To browse Academia. Although female street sex workers are contextually vulnerable to numerous health-endangering factors, they also contribute in re-producing them.
This synergetic production is approached by syndemic theory developed within medical anthropology. The objective of the study is to present an analysis of the results of a qualitative ethnographic study conducted in Belgrade, Serbia in , and reflect upon social environment factors influencing syndemic development of medical conditions.
The risk environment factors enhancing possibilities of developing particular medical conditions were investigated by applying qualitative anthropological methodology, emphasizing semi-structured in-depth interviews, a standard qualitative sample, and respondents?
Social environment of sex work, generally considered risky due to sexually and blood-transmitted diseases, in this study also proved as receptive for many other illnesses, whose syndemic There is an abundance of health research with women in street-based sex work, but few studies examine what health means and how it is practiced by participants.
Findings reveal pluralistic notions of health that include neoliberal, biomedical, and lay knowledge. Participants also use symbols of biomedical authority to substantiate their lay interpretations of certain conditions, revealing complex forms of moral reasoning in their health etiologies.
