Barriers and facilitators to retaining a cohort of street-based cisgender female sex workers recruited in Baltimore, Maryland, USA: results from the SAPPHIRE study

• Main Authors: Bradley E. Silberzahn (Author), Miles B. Morris (Author), Katelyn E. Riegger (Author), Rebecca Hamilton White (Author), Catherine A. Tomko (Author), Ju Nyeong Park (Author), Katherine H.A. Footer (Author), Steven S. Huettner (Author), Susan G. Sherman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite experiencing HIV/STIs, violence, and other morbidities at higher rates than the general public, street-based female sex workers are often absent from public health research and surveillance due to the difficulty and high costs associated with engagement and retention. The...