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1. The epidemiology of HIV infection among female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya: A structural determinants and life-course perspective.

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Tara S Beattie, Wendy Adhiambo, Rhoda Kabuti, Alicja Beksinska, Pauline Ngurukiri, Hellen Babu, Mary Kung'u, Chrispo Nyamweya, Anne Mahero, Maisha Fiti Study -Champions, Erastus Irungu, Peter Muthoga, Janet Seeley, Joshua Kimani, Helen A Weiss, and Rupert Kaul

Subjects
Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
Abstract

High HIV prevalence among female sex workers (FSWs) is heavily influenced by structural determinants (e.g. criminalisation of sex work; violence) and significant life events (e.g. orphanhood, teenage pregnancy). This study aims to understand the epidemiology of HIV among FSWs in Nairobi, Kenya using a structural determinants and life-course perspective. Baseline cross-sectional survey data were collected June-December 2019 for the Maisha Fiti study with 1003 FSWs (aged 18-45 years). Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were estimated using multivariable logistic regression with a hierarchical modelling approach. HIV prevalence was 28.0%, and increased with age (

Published
2024
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2. Are violence, harmful alcohol/substance use and poor mental health associated with increased genital inflammation?: A longitudinal cohort study with HIV-negative female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya

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Tara S. Beattie, James Pollock, Rhoda Kabuti, Tanya Abramsky, Mary Kung’u, Hellen Babu, The Maisha Fiti Study Champions, Sanja Huibner, Suji Udayakumar, Chrispo Nyamweya, Monica Okumu, Anne Mahero, Alicja Beksinska, Mamtuti Panneh, Pauline Ngurukiri, Erastus Irungu, Wendy Adhiambo, Peter Muthoga, Janet Seeley, Helen Weiss, Rupert Kaul, and Joshua Kimani

Subjects
Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
Published
2024

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