Browsing College of Health Sciences (CHS) by Subject "Social & Behavioral Determinants of Health"
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Assessing acceptability of parents/guardians of adolescents towards introduction of sex and reproductive health education in schools at Kinondoni Municipal in Oar es Salaam city.
(Center for HIV Prevention and Research, University of Nairobi, 2008)The article is about whether youth education on condom use is seen by parents/guardians as promoting promiscuity. This conflicts with the parents'/guardians' desire to protect them from HIV infection. This study confirms ... -
Barriers to free antiretroviral treatment access for female sex workers in Chennai, India
(Center for HIV Prevention and Research, University of Nairobi, 2009)This article is important because it highlights the level of stigma experienced by women who are involved in sex work and are HIV-positive, thus experiencing a double stigma. Because of this, the sex workers were said to ... -
Commercial sexual practices before and after legalization in Australia.
(Center for HIV Prevention and Research, University of Nairobi, 2010)Similar to the article, in my experience. newcomers to sex work are mostly young, sometimes without any other means of earning money, have low knowledge of STls and are lacking in negotiation skills for safer sex ... -
Community-Based HIV and STI Prevention in Women Working in Indoor Sex Markets.
(Center for HIV Prevention and Research, University of Nairobi, 2012)I have picked this study because knowing who the target population is, including the country of origin, widens the scope to work better with study results or population intervention outcomes. According to studies done ... -
Condom use and sexually transmitted infections among Malagasy sex workers.
(Center for HIV Prevention and Research, University of Nairobi, 2011)I am endorsing the article because it is critical to obtain authentic data for any research; in particular those pertaining to human SUbjects so as to eliminate use of erroneous data which, when interpreted into activities, ... -
Correlates of HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and associated high-risk behaviors among male clients of female sex workers in Tijuana, Mexico
(Center for HIV Prevention and Research, University of Nairobi, 2009)This study is interesting because it pertains to the behaviour of adult men who have exchanged sex for money, as well as their drug use and prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STls) and HIV. Male clients are ... -
A descriptive profile of abused female sex workers in India.
(Center for HIV Prevention and Research, University of Nairobi, 2010)The alarming results of this important descriptive study on 100 abused female sex workers from Chennai, India, illustrate that female sex workers experience severe forms of violence by clients. Female sex workers need to ... -
Determinants of consistent condom use among female commercial sex workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo: implications for interventions.
(Center for HIV Prevention and Research, University of Nairobi, 2008)Substance use, including injecting drug use, (IOU) has been associated with comparatively low condom usage. This article confirms my observations at different levels. Advanced Sign out The article is about safer sexual ... -
Domestic minor sex trafficking in the United States
(Center for HIV Prevention and Research, University of Nairobi, 2010)The study is significant because it highlights areas that do not seem to be on the daily agenda of social workers in the USA. In light of this article, it is clear that there is a gap in responding to reproductive health ... -
Health work, female sex workers and HIV/AIDS: global and local dimensions of stigma and deviance as barriers to effective interventions
(Center for HIV Prevention and Research, University of Nairobi, 2008)This study validates my own clinical experience that sex workers are sometimes stigmatized. discriminated against and denied services. Advanced Sign out This article is about how stigma can and does interfere with ... -
HIV prevention and