Women engaged in prostitution and COVID-19: why are they excluded from socially vulnerable groups?

• Main Authors: Michelle Ishida Chiang (Author), Maitê Leite Basile (Author), Ana Beatriz Pereira de Souza (Author), Isabella Dastler Moccagatta (Author), Julia Rabello Guerra Vieira (Author), Thaís Rocha Lourenço (Author), Mariana Langanke Gonçalves (Author), Helena Afférri Fernandes Pinto (Author), Rosane Lowenthal (Author), Michele Lacerda Pereira Ferrer (Author), Giselle Burlamaqui Klautau (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT This study analyzed the exposure of women engaged in prostitution in downtown São Paulo to COVID-19. This cross-sectional study had a convenience sample selected in May 2021. We interviewed 219, mostly black, middle-aged, poor women with comorbidities. Among them, 61 had shown COVID-19 sym...