AU - Sherwood, Jennifer
AU - Phuengsamran, Dusita
AU - Janyam, Surang
AU - Murray, Sarah M.
AU - Holliday, Charvonne N.
AU - Darawuttimaprakorn, Niphon
AU - Decker, Michele R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2024/10
Y1 - 2024/10
N2 - Female sex workers (FSWs) face prevalent violence victimization and alcohol consumption at work, yet the bidirectional pathways between these factors are not well defined. Using cohort data from 232 venue-based FSWs in Pattaya, associations of violence and alcohol use were examined within a time period and prospectively via structural equation models. Within the time period, violence victimization and alcohol use were consistently associated; by contrast, violence was not prospectively associated with FSW alcohol use. Findings define alcohol as an important risk factor for violence in sex work environments. Alcohol safety interventions should be explored as a vital component of FSW violence prevention.
AB - Female sex workers (FSWs) face prevalent violence victimization and alcohol consumption at work, yet the bidirectional pathways between these factors are not well defined. Using cohort data from 232 venue-based FSWs in Pattaya, associations of violence and alcohol use were examined within a time period and prospectively via structural equation models. Within the time period, violence victimization and alcohol use were consistently associated; by contrast, violence was not prospectively associated with FSW alcohol use. Findings define alcohol as an important risk factor for violence in sex work environments. Alcohol safety interventions should be explored as a vital component of FSW violence prevention.
KW - Thailand
KW - alcohol
KW - female sex workers
KW - prevention
KW - violence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85162934624&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/10778012231177997
DO - 10.1177/10778012231177997
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85162934624
SN - 1077-8012
VL - 30
SP - 3421
EP - 3438
JO - Violence Against Women
JF - Violence Against Women
IS - 12-13
ER -