Social Science OR 23 articles screened by title 9 articles 5 articles relevant ‘sex worker’ OR ‘prostitute’ Index and abstract read in full to the review- ‘prostitution’ AND ‘HIV’ references within these articles were hand searched for additional relevant literature Web of OR 33 articles screened by title 4 articles 3 articles relevant ‘sex worker’ OR ‘prostitute’ Science AND and abstract read in full to the review- ‘prostitution’ AND ‘HIV’ ‘purchase of references within sex’ these articles were hand searched for additional relevant literature Embase OR OR 4 articles relevant ‘sex worker’ ‘prostitute’ (13/03) AND to the review- ‘prostitution’ ‘HIV’ references within these articles were hand searched for additional relevant literature Cochrane OR OR No clinical trials or systematic reviews relating to sex workers, HIV ‘sex worker’ ‘prostitute’ library AND AND rates and legal models on prostitution were registered with ‘prostitution’ ‘HIV’ ‘purchase of OR OR Cochrane of Prospero sex’ ‘client criminalisation’ Prospero of purchase of ‘prohibition sex’ Jstor OR OR 104 articles screened by title No relevant articles returned ‘sex worker’ ‘prostitute’ AND and abstract ‘prostitution’ ‘HIV’ * Refining the search terms to include criminalisation/criminalization AND/OR prohibition of ‘client purchase of sex/ purchase of (except in the case of web of science) returned no results in the sex’ database searches therefore searches were kept broad in order to increase the likelihood of capturing relevant literature Returned articles The majority of articles returned during the database searches were not relevant, given that the bulk of research relating to sex workers and HIV were focused on sex trafficking; interventions in community setting to reduce HIV spread; men who have sex with men; or sex workers in Africa, Asia and South America where the HIV epidemic is significantly different to Western Europe. Studies included in the review focused on female sex workers working in high income/ developed countries (Canada, New Zealand, Europe, USA). The search did not return articles that focused specifically on client criminalisation and the impact on sex workers HIV rates however the included studies that examined legal models of prostitution (decriminalisation/illegalisation/client criminalisation) and the impact on sex workers, of which health and HIV rates made up some of the discussion.
Social Science Index ‘sex worker’ OR ‘prostitute’ OR ‘prostitution’ AND ‘HIV’ 23 articles screened by title and abstract 9 articles read in full 5 articles relevant to the review- references within these articles were hand searched for additional relevant literature Web of Science ‘sex worker’ OR ‘prostitute’ OR ‘prostitution’ AND ‘HIV’ AND ‘purchase of sex’ 33 articles screened by title and abstract 4 articles read in full 3 articles relevant to the review- references within these articles were hand searched for additional relevant literature Embase (13/03) ‘sex worker’ OR ‘prostitute’ OR ‘prostitution’ AND ‘HIV’ 4 articles relevant to the review- references within these articles were hand searched for additional relevant literature Cochrane library Prospero ‘sex worker’ OR ‘prostitute’ OR ‘prostitution’ AND ‘HIV’ AND ‘purchase of sex’ OR ‘client criminalisation’ OR ‘prohibition of purchase of sex’ No clinical trials or systematic reviews relating to sex workers, HIV rates and legal models on prostitution were registered with Cochrane of Prospero Jstor ‘sex worker’ OR ‘prostitute’ OR ‘prostitution’ AND ‘HIV’ 104 articles screened by title and abstract No relevant articles returned * Refining the search terms to include ‘client criminalisation/criminalization AND/OR prohibition of purchase of sex/ purchase of sex’ (except in the case of web of science) returned no results in the database searches therefore searches were kept broad in order to increase the likelihood of capturing relevant literature Returned articles The majority of articles returned during the database searches were not relevant, given that the bulk of research relating to sex workers and HIV were focused on sex trafficking; interventions in community setting to reduce HIV spread; men who have sex with men; or sex workers in Africa, Asia and South America where the HIV epidemic is significantly different to Western Europe. Studies included in the review focused on female sex workers working in high income/ developed countries (Canada, New Zealand, Europe, USA). The search did not return articles that focused specifically on client criminalisation and the impact on sex workers HIV rates however the included studies that examined legal models of prostitution (decriminalisation/illegalisation/client criminalisation) and the impact on sex workers, of which health and HIV rates made up some of the discussion.
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