A qualitative exploration of perceived risks, motivations, and risk management strategies among brothel-based female sex workers in Ibadan, Nigeria
Olusola Monsurat Ibraheem, Oluwadamilola Adeola Oyadeyi, Esther Oluwatosin Lawal, Olubukola Omobowale, Oluwatoyin Elizabeth Olalemi, Ayodele Samuel Jegede, Adeyinka Abideen Aderinto, Isaac Folorunso Adewole, Suzanna C Francis, Deborah Watson-Jones, Imran Oludare Morhason-Bello · 2025
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Brothel-based sex workers in Ibadan, Nigeria carry a heavy burden of HIV and other infections, yet their view of risk is rarely recorded. The authors run focus groups and interviews with 19 women, guided by the Health Belief Model, covering vaginal, oral, and anal sex practices. The women name oral and anal sex as high-risk, tying them to infections and long-term harms like mouth cancer and rectal injury. Money pressure, fear of losing clients, peer influence, and curiosity push them toward unsafe acts anyway.
Some refuse unsafe sex or bargain for safer terms, and many seek frequent medical checks, but poverty, coercion, and stigma limit their options. Discriminatory clinics cut their care-seeking. They recommend joined-up action: honest sex education, stigma-free services, steady condom and lubricant supply, and income support. They frame risk here as an economic problem wearing a medical mask.
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| CREATOR | Olusola Monsurat Ibraheem, Oluwadamilola Adeola Oyadeyi, Esther Oluwatosin Lawal, Olubukola Omobowale, Oluwatoyin Elizabeth Olalemi, Ayodele Samuel Jegede, Adeyinka Abideen Aderinto, Isaac Folorunso Adewole, Suzanna C Francis, Deborah Watson-Jones, Imran Oludare Morhason-Bello |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 78 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |