scholarly journals The Social Conditions for Successful Peer Education: A Comparison of Two HIV Prevention Programs Run by Sex Workers in India and South Africa

2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 123-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flora Cornish ◽  
Catherine Campbell
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Peer Education ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals Grassroots Participation, Peer Education, and HIV Prevention by Sex Workers in South Africa

2001 ◽  
Vol 91 (12) ◽  
pp. 1978-1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Campbell ◽  
Zodwa Mzaidume
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Peer Education

Sex Workers and HIV/AIDS in India

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunny Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Sex Worker ◽  
Different Types

The risk of HIV infection looms large among male, female, and transgender sex workers in India. Several individual, sociocultural, and structural-environmental factors enhance the risk of HIV infection among sex workers by restricting their ability to engage in safer sexual practices with clients and/or intimate partners. While most HIV prevention programs and research focus on visible groups of women sex workers operating from brothels (Pardasani, 2005) and traditional sex workers, for example, Devadasis (Orchard, 2007); there is a whole subgroup of the sex worker population that remains invisible within HIV prevention programs, such as the male, female, and transgender sex workers operating from non-brothel-based settings. This paper provides an overview of the different types and contexts of sex work prevalent in Indian society, discusses the factors that increase a sex worker’s risk of HIV infection, describes the varied approaches to HIV prevention adopted by the existing HIV prevention programs for sex workers, discusses the limitations of the HIV prevention programs, and concludes with implications for social work practice and education.

Antiretroviral Therapy Based Hiv Prevention Targeting Young Female-Sex Workers: A Mixed Method Approach to Understand the Implementation of Prep in a Rural Area of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natsayi Chimbindi ◽  
Nondumiso Mthiyane ◽  
Thembelihle Zuma ◽  
Kathy Baisley ◽  
Deenan Pillay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Young People ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Female Sex Workers ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Prep Awareness

Abstract Introduction: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has the potential to alter the HIV epidemic in South Africa. Between 2016 and 2018 PrEP was rolled-out for 18-24 year-old female-sex workers (FSW) in a rural KwaZulu-Natal subdistrict with very high HIV incidence among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). Using a ‘framework of access’ model, we describe PrEP access, awareness and uptake for AGYW, including community members’ attitudes towards PrEP for young people.Methods: We enrolled a cohort of 2184 AGYW aged 13-22 living within the subdistrict and quantitatively measured their eligibility, awareness and uptake of PrEP and other HIV prevention interventions in 2017 and 2018. We supplemented this insight with in depth exploration by conducting 19 group discussions with young people and community members, nine stakeholder key informant interviews, 58 in-depth interviews with 15-24 year-olds and 33 with implementing partners, and participatory observations. All interviews were recorded, transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis.Results: PrEP awareness increased from 2% to 9% from 2017 to 2018. Among 965 AGYW sexually-active by 2018, 13.4% (95%CI: 11.4-15.7%) reported transactional sex and 10.6% (95%CI: 8.8-12.7%) sex for money. Of these latter 194 PrEP-eligible AGYW, 21 were aware of PrEP, but none had ever used it. Wider community members were generally unaware of PrEP but imagined it would benefit young people, HIV-serodiscordant couples and those in long-distance relationships. Youth saw PrEP as a positive alternative to condoms since it “will be in their system” and not get in the way of sex. Teachers and healthcare providers were more apprehensive: worrying that PrEP would lower personal responsibility for sexual health.Conclusions: Although PrEP awareness increased and it was generally acceptable, uptake was low even among eligible AGYW, i.e., who reported FSW activity. Condom use remained undesirable suggesting a need to include PrEP in offers of alternative HIV prevention technologies to comdoms. The targeted nature of public-sector PrEP for FSW may have limited the reach, and the future broader roll-out, of PrEP in this setting. Inclusive approaches to PrEP provision integrated with wider sexual healthmay help improve demand and access to PrEP.

scholarly journals HIV prevention and care-seeking behaviour among female sex workers in four cities in India, Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 1293-1303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yves Lafort ◽  
Ross Greener ◽  
Anuradha Roy ◽  
Letitia Greener ◽  
Wilkister Ombidi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Female Sex Workers ◽  
Care Seeking ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Care Seeking Behaviour

Perception of HIV Prevention Programs Among Ayoreo Sex Workers in Bolivia

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 458-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga María López-Entrambasaguas ◽  
Cayetano Fernández-Sola ◽  
José Granero-Molina
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Prevention Programs

Effects of Peer Education on the Peer Educators in a School-Based HIV Prevention Program: Where Should Peer Education Research Go from Here?

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Ebreo ◽  
Sonja Feist-Price ◽  
Youmasu Siewe ◽  
Rick S. Zimmerman
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Peer Education ◽  
Aids Prevention ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Peer Educators ◽  
School Based

Although many HIV/AIDS prevention programs for adolescents have used peer educators to deliver risk reduction information, fewresearchers have evaluated the effects of participation in educational activities on the peer educators themselves. The present study compares several outcomes experienced by peer educators involved in a school-based HIV prevention program with those of their classmates to determine areas in which involvement in the curriculum had an effect on peer educators. Analyses revealed few differences between peer educators that could be attributed to the implementation of the intervention. The findings are discussed in terms of their implications for prevention programs targeting adolescent populations, and suggestions are made concerning the importance of future research on the selection, training, and integration of peer educators into school-based programs.

scholarly journals Programmatic Mapping: Providing Evidence for High Impact HIV Prevention Programs for Female Sex Workers

10.2196/12636 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. e12636
Author(s):  
Faran Emmanuel ◽  
Navindra Persaud ◽  
Sharon S Weir ◽  
Parinita Bhattacharjee ◽  
Shajy Isac
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Female Sex Workers ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
High Impact ◽  
Female Sex
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