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Childhood conditions, pathways to entertainment work and current practices of female entertainment workers in Cambodia: Baseline findings from the Mobile Link trial

Carinne Brody, View ORCID ProfilePheak Chhoun, Sovannary Tuot, Dallas Swendeman, View ORCID ProfileSiyan Yi
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/618983
Carinne Brody
1Public Health Program, College of Education and Health Sciences, Touro University California, Vallejo, CA, the United States
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Pheak Chhoun
2KHANA Center for Population Health Research, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Sovannary Tuot
2KHANA Center for Population Health Research, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Dallas Swendeman
3Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, the United States
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Siyan Yi
1Public Health Program, College of Education and Health Sciences, Touro University California, Vallejo, CA, the United States
2KHANA Center for Population Health Research, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
4Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
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Abstract

Background Entertainment venues have been identified as an important location for HIV prevention due to the increasing number of young female entertainment and sex workers at these venues. The purpose of this report is to increase understanding of the childhood conditions, pathways to entertainment work and current practices of female entertainment workers (FEWs) in Cambodia.

Methods Data used for this study were collected in April 2018 as part of the baseline survey of the Mobile Link, a randomized controlled trial to improve sexual and reproductive health of FEWs in Cambodia. We used a stratified random sampling method to recruit 600 FEWs for face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire. Descriptive analyses were performed.

Results Most participants came from childhood homes without electricity (82.0%) or running water (87.0%). Most women moved to the city in the last ten years (80.5%) for economic reasons (43.7%). About a third worked in the garment industry prior to the entertainment industry (36.7%). Participation in transactional sex in the past three months was reported by 36.0%. Women reported low condom use practices with non-paying partners (23.4% used condom with partner at last sex), excessive and forced alcohol use at work (33.1% reported being forced to drink alcohol at work more than once a month), low modern contraception use (31.4% was using modern contraception), and experiences of gender-based violence (23.3% reported verbal threats, physical abuse or forced sex in the past six months).

Conclusions This information will help to support the development of future individual and structural level interventions for the safety and support of FEWs. In addition, these results may contribute to an evidence base that can inform policy level changes intended to support the realization of full human rights for entertainment works in Cambodia including the rights to health, safety, and respectful employment.

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Childhood conditions, pathways to entertainment work and current practices of female entertainment workers in Cambodia: Baseline findings from the Mobile Link trial
Carinne Brody, Pheak Chhoun, Sovannary Tuot, Dallas Swendeman, Siyan Yi
bioRxiv 618983; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/618983
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Childhood conditions, pathways to entertainment work and current practices of female entertainment workers in Cambodia: Baseline findings from the Mobile Link trial
Carinne Brody, Pheak Chhoun, Sovannary Tuot, Dallas Swendeman, Siyan Yi
bioRxiv 618983; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/618983

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