Although all three countries have used legislation to promote provision of comprehensive healthcare services for third gender, there is still strong resistance to implementation of such laws and policies. Brazil, India and Mexico face a huge challenge to become countries where all human rights are respected.

A partir de um estágio em psicologia social do trabalho foi desenvolvida uma intervenção com profissionais do sexo na perspectiva da saúde do trabalhador. Tomando-se a prostituição como um trabalho, caracterizado pela situação de vulnerabilidade, buscou-se instaurar dentro do próprio local de trabalho (o bordel) um espaço de discussão entre as profissionais do sexo sobre temas relacionados à sua ocupação, visando à promoção de saúde das trabalhadoras. Em um total de dez encontros, foram abordadas questões referentes às formas específicas de organização desse trabalho, aos aspectos de vulnerabilidade, ao preconceito vivenciado e à maneira como os vínculos são estabelecidos nesse contexto. A intervenção mostrou-se potencializadora da apropriação de significados pessoais e coletivos pelas participantes, caracterizando-se como uma ferramenta para a ampliação da compreensão das trabalhadoras sobre suas próprias vivências, abarcando suas complexidade e ambigüidade. Palavras-chave: Profissionais do sexo, Vulnerabilidade, Promoção de saúde, Análise do trabalho. Health intervention with sex workers Through an internship program, an intervention with sex workers was conducted, from the perspective of the worker's health. Taking prostitution as a job, characterized by its vulnerable situation, we sought to create within the work place (the brothel) a space for discussion, among the sex workers, on themes related to their occupation, with the aim of promoting the workers' health. With a total of ten meetings, issues was addressed concerning specific forms of organization for this type of work, its aspects of vulnerability, the prejudice experienced, and how bonds are established in that context. By helping the participants to retrieve their personal and collective meanings, this intervention has proved to be an empowering tool for the promotion of a deeper awareness and broadening the understanding of workers on their own experiences, covering their complexity and ambiguity.

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INTRODUCTIONSelf-esteem and self-image are psychological aspects that affect sexual function.AIMSTo validate a new measurement tool that correlates the concepts of self-esteem, self-image, and sexuality.METHODSA 20-question test (the self-esteem/self-image female sexuality [SESIFS] questionnaire) was created and tested on 208 women. Participants answered: Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale, the female sexual quotient (FSQ), and the SESIFS questionnaire. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to test concurrent validity of the SESIFS against Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale and the FSQ. Reliability was tested using the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient.RESULTThe new questionnaire had a good overall reliability (Cronbach’s alpha r = 0.862, p < 0.001), but the sexual domain scored lower than expected (r = 0.65). The validity was good: overall score r = 0.38, p < 0.001, self-esteem domain r = 0.32, p < 0.001, self-image domain r = 0.31, p < 0.001, sexual domain r = 0.29, p < 0.001.CONCLUSIONSThe SESIFS questionnaire has limitations in measuring the correlation among self-esteem, self-image, and sexuality domains. A new, revised version is being tested and will be presented in an upcoming publication.

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