scholarly journals Prevalence of soft-tissue lesions among women in sex work in the red light area of Pune, India: A cross-sectional survey

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 218
Author(s):  
Shrikanth Muralidharan ◽  
Arunkumar Acharya ◽  
Tejaswi Sevekari ◽  
Sanaa Wadwan ◽  
NoopurRajiv Joglekar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Sex Work ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Soft Tissue Lesions ◽  
Light Area

‘Voiceless Victims’: Children Living in the Red-Light Areas of Ibadan, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 251660692095056
Author(s):  
Richard A. Aborisade ◽  
Temitope A. Oshileye
Keyword(s):  
Sex Work ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Illicit Drugs ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Commercial Sex ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Commercial Sex Work

Much research work on victims of sex work, including studies employing feminist perspectives, focuses on sex work as either being a ‘victimless crime’, or women as victims, leaving the victimization of children as direct and proximate victims relatively unexplored. The practice of commercial sex work in Nigeria is illegal; however, sex business thrives in most urban centres with considerable prevalence of red-light districts. Brothels, strip clubs and other sex-oriented businesses that constitute red-light districts are usually located in neighbourhoods where people that have no business with sex work live with their families. This present study, therefore, moves to expose the risks and vulnerabilities of children living in red-light areas. Drawing on social disorganization and learning theories, an analytical cross-sectional survey of residents of neighbourhoods where commercial sex work thrives within the city of Ibadan was conducted. Fifty-seven family men and women living in red-light areas with their children were purposively selected to provide data for the qualitative study. The rate of children’s engagement in premarital sex, consumption of illicit drugs, alcoholic intake, stealing, street fighting, and school dropout was found to be a factor of their intimacy with sex work and workers in red-light areas. The study concludes that children who grow up in red-light areas are more vulnerable to being physically, emotionally, sexually abused and exploited than children who do not live in such areas. Regulation of sex work activities and prioritizing of child protection issues were suggested.

scholarly journals HIV risks vary according to type of sex work in a cross-sectional survey from Nagaland, India

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna BZ O’Halloran ◽  
Gregory Armstrong ◽  
Gajendra K Medhi ◽  
Collins Z Sono ◽  
Jagadish Mahanta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Work ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hiv Risks

scholarly journals Characterizing sexual histories of women before formal sex-work in south India from a cross-sectional survey: implications for HIV/STI prevention

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharmistha Mishra ◽  
Satyanarayana Ramanaik ◽  
James F Blanchard ◽  
Shiva Halli ◽  
Stephen Moses ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Work ◽  
South India ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sti Prevention ◽  
Sexual Histories

Characterizing Husbandry Risk Factors Associated with Metastatic Soft Tissue Mineralization in Zoo-Housed Komodo Dragons (Varanus komodoensis) in the United States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn Zimmerman ◽  
Jennifer H. Yu ◽  
Willem Schaftenaar ◽  
Laura Debnar ◽  
Drury Reavill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
History Of ◽  
Univariate Analyses

Metastatic soft tissue mineralization has emerged as a major cause of death in captive Komodo dragons ( Varanus komodoensis ). A cross-sectional survey-based study was performed to evaluate husbandry-related risk factors for metastatic mineralization in zoo-housed Komodo dragons in the United States. Nineteen institutions participated, nine of which (47.4%) had a history of metastatic mineralization within their collections. Husbandry at participating institutions varied in temperature gradients, outdoor exposure, artificial lighting, and diet items offered. Differences in husbandry were tested between institutions with and without a history of mineralization using univariate analyses, and variables resulting in a significance level ≤0.10 were entered into a multinomial logistic regression model. The only variable demonstrating a significant difference during univariate analyses was the number of dragons per enclosure ( p =0.036), while the only significant predictive variable after modeling was humidity approximation. Zoos that approximated rather than measured humidity were 12.0 times as likely to have a history of mineralization in their Komodo dragons (OR 12.0, p =0.045). These variables likely reflect the under- or overestimation of exhibit humidity levels, and the tendency to house males and females together. Based on post-mortem findings for 27 dragon mortalities from these institutions, the presence of mineralization at necropsy was significantly associated with female dragons (OR 18.2, p =0.0044) and yolk coelomitis or embolism (OR 6.76, p =0.046). Although this study did not identify definitive links between husbandry and the prevalence of mineralization at the institutional level, the survey revealed high variation in husbandry conditions, and potential

Radiographic morphometry of the hoof and third phalanx of apparently healthy Nigerian horses

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.C. Ogbanya ◽  
C.A. Eze ◽  
J.I. Ihedioha
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Reference Values ◽  
Proximal Phalanx ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Age Related ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Apparently Healthy

