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Table 1 Participant Demographics and Baseline Characteristics (n = 60)

From: A brief, trauma-informed intervention increases safety behavior and reduces HIV risk for drug-involved women who trade sex

 

% (n/n)

(mean, ±sd)

Age (mean, ±sd)

(35.5, ±7.3)

Race

 White

72 (41/57)

 Black

16 (9/57)

 Other

12 (9/57)

Sex Trade Context

 Recruitment site

  Primarily street-based sex work

73 (44/60)

  Primarily venue-based sex work

27 (16/60)

Sex work is sole source of income

41 (24/58)

Social cohesion (mean, ±sd)

(23.60, ±9.5)

Everyday Discrimination (mean, ±sd)

(28.9, ±10.1)

Sex Work Stigma: Community (mean, ±sd)

(15.9, ±6.0)

Sex Work Stigma: Family (mean, ±sd)

(12.9, ±5.7)

Current injection drug use

86 (52/60)

Intervention acceptability

 Likely to give the safety card to someone at risk for violence

90 (54/60)

 Helpful to hear about violence support programs

98 (59/60)

 Helpful for providers to talk about violence and safety to people like me

98 (59/60)

 I would bring a friend here to have this conversation

98 (59/60)

 My interventionist cares about my safety

98 (59/60)

 I felt comfortable talking with the interventionist

98 (59/60)

 I felt safe

98 (59/60)

 I felt that what I said would be kept private

98 (59/60)