TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the sexual risk behavior and sexual harassment among female beer promoters in Chiang Mai, Thailand and analyze the associations among demographic data, sexual activities, sexual orientation, attitudes and working conditions based on the level of sexual harassment.Design/methodology/approach This study is a cross-sectional study that approached 184 Thai female beer promoters in Chiang Mai by a snowball sampling technique. Data were collected through a self-administrative questionnaire to find demographic data, sexual activities, sexual orientation, attitudes, sexual risk behavior and sexual harassment while working as a beer promoter. Descriptive, Pearson’s χ2 and Fisher exact tests were performed to describe and determine the associations.Findings The findings highlight that sexual risk behaviors and sexual harassment are found among female beer promoters. In total, 62.5 percent of them ever had sexual intercourse and 25.2 percent did not use condom. For sexual harassment, most of respondents had experienced a medium level harassment especially verbal harassment (73.9 percent). It associated with currently student status (p=0.038), having sexual intercourse experience (p=0.024), and type of job (p=0.002).Originality/value This paper explores the sexual risk behaviors and sexual harassment among female beer promoters in the northern part of Thailand, containing the information on how common are the types of sexual risk behavior and sexual harassment experiences among a specific and hard-to-reach population.
VL  - 34
IS  - 2
SN  - 2586-940X
DO  - 10.1108/JHR-03-2019-0056
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JHR-03-2019-0056
AU  - Phaiyarom Mathudara
AU  - Chuemchit Montakarn
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Sex in the city: Sexual risk behaviors and sexual harassment among female beer promoters in Chiang Mai province, Thailand
T2  - Journal of Health Research
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 168
EP  - 178
Y2  - 2024/04/18
ER  -