[HTML][HTML] Struggling, forgotten, and under pressure: a scoping review of experiences of sex workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

SK Brooks, SS Patel, N Greenberg - Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2023 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly affected physical, mental, and economic well-being
across the globe and has disproportionately affected certain vulnerable groups. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] Evolving HIV epidemics: the urgent need to refocus on populations with risk

T Brown, W Peerapatanapokin - Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Recognize that every epidemic is unique, moving beyond the overly simplistic concentrated/
generalized epidemic paradigm that can misdirect resources. Guide HIV responses by …

Transactional sex among adolescent girls and young women enrolled in a cash plus intervention in rural Tanzania: a mixed‐methods study

M Ranganathan, S Quinones, T Palermo… - African Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: Transactional sex or material exchange for sex is associated with HIV infection
among adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa. The motivations for …

Seeking a “Sponyo”: insights into motivations and risks around intergenerational transactional sex among adolescent boys and girls in Kenya

S Zamudio-Haas, C Auerswald, L Miller… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Intergenerational transactional sex (ITS) occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa within the
context of widespread poverty and limited employment opportunities. We examined how …

Socioeconomic predictors of transactional sex in a cohort of adolescent girls and young women in Malawi: a longitudinal analysis

MW Gichane, KE Moracco, AE Pettifor, C Zimmer… - AIDS and Behavior, 2020 - Springer
Transactional sex is associated with incident HIV infection among adolescent girls and
young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa. Evidence on the dimensions of …

Sex work or transactional sex? Shifting the dialogue from risk to rights

TL Crankshaw, J Freedman - Sexual and reproductive health …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Young women involved in sexual exchanges for money, goods and other forms of payment
in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have been the focus of numerous programmes, policies and …

[HTML][HTML] From a drought to HIV: An analysis of the effect of droughts on transactional sex and sexually transmitted infections in Malawi

C Treibich, E Bell, E Blanc, A Lépine - SSM-Population Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Each year there are over 300 natural disasters globally with millions of victims that cost
economic losses near USD $100 billion. In the context of climate change, an emerging …

[HTML][HTML] Paid sex among men in sub-Saharan Africa: analysis of the demographic and health survey

AA Seidu, EKM Darteh, A Kumi-Kyereme… - SSM-Population …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Paying for sex is regarded as a risky sexual behavior (RSB) among
heterosexual men. Men paying for sex are considered to be a bridging population for …

Antiretroviral therapy based HIV prevention targeting young women who sell sex: a mixed method approach to understand the implementation of PrEP in a rural area …

N Chimbindi, N Mthiyane, T Zuma, K Baisley, D Pillay… - AIDS care, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is a potential game-changer for HIV. We used
PrEP introduction for Young Women Who Sell Sex (YWSS) in a rural South Africa district to …

[HTML][HTML] Regional heterogeneity in violence and individual characteristics associated with recent transactional sex among Ugandan girls and young women: A …

C Stamatakis, A Howard, L Chiang, GM Massetti… - PLoS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Objectives This study assessed associations between recent transactional sex (TS) and
potential determinants and variations in patterns across two geographic regions with high …