Probing the dual burden: assessing psychological distress and substance use among female sex workers in Sonagachi, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Education, sex under the influence of alcohol, number of years working, marital status, age of working, reason for sex work and condom use emerged as significant predictors of use of tobacco and cannabis, risk of alcohol consumption and psychological distress.
Authors
- Lena Ashok (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2441-3224)
- Varalakshmi Chandra Sekaran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3319-3075)
- M.K. Bhattacharya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5735-637X)
- Praveen Arhanthabailu
Institutions
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education (IN)
- Kasturba Medical College, Manipal (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2025-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7416/ai.2025.2706
- Primary Topic
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00