The objective of the study was to establish reference values for radiographic soft tissue indices of the hooves of apparently healthy Nigerian horses and to identify sex and age-related variations if any. Lateromedial radiographic examinations of the forelimb hooves of 52 apparently healthy Nigerian horses of both sexes aged young (1 – 5years), adult (6 – 10years) and old (11years and above) were carried out in the cross-sectional survey design. Radiographic soft tissue indices such as hoof wall distal phalanx distance (HWDPD), hoof wall proximal phalanx distance (HWPPD), coronary extensor distance (CED), sole depth (SD), hoof cup (HC), palmarocortical length (PCL) of the third phalanx, hoof wall angle (HWA), angle of third phalanx (AP3) and angle of rotation (AR) were measured and compared between sexes and among age groups. There was no significant sex variations in the indices investigated. However, the mean SD and HC showed age-related significant variation. The mean SD was only significantly (P less than 0.05) lower in old horses compared to young and adult horses. The mean values of HC were significantly (P less than 0.05) lower in adult and old horses compared to young horses. Radiographic morphometric indices assessed in this study may differ with those reported from other breeds, so they can be used in the future as reference values for diagnosis of laminitis in front feet of Nigerian horses.

Born unto Brothels—Toward a Legal Ethnography of Sex Work in an Indian Red-Light Area

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (03) ◽  
pp. 579-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prabha Kotiswaran
Keyword(s):  
Sex Work ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
Sex Industry ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
Market Structures ◽  
Light Area

The global sex panic around sex work and trafficking has fostered prostitution law reform worldwide. While the normative status of sex work remains deeply contested, abolitionists and sex work advocates alike display an unwavering faith in the power of criminal law; for abolitionists, strictly enforced criminal laws can eliminate sex markets, whereas for sex work advocates, decriminalization can empower sex workers. I problematize both narratives by delineating the political economy and legal ethnography of Sonagachi, one of India's largest red-light areas. I show how within Sonagachi there exist highly internally differentiated groups of stakeholders, including sex workers, who, variously endowed by a plural rule network—consisting of formal legal rules, informal social norms, and market structures—routinely enter into bargains in the shadow of the criminal law whose outcomes cannot be determined a priori. I highlight the complex relationship between criminal law and sex markets by analyzing the distributional effects of criminalizing customers on Sonagachi's sex industry.

scholarly journals Evaluation of prevalence of oral soft tissue lesions in a public sector oral health facility of Karachi, Pakistan.

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (09) ◽  
pp. 1245-1251
Author(s):  
Muhammad Umer Hasan ◽  
Salik Rasool ◽  
Syed Hammad Ahsan ◽  
Shahnawaz Jamali ◽  
Ramsha Azhar
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Tobacco Consumption ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Soft Tissue Lesions ◽  
Detection And Identification ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Oral Mucosal Lesions ◽  
Mucosal Lesions ◽  
Study Setting ◽  
Oral Soft Tissue

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of oral soft tissue lesions in patients attending the outpatient department. Study Design: Cross Sectional, Observational study. Setting: Department of Oral and Medicine DUHS. Period: October 2019 to March 2020. Material & Methods: A total of three hundred and eighty five (385) patients were enrolled in the study. Detailed history and thorough intra and extra oral examination of each patient were done. Results: The overall prevalence of oral mucosal lesions was found to be 58.7%. The most frequent oral mucosal lesions were reported as white with 58% of all soft tissue lesions, while the most common site was observed as buccal mucosa with 58% of all sites. As far as texture was concerned, soft texture (47%) was recorded as most frequent. Conclusion: Early detection and identification of oral mucosal lesions is crucial, especially in a population where multifaceted tobacco consumption, oral precancerous and cancerous lesions are reported as one of the highest in the world. The high prevalence of oral mucosal lesions, as reported in our study and their potential for malignant transformation necessitates extensive soft tissue examination of the oral cavity, in adjunct to routine dental checkup.

MOTIVATIONS FOR ENTRY INTO SEX WORK AND HIV RISK AMONG MOBILE FEMALE SEX WORKERS IN INDIA

2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 535-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
NIRANJAN SAGGURTI ◽  
RAVI K. VERMA ◽  
SHIVA S. HALLI ◽  
SUVAKANTA N. SWAIN ◽  
RAJENDRA SINGH ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Work ◽  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Female Sex Workers ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Inconsistent Condom ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Family Tradition

SummaryThis paper assesses the reasons for entry into sex work and its association with HIV risk behaviours among mobile female sex workers (FSWs) in India. Data were collected from a cross-sectional survey conducted in 22 districts across four high HIV prevalence states in India during 2007–2008. Analyses were limited to 5498 eligible mobile FSWs. The reasons given by FSWs for entering sex work and associations with socio-demographic characteristics were assessed. Reported reasons for entering sex work include poor or deprived economic conditions; negative social circumstances in life; own choice; force by an external person; and family tradition. The results from multivariate analyses indicate that those FSWs who entered sex work due to poor economic conditions or negative social circumstances in life or force demonstrated elevated levels of current inconsistent condom use as well as in the past in comparison with those FSWs who reported entering sex work by choice or family tradition. This finding indicates the need for a careful assessment of the pre-entry contexts among HIV prevention interventions since these factors may continue to hinder the effectiveness of efforts to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS in India and elsewhere.

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