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Migration status functions as a structural determinant that intensifies the occupational vulnerabilities of female sex workers through factors like language barriers and xenophobia, while also shaping their specific resilience and survival strategies. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Investigate how migration status uniquely shapes the occupational risks, vulnerabilities, and resilience strategies of migrant female sex workers.

August 27, 2026Public Health ChallengesOpen Access

Risk, Resilience and Survival: Migrant Sex Workers on Accra's Oxford Street, Ghana

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SKSylvester Kyei‐Gyamfi FAFrederick Hans Ampiah MKMarian Kpakpah

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Qualitative study reveals migration status intensifies occupational hazards among female sex workers, highlighting the need for migrant-sensitive, rights-based interventions.

Key Points

Investigate how migration status uniquely shapes the occupational risks, vulnerabilities, and resilience strategies of migrant female sex workers.
Qualitative descriptive study design grounded in the social–ecological model.
Conducted semi-structured interviews in English, French, or Hausa with migrant female sex workers (N=20) recruited via purposive sampling and peer referral.
Interview data were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using an inductive thematic approach.
Migration status compounded occupational vulnerabilities through language barriers, deportation threats, xenophobic discrimination, limited access to legal justice, and loss of familial support.
Workers deployed multi-level adaptive coping and resilience strategies, including peer solidarity networks, identity management, spiritual coping, and informal safety practices.

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Kyei‐Gyamfi et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8fea3310c91c1e92622503 https://doi.org/10.1002/puh2.70353

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August 27, 2026Public Health ChallengesOpen Access

Risk, Resilience and Survival: Migrant Sex Workers on Accra's Oxford Street, Ghana

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Authors

SKSylvester Kyei‐Gyamfi FAFrederick Hans Ampiah MKMarian Kpakpah

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Overview

Qualitative study reveals migration status intensifies occupational hazards among female sex workers, highlighting the need for migrant-sensitive, rights-based interventions.

Key Points

Investigate how migration status uniquely shapes the occupational risks, vulnerabilities, and resilience strategies of migrant female sex workers.
Qualitative descriptive study design grounded in the social–ecological model.
Conducted semi-structured interviews in English, French, or Hausa with migrant female sex workers (N=20) recruited via purposive sampling and peer referral.
Interview data were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using an inductive thematic approach.
Migration status compounded occupational vulnerabilities through language barriers, deportation threats, xenophobic discrimination, limited access to legal justice, and loss of familial support.
Workers deployed multi-level adaptive coping and resilience strategies, including peer solidarity networks, identity management, spiritual coping, and informal safety practices.

Cite This Study

Kyei‐Gyamfi et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8fea3310c91c1e92622503 https://doi.org/10.1002/puh2.70353

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