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Niranjan Saggurti - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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relationship between community Collectivization and financial vulnerability of female sex workers in southern india
PLOS ONE, 2016Co-Authors: Sangram Kishor Patel, Niranjan Saggurti, Parimi Prabhakar, Anrudh K Jain, Rajatashuvra AdhikaryAbstract:Introduction: Studies exploring the linkages between financial vulnerabilities and community Collectivization of female sex workers (FSWs) are scarce in India despite having potential policy implications. To fill this gap in the literature this study attempts to understand the financial vulnerabilities among FSWs and assess the relationship between community Collectivization and financial vulnerabilities in southern India. Data and Methods: Data were drawn from a cross-sectional behavioral tracking survey (BTS)-2014 conducted among FSWs (N = 2400) in Andhra Pradesh a southern state of India under the Avahan-India AIDS initiative program. Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated through multivariate logistic regression to assess the independent relationships of the degree of community Collectivization indicators with financial vulnerability indicators adjusting for socio-demographic characteristics. Results: Most FSWs (87%) reported having either one or more financial vulnerability and nearly one fifth had a high financial vulnerability. The risk of facing financial vulnerability was significantly lower among FSWs with a high degree of perceived collective efficacy (15% vs 31%; AOR: 0.4; 95% CI: 0.3-0.5) and collective agency (4% vs 21%; AOR: 0.2; 95% CI: 0.1-0.3) as compared to their respective counterparts after controlling for their individual sociodemographic characteristics. FSWs with a high degree of collective efficacy are also less likely to report different components of financial vulnerability (e.g. income saving expenditure and debt). Conclusion: This study finding suggests that community-led interventions such as improving Collectivization are promising strategies to address financial vulnerabilities and a path to a sustainable reduction of HIV risk. This study calls for further evidence-based research and measurement of the effects of community-led approaches in addressing the financial vulnerabilities of the key population at risk for HIV.
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community Collectivization and consistent condom use among female sex workers in southern india evidence from two rounds of behavioral tracking surveys
Aids and Behavior, 2016Co-Authors: Shanti Vejella, Sangram Kishor Patel, Niranjan Saggurti, Parimi PrabhakarAbstract:Community Collectivization is an integral part of condom use and HIV risk reduction interventions among key population. This study assesses community Collectivization among female sex workers (FSWs), and explores its relationship with sex workers' consistent condom use (CCU) with different partners considering the interaction effect of time and Collectivization. Data were drawn from two rounds of cross-sectional surveys collected during 2010 (N1 = 1986) and 2012 (N2 = 1973) among FSWs in Andhra Pradesh, India. Results of the multiple logistic regression analysis show that, CCU with regular and occasional clients increased over the inter-survey period among FSWs with a high collective efficacy (AOR 2.9 and 6.1) and collective agency (AOR 14.4 and 19.0) respectively. The association of high levels of Collectivization with CCU and self-efficacy for condom use are central to improve the usefulness and sustainability of HIV prevention programs worldwide.
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community Collectivization and its association with consistent condom use and sti treatment seeking behaviors among female sex workers and high risk men who have sex with men transgenders in andhra pradesh india
Aids Care-psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of Aids\ hiv, 2013Co-Authors: Niranjan Saggurti, Ram Manohar Mishra, Laxminarayana Proddutoor, Saroj Tucker, Dolly Kovvali, Prabhakar Parimi, Tisha WheelerAbstract:We examine community Collectivization among female sex workers (FSWs) and high-risk men who have sex with men and transgenders (HR-MSM) following several years of HIV prevention programming with these populations, and its association with selected outcome indicators measuring individual behaviors (condom use with different partners and sexually transmitted infection [STI] treatment-seeking from government health facilities). Data for this study were collected from a large-scale cross-sectional survey conducted in 2010–2011 among FSWs (sample size: 3557) and HR-MSM (sample size: 2399) in Andhra Pradesh, India. We measured Collectivization among FSWs in terms of three binary (low, high) indices of collective efficacy, collective agency, and collective action. Collectivization among HR-MSM was measured by participation in a public event (no, yes), and a binary (low, high) index of collective efficacy. Adjusted odds ratios (adjusted OR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) were computed to assess the relat...
