Socio-demographic characteristics and behavioral risk factors of female sex workers in sub-saharan Africa: a systematic review

F Scorgie, MF Chersich, I Ntaganira, A Gerbase… - AIDS and Behavior, 2012 - Springer
Sex work remains an important contributor to HIV transmission within early, advanced and
regressing epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa, but its social and behavioral underpinnings …

Gender‐based violence and HIV: Reviewing the evidence for links and causal pathways in the general population and high‐risk groups

KL Dunkle, MR Decker - American journal of reproductive …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A growing body of international research documents strong associations between gender‐
based violence and HIV, both in the general population and among high‐risk …

Prevalence and structural correlates of gender based violence among a prospective cohort of female sex workers

K Shannon, T Kerr, SA Strathdee, J Shoveller… - Bmj, 2009 - bmj.com
Objective To examine the prevalence and structural correlates of gender based violence
against female sex workers in an environment of criminalised prostitution. Design …

Structural and environmental barriers to condom use negotiation with clients among female sex workers: implications for HIV-prevention strategies and policy

K Shannon, SA Strathdee… - … journal of public …, 2009 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We investigated the relationship between environmental–structural factors and
condom-use negotiation with clients among female sex workers. Methods. We used …

Substance use and HIV among female sex workers and female prisoners: risk environments and implications for prevention, treatment, and policies

SA Strathdee, BS West, E Reed… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Female sex workers (FSWs) and female prisoners experience elevated HIV prevalence
relative to the general population because of unprotected sex and unsafe drug use …

Priority interventions to reduce HIV transmission in sex work settings in sub‐Saharan Africa and delivery of these services

MF Chersich, S Luchters, I Ntaganira… - African Journal of …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Methods Data were collated from research studies among FSWs in sub‐Saharan Africa. The
Medline (PubMed) database was searched for relevant English articles published between …

Women who use or inject drugs: an action agenda for women-specific, multilevel, and combination HIV prevention and research

N El-Bassel, SA Strathdee - JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Women account for more than half of all individuals living with HIV globally. Despite
increasing drug and HIV epidemics among women, women who use drugs are rarely found …

The context of economic insecurity and its relation to violence and risk factors for HIV among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India

E Reed, J Gupta, M Biradavolu… - Public health …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective. We examined the context of economic insecurity and debt among female sex
workers (FSWs), how this context varies among FSWs, and its association with experiences …

Condoms in sub-Saharan Africa

E Maticka-Tyndale - Sexual health, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the region with the world's highest rates of HIV and other
sexually transmissible infections (STIs), yet numerous studies show that condom use is …

“PrEP just isn't my priority”: Adherence challenges among women who inject drugs participating in a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) demonstration project in …

M Felsher, E Ziegler, KR Amico, A Carrico… - Social science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has the ability to curb HIV transmission among women if
they are highly adherent (eg 6/7 weekly doses). In a recent PrEP demonstration project with …