Accessing and educating female sex workers in Ukraine via a peer-driven intervention

Authors :: Oksana Matiyash
Robert Broadhead
Pavlo Smyrnov
Source :: Retrovirology, Retrovirology, Vol 9, Iss Suppl 1, p P118 (2012)
Publication Year :: 2012
Publisher :: BioMed Central, 2012.
Abstract: A peer-driven intervention (PDI) for female sex workers (FSWs) was implemented in harm reduction projects in two Ukrainian cities. The goal was to recruit and interview 500 FSWs in 6 months who had never received services before, and to measure how well FSW-recruiters educated FSWs in a body of fresh HIV prevention information. Recruiters were rewarded by earning tickets to win special prizes in a weekly lottery.

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