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sex worker; prostitute

Complications: - adolescents & women who engage in sex work may have an increased risk for sexually transmitted infections, violence, incarceration, & reproductive coercion Management: - use self-completed history form to ask whether patients have exchanged sex for money, goods, or services - offer all appropriate cancer screenings & vaccinations - offer more frequent healthcare visits - consider potential need for HIV1 prophylaxis - HIV1 pre-exposure prophylaxis & HIV1 postexposure prophylaxis

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References

  1. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Improving Awareness of and Screening for Health Risks Among Sex Workers Practice Bulletin Number 708, July 2017 https://www.acog.org/Resources-And-Publications/Committee-Opinions/Committee-on-Health-Care-for-Underserved-Women/Improving-Awareness-of-and-Screening-for-Health-Risks-Among-Sex-Workers