Barriers to Health Service Utilization Among Iranian Female Sex Workers: A Qualitative Study

• Main Authors: Mehran Asadi-Aliabadi (Author), Jamileh Abolghasemi (Author), Shahnaz Rimaz (Author), Reza Majdzadeh (Author), Fereshteh Rostami-Maskopaee (Author), Effat Merghati-Khoei (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society for Preventive Medicine, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives In most countries around the world, sex work is an illegal activity. Female sex workers (FSWs) in Iran hide their identities, and they are known to be a hard-to-reach population. Despite free access to HIV testing, fewer than half of FSWs receive HIV testing. The purpose of this study was...