Epidemic Impacts of a Community Empowerment Intervention for HIV Prevention among Female Sex Workers in Generalized and Concentrated Epidemics

Sex workers have endured a high burden of HIV infection in and across HIV epidemics. A comprehensive, community empowerment-based HIV prevention intervention emphasizes sex worker organization and mobilization to address HIV risk and often includes community-led peer education, condom distribution,...

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Main Authors:	Wirtz, Andrea L., Pretorius, Carel, Beyrer, Chris, Baral, Stefan, Decker, Michele R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Public Library of Science 2015
Subjects:	HIV prevention HIV community empowerment female sex workers
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23202

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spelling	okr-10986-232022021-04-23T14:04:13Z Epidemic Impacts of a Community Empowerment Intervention for HIV Prevention among Female Sex Workers in Generalized and Concentrated Epidemics Wirtz, Andrea L. Pretorius, Carel Beyrer, Chris Baral, Stefan Decker, Michele R. HIV prevention HIV community empowerment female sex workers Sex workers have endured a high burden of HIV infection in and across HIV epidemics. A comprehensive, community empowerment-based HIV prevention intervention emphasizes sex worker organization and mobilization to address HIV risk and often includes community-led peer education, condom distribution, and other activities. Meta-analysis of such interventions suggests a potential 51% reduction in inconsistent condom use. Mathematical modeling exercises provide theoretical insight into potential impacts of the intervention on HIV incidence and burden in settings where interventions have not yet been implemented. We used a deterministic model, Goals, to project the impact on HIV infections when the community empowerment interventions were scaled up among female sex workers in Kenya, Thailand, Brazil, and Ukraine. 2015-12-03T20:34:03Z 2015-12-03T20:34:03Z 2014-02-06 Journal Article PLoS ONE http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23202 en_US http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Public Library of Science Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Brazil Kenya Thailand Ukraine
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spellingShingle	HIV prevention HIV community empowerment female sex workers Wirtz, Andrea L. Pretorius, Carel Beyrer, Chris Baral, Stefan Decker, Michele R. Epidemic Impacts of a Community Empowerment Intervention for HIV Prevention among Female Sex Workers in Generalized and Concentrated Epidemics
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description	Sex workers have endured a high burden of HIV infection in and across HIV epidemics. A comprehensive, community empowerment-based HIV prevention intervention emphasizes sex worker organization and mobilization to address HIV risk and often includes community-led peer education, condom distribution, and other activities. Meta-analysis of such interventions suggests a potential 51% reduction in inconsistent condom use. Mathematical modeling exercises provide theoretical insight into potential impacts of the intervention on HIV incidence and burden in settings where interventions have not yet been implemented. We used a deterministic model, Goals, to project the impact on HIV infections when the community empowerment interventions were scaled up among female sex workers in Kenya, Thailand, Brazil, and Ukraine.
format	Journal Article
author	Wirtz, Andrea L. Pretorius, Carel Beyrer, Chris Baral, Stefan Decker, Michele R.
author_facet	Wirtz, Andrea L. Pretorius, Carel Beyrer, Chris Baral, Stefan Decker, Michele R.
author_sort	Wirtz, Andrea L.
title	Epidemic Impacts of a Community Empowerment Intervention for HIV Prevention among Female Sex Workers in Generalized and Concentrated Epidemics
title_short	Epidemic Impacts of a Community Empowerment Intervention for HIV Prevention among Female Sex Workers in Generalized and Concentrated Epidemics
title_full	Epidemic Impacts of a Community Empowerment Intervention for HIV Prevention among Female Sex Workers in Generalized and Concentrated Epidemics
title_fullStr	Epidemic Impacts of a Community Empowerment Intervention for HIV Prevention among Female Sex Workers in Generalized and Concentrated Epidemics
title_full_unstemmed	Epidemic Impacts of a Community Empowerment Intervention for HIV Prevention among Female Sex Workers in Generalized and Concentrated Epidemics
title_sort	epidemic impacts of a community empowerment intervention for hiv prevention among female sex workers in generalized and concentrated epidemics
publisher	Public Library of Science
publishDate	2015
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23202
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Epidemic Impacts of a Community Empowerment Intervention for HIV Prevention among Female Sex Workers in Generalized and Concentrated Epidemics

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