Understanding the longitudinal relationship between substance use and violent victimization among street-based women who exchange sex in Baltimore, Maryland

Schneider, Kristin E.; Tomko, Catherine; Nestadt, Danielle Friedman; Rouhani, Saba; White, Rebecca Hamilton; Decker, Michele R.; Galai, Noya; Sherman, Susan G.

doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103824

Understanding the longitudinal relationship between substance use and violent victimization among street-based women who exchange sex in Baltimore, Maryland

BACKGROUND Women who exchange sex (WES) experience extensive interpersonal violence from multiple perpetrators. Violence towards WES contributes to poor mental and behavioral health outcomes, including high rates of drug use. However, it is difficult to disentangle the temporal relationship betwe…