Parimi Prabhakar - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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relationship between community Collectivization and financial vulnerability of female sex workers in southern india
PLOS ONE, 2016Co-Authors: Sangram Kishor Patel, Niranjan Saggurti, Parimi Prabhakar, Anrudh K Jain, Rajatashuvra AdhikaryAbstract:Introduction: Studies exploring the linkages between financial vulnerabilities and community Collectivization of female sex workers (FSWs) are scarce in India despite having potential policy implications. To fill this gap in the literature this study attempts to understand the financial vulnerabilities among FSWs and assess the relationship between community Collectivization and financial vulnerabilities in southern India. Data and Methods: Data were drawn from a cross-sectional behavioral tracking survey (BTS)-2014 conducted among FSWs (N = 2400) in Andhra Pradesh a southern state of India under the Avahan-India AIDS initiative program. Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated through multivariate logistic regression to assess the independent relationships of the degree of community Collectivization indicators with financial vulnerability indicators adjusting for socio-demographic characteristics. Results: Most FSWs (87%) reported having either one or more financial vulnerability and nearly one fifth had a high financial vulnerability. The risk of facing financial vulnerability was significantly lower among FSWs with a high degree of perceived collective efficacy (15% vs 31%; AOR: 0.4; 95% CI: 0.3-0.5) and collective agency (4% vs 21%; AOR: 0.2; 95% CI: 0.1-0.3) as compared to their respective counterparts after controlling for their individual sociodemographic characteristics. FSWs with a high degree of collective efficacy are also less likely to report different components of financial vulnerability (e.g. income saving expenditure and debt). Conclusion: This study finding suggests that community-led interventions such as improving Collectivization are promising strategies to address financial vulnerabilities and a path to a sustainable reduction of HIV risk. This study calls for further evidence-based research and measurement of the effects of community-led approaches in addressing the financial vulnerabilities of the key population at risk for HIV.
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community Collectivization and consistent condom use among female sex workers in southern india evidence from two rounds of behavioral tracking surveys
Aids and Behavior, 2016Co-Authors: Shanti Vejella, Sangram Kishor Patel, Niranjan Saggurti, Parimi PrabhakarAbstract:Community Collectivization is an integral part of condom use and HIV risk reduction interventions among key population. This study assesses community Collectivization among female sex workers (FSWs), and explores its relationship with sex workers' consistent condom use (CCU) with different partners considering the interaction effect of time and Collectivization. Data were drawn from two rounds of cross-sectional surveys collected during 2010 (N1 = 1986) and 2012 (N2 = 1973) among FSWs in Andhra Pradesh, India. Results of the multiple logistic regression analysis show that, CCU with regular and occasional clients increased over the inter-survey period among FSWs with a high collective efficacy (AOR 2.9 and 6.1) and collective agency (AOR 14.4 and 19.0) respectively. The association of high levels of Collectivization with CCU and self-efficacy for condom use are central to improve the usefulness and sustainability of HIV prevention programs worldwide.
Sangram Kishor Patel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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relationship between community Collectivization and financial vulnerability of female sex workers in southern india
PLOS ONE, 2016Co-Authors: Sangram Kishor Patel, Niranjan Saggurti, Parimi Prabhakar, Anrudh K Jain, Rajatashuvra AdhikaryAbstract:Introduction: Studies exploring the linkages between financial vulnerabilities and community Collectivization of female sex workers (FSWs) are scarce in India despite having potential policy implications. To fill this gap in the literature this study attempts to understand the financial vulnerabilities among FSWs and assess the relationship between community Collectivization and financial vulnerabilities in southern India. Data and Methods: Data were drawn from a cross-sectional behavioral tracking survey (BTS)-2014 conducted among FSWs (N = 2400) in Andhra Pradesh a southern state of India under the Avahan-India AIDS initiative program. Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated through multivariate logistic regression to assess the independent relationships of the degree of community Collectivization indicators with financial vulnerability indicators adjusting for socio-demographic characteristics. Results: Most FSWs (87%) reported having either one or more financial vulnerability and nearly one fifth had a high financial vulnerability. The risk of facing financial vulnerability was significantly lower among FSWs with a high degree of perceived collective efficacy (15% vs 31%; AOR: 0.4; 95% CI: 0.3-0.5) and collective agency (4% vs 21%; AOR: 0.2; 95% CI: 0.1-0.3) as compared to their respective counterparts after controlling for their individual sociodemographic characteristics. FSWs with a high degree of collective efficacy are also less likely to report different components of financial vulnerability (e.g. income saving expenditure and debt). Conclusion: This study finding suggests that community-led interventions such as improving Collectivization are promising strategies to address financial vulnerabilities and a path to a sustainable reduction of HIV risk. This study calls for further evidence-based research and measurement of the effects of community-led approaches in addressing the financial vulnerabilities of the key population at risk for HIV.
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community Collectivization and consistent condom use among female sex workers in southern india evidence from two rounds of behavioral tracking surveys
Aids and Behavior, 2016Co-Authors: Shanti Vejella, Sangram Kishor Patel, Niranjan Saggurti, Parimi PrabhakarAbstract:Community Collectivization is an integral part of condom use and HIV risk reduction interventions among key population. This study assesses community Collectivization among female sex workers (FSWs), and explores its relationship with sex workers' consistent condom use (CCU) with different partners considering the interaction effect of time and Collectivization. Data were drawn from two rounds of cross-sectional surveys collected during 2010 (N1 = 1986) and 2012 (N2 = 1973) among FSWs in Andhra Pradesh, India. Results of the multiple logistic regression analysis show that, CCU with regular and occasional clients increased over the inter-survey period among FSWs with a high collective efficacy (AOR 2.9 and 6.1) and collective agency (AOR 14.4 and 19.0) respectively. The association of high levels of Collectivization with CCU and self-efficacy for condom use are central to improve the usefulness and sustainability of HIV prevention programs worldwide.
Rajatashuvra Adhikary - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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relationship between community Collectivization and financial vulnerability of female sex workers in southern india
PLOS ONE, 2016Co-Authors: Sangram Kishor Patel, Niranjan Saggurti, Parimi Prabhakar, Anrudh K Jain, Rajatashuvra AdhikaryAbstract:Introduction: Studies exploring the linkages between financial vulnerabilities and community Collectivization of female sex workers (FSWs) are scarce in India despite having potential policy implications. To fill this gap in the literature this study attempts to understand the financial vulnerabilities among FSWs and assess the relationship between community Collectivization and financial vulnerabilities in southern India. Data and Methods: Data were drawn from a cross-sectional behavioral tracking survey (BTS)-2014 conducted among FSWs (N = 2400) in Andhra Pradesh a southern state of India under the Avahan-India AIDS initiative program. Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated through multivariate logistic regression to assess the independent relationships of the degree of community Collectivization indicators with financial vulnerability indicators adjusting for socio-demographic characteristics. Results: Most FSWs (87%) reported having either one or more financial vulnerability and nearly one fifth had a high financial vulnerability. The risk of facing financial vulnerability was significantly lower among FSWs with a high degree of perceived collective efficacy (15% vs 31%; AOR: 0.4; 95% CI: 0.3-0.5) and collective agency (4% vs 21%; AOR: 0.2; 95% CI: 0.1-0.3) as compared to their respective counterparts after controlling for their individual sociodemographic characteristics. FSWs with a high degree of collective efficacy are also less likely to report different components of financial vulnerability (e.g. income saving expenditure and debt). Conclusion: This study finding suggests that community-led interventions such as improving Collectivization are promising strategies to address financial vulnerabilities and a path to a sustainable reduction of HIV risk. This study calls for further evidence-based research and measurement of the effects of community-led approaches in addressing the financial vulnerabilities of the key population at risk for HIV.
James F Blanchard - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the role of collectives in sti and hiv aids prevention among female sex workers in karnataka india
Aids Care-psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of Aids\ hiv, 2006Co-Authors: Shiva S Halli, B M Ramesh, John Oneil, Stephen Moses, James F BlanchardAbstract:This paper evaluates the role of female sex worker (FSW) collectives in the state of Karnataka, India, regarding their facilitating effect in increasing knowledge and promoting change towards safer sexual behaviour. In 2002 a state-wide survey of FSWs was administered to a stratified sample of 1,512 women. Following the survey, a Collectivization index was developed to measure the degree of involvement of FSWs in collective-related activities. The results indicate that a higher degree of Collectivization was associated with increased knowledge and higher reported condom use. Reported condom use was higher with commercial clients than with regular partners or husbands among all women and a gradient was observed in most outcome variables between women with low, medium and high Collectivization index scores. Collectivization seems to have a positive impact in increasing knowledge and in empowering FSWs in Karnataka to adopt safer sex practices, particularly with commercial clients. While these results are encouraging, they may be confounded by social desirability, selection and other biases. More longitudinal and qualitative studies are required to better understand the nature of sex worker collectives and the benefits that they can provide.