Reproductive healthcare utilization for women in the sex trade: a qualitative study.

Background: Women in the sex trade encounter significant challenges in obtaining reproductive healthcare. Reports of reproductive healthcare for women in the sex trade center on the prevention and termination of pregnancies, yet most women in the sex trade globally experience full term pregnancies and bear children. This study aimed to explore barriers and enabling factors to providing reproductive healthcare for women in the sex trade in Israel.

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Antimicrobial Resistance of Infections in a High-Risk Population.

() infections and antibiotic resistance are increasing in prevalence while treatment options are limited. Limited data exist regarding resistance in Israel. Our aim was to study the prevalence of resistance in a sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinic in Israel.

Risk behaviors and sexually transmitted diseases in gay and heterosexual men attending an STD clinic in Tel Aviv, Israel: a cross-sectional study.

Background: The increase in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Israel during the last decade raises concerns regarding other sexuallytransmitted diseases (STD) in MSM, which are yet undetermined.

Objectives: To evaluate the STD burden among MSM and heterosexuals visiting the Tel Aviv walk-in STD clinic.

Methods: Records of all male patients who attended the clinic once were reviewed to identify demographic characteristics, behavioral attributes, and test results.

[The Levinsky Walk-in Clinic in Tel Aviv: holistic services to control sexually transmitted diseases in the community].

The Israeli Ministry of Health inaugurated two walk-in community sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics in 2002. This review focuses on the Levinsky Clinic in Tel Aviv. The clinics were established as a response to the increase in N.