Epidemiologic Investigation of a Cluster of Workplace HIV Infections in the Adult Film Industry: Los Angeles, California, 2004

Taylor, Melanie; Rotblatt, Harlan; Brooks, John T.; Montoya, John Harold Estrada; Aynalem, Getahun; Smith, Lisa V.; Kenney, Kerry; Laubacher, Lori; Bustamante, Tony; Kim-Farley, Robert; Fielding, Jonathan E.; Bernard, Bruce; Daar, Eric S.; Kerndt, Peter R.

doi:10.1086/510487

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“…Seven of these 10 engaged in condomless receptive anal sex with patient A, and two became infected. This 29% attack rate is comparable to the 23% attack rate of work-related HIV transmission among heterosexual performers in the 2004 report (2).…”

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confidence: 63%

Occupational HIV Transmission Among Male Adult Film Performers — Multiple States, 2014

Wilken¹,

Ried

Rickett

et al. 2016

MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep.

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Section: What Is Added By This Report?supporting

confidence: 63%

Occupational HIV Transmission Among Male Adult Film Performers — Multiple States, 2014

Wilken¹,

Ried

Rickett

et al. 2016

MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep.

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“…Occupational risks of the adult film industry that have been described in the literature have been limited to exposure to HIV and other STDs. 7,15,16 In this study, we identified other serious health risks among adult film performers, including physical, mental, and social risks that were often severe and sometimes life-threatening. Female performers in particular were especially vulnerable to multiple negative health consequences, including drug addiction, mental health problems, financial hardship, physical trauma, and negative social interactions.…”

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confidence: 99%

Pathways to Health Risk Exposure in Adult Film Performers

Grudzen

Ryan

Margold³

et al. 2008

J Urban Health

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Despite being part of a large and legal industry in Los Angeles, little is known about adult film performers' exposure to health risks and when and how these risks might occur. The objective was to identify exposure to physical, mental, and social health risks and the pathways to such risks among adult film performers and to determine how risks differ between different types of performers, such as men and women. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 18 female and ten male performers as well as two key informants from the industry. Performers and key informants were recruited through Protecting Adult Welfare, adult film venues, and snowball sampling. Performers engaged in risky health behaviors that included highrisk sexual acts that are unprotected, substance abuse, and body enhancement. They are exposed to physical trauma on the film set. Many entered and left the industry with financial insecurity and suffered from mental health problems. Women were more likely than men to be exposed to health risks. Adult film performers, especially women, are exposed to health risks that accumulate over time and that are not limited to sexually transmitted diseases.

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“…In the U.S. and Canada, sex work is largely illegal; even in some Mexican cities where sex work is quasi-legal and registered, MSW do not often register with municipal authorities for fear of adverse consequences 63 . Where legal and cultural contexts make it feasible, the provision of legal protections and HIV/STI surveillance and treatment for adult film actors in Los Angeles might be used as a model for the provision of such services to the broader population of MSW 64 . In Brazil, ‘male sex workers’ can report sex work as an official occupation facilitating access to social benefits and there is a history of government-sponsored anti-homophobia social marketing campaigns; however, recent government changes in Brazil may negate these advances in HIV prevention 65 .…”

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Male sex workers: practices, contexts, and vulnerabilities for HIV acquisition and transmission

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Summary Male sex workers (MSW) who sell/exchange sex for money or goods comprise an extremely diverse population across and within countries worldwide. Information characterizing their practices, contexts where they live, and their needs is very limited, as these men are generally included as subsets of larger studies focused on gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) or even female sex workers. MSW, regardless of their sexual orientation, mostly offer sex to men, and rarely identify as sex workers, using local or international terms instead. There is growing evidence of a sustained or increasing burden of HIV among some MSW in the context of the slowing global HIV pandemic. There are several synergistic facilitator spotentiating HIV acquisition and transmission among MSW, including biological, behavioural, and structural determinants. The criminalization and intersectional stigmas of same-sex practices, commercial sex, and HIV all increase HIV and STI risk for MSW and decrease their likelihood of accessing essential services. These contexts, taken together with complex sexual networks among MSW, define them as a key population underserved by current HIV prevention, treatment, and care services. Dedicated efforts are needed to make those services available for the sake of both public health and human rights.

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Epidemiologic Investigation of a Cluster of Workplace HIV Infections in the Adult Film Industry: Los Angeles, California, 2004

Cited by 35 publications

References 8 publications

Occupational HIV Transmission Among Male Adult Film Performers — Multiple States, 2014

Occupational HIV Transmission Among Male Adult Film Performers — Multiple States, 2014

Pathways to Health Risk Exposure in Adult Film Performers

Male sex workers: practices, contexts, and vulnerabilities for HIV acquisition and transmission

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