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Health care experiences of female sex workers: a qualitative study.
Background: Sex workers face significant barriers to accessing health services, including stigma, economic constraints, and safety concerns. In Turkey, this group is often subjected to discrimination and prejudiced approaches when accessing sexual health services, which reduces the uptake of health services. This study aims to analyze the health care experiences of sex workers in depth.
Methods: The study conducted semi-structured in-depth interviews with 16 women working as sex workers in Adana brothel in July-October 2024, and the data were analyzed through thematic analysis. Participants were selected through purposive sampling to ensure socio-demographic diversity.
Results: Four main themes were identified through the analysis: Barriers to Access and Use of Health Services, Health Service Experiences and Satisfaction, Information and Awareness, and Emotional Situations. Participants indicated that they often preferred private health facilities due to difficulties in accessing public health services and long waiting times, but that these preferences were limited by cost.
Conclusions: Improving the quality of public health services and reducing costs may improve public health by encouraging this group to use health services.
期刊介绍：
Family Practice is an international journal aimed at practitioners, teachers, and researchers in the fields of family medicine, general practice, and primary care in both developed and developing countries.
Family Practice offers its readership an international view of the problems and preoccupations in the field, while providing a medium of instruction and exploration.
The journal''s range and content covers such areas as health care delivery, epidemiology, public health, and clinical case studies. The journal aims to be interdisciplinary and contributions from other disciplines of medicine and social science are always welcomed.
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