Influence Of Socio Demographic Factors of Female Sex Workers on Utilizations of Sexual Reproductive Health Services

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dc.contributor.authorBwabi, Beatrice Nangekhe
dc.contributor.authorKieru, Jane
dc.contributor.authorKodhiambo, Maurice
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-23T11:03:13Z
dc.date.available2023-06-23T11:03:13Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionarticleen_US
dc.description.abstractFemale Sex Workers (FSWs) are key population due to their vulnerability arising from their behavior, society stigma, and discriminative laws that hinder them from acquiring preventive and curative health services. Prostitution is a big industry with 40 to 42 million persons globally 75% aged 13-25years and 80% of them being female sex workers. According to Odek, Githuka and Avery mapping in 2014, Kenya hosts 10670 hot spots of about 138420 female sex workers despite the government ban on sex work in 2017 under section 153 and 154 of the penal code. Nairobi City County accounts to 25% of the female sex workers in Kenya. Kenya falls in Sub Saharan country where highest risks of deaths result from HIV, unsafe abortions and unskilled deliveries. Female sex workers who form 5% of the women of reproductive age are at risk to sexual reproductive health complications since they are unable to negotiate for safe sex and seek prompt health services or legal interventions. 31% of maternal deaths in Nairobi are attributed to unsafe abortions while HIV prevalence among FSWs is 29.3% more than 4 times the prevalence in the general population in Nairobi. The study specific objectives included: to determine the influence of socio demographic characteristics on SRHs utilization among FSWs, to assess the association of knowledge on SRHs and utilization among FSWs, to establish the perception of FSWs on SRHs utilization and to determine barriers faced by FSWs while accessing SRHs in Nairobi County. Critical Medical Anthropology Theory that explains ways in which health services are differentially allocated based on social factors and perceptions was used to conceptualize the frame work for association of variables. The determination of sample size was conducted through Fisher et al formulae and attrition rate of 10%, which added to 421 respondents. Data collection was done both qualitatively and quantitative through structured questionnaires, focused group discussion and key informants. The data was cleaned, coded, entered into the SPSS software version 22. The study found out that social demographic characteristics have a relationship with utilization of sexual and reproductive health services through the Chi-Square test of independence (P=0.01<0.05). The study established that knowledge had a significant relationship with utilization of sexual and reproductive health services as shown by the Chi-Square test of independence (P=0.01<0.05).en_US
dc.identifier.issn2250-3153
dc.identifier.otherDOI: 10.29322/IJSRP.11.10.2021.p11856
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/25946
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherijsrpen_US
dc.subjectFemale sex workersen_US
dc.subjectsexual reproductive health servicesen_US
dc.subjectsocio demographic factorsen_US
dc.subjectKey populationen_US
dc.subjectNairobi City Countyen_US
dc.titleInfluence Of Socio Demographic Factors of Female Sex Workers on Utilizations of Sexual Reproductive Health Servicesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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