Abstract
Objective
To analyze the correlation between use of hormonal contraceptives by prostitutes and social vulnerability markers.
Methods
Descriptive, inferential, and cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach, carried out with 69 women from the Bahia productive bushland microregion in April 2017. It involved the completion of a form, applied at the women’s workplace and Family Health Strategy units, with questions about social vulnerability markers and adherence to hormonal contraceptives. Analysis of the variables was run by using the r correlation test, Pearson’s p test, and Student’s t test.
Results
There was a statistically significant correlation between use of hormonal contraceptives and the following social vulnerability markers: level of education, self-declared skin color, religion, satisfaction with the profession, and use of condoms. Student’s t test resulted in two samples, r and p, with equivalent variances.
Conclusion
The identification of social vulnerability markers can help implement health and intersectoral interventions, as well as make access to health services feasible, so human rights related to reproductive and sexual health are guaranteed, taking into account the specificities of these women as a socially vulnerable group.
Sex workers; Contraception; Reproductive health; Sexual health