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Learn more. Sumaiya Abedin. Mohammad Atikur Rahman Khan. Taz Uddin. Shopquilur Rahman. The clandestine nature of floating commercial sex workers CSWs in Bangladesh has made healthcare difficult, especially since a large number of CSWs work outside brothels - non-brothel commercial sex is considered illegal in Bangladesh.
The aim of this study is to investigate the stark reality of commercial sex work of floating sex workers, their socioeconomic levels and the hazardous health condition they face. Information on socioeconomic, demographic and health-related data was collected from floating CSWs of Rajshahi city in Bangladesh. The study revealed that most CSWs resorted to commercial sex for their daily survival and that they suffered from various physical problems - vaginal pain To identify a set of Influential factors that cause such problems, we fit logistic regression and linear probability models by forward selection method.
The number of years in commercial sex, number of children born before resorting to commercial sex work, body fat and pulse pressure were found to be significant factors responsible for most health problems. Citations 0. References 7. This research hasn't been cited in any other publications. Oct Hypertension. Inadequately controlled hypertension is currently the number one attributable risk for death across the globe. In children and adolescents, ABPM is gaining acceptance as a useful modality for the evaluation of BP levels in both hypertension research and in the clinic setting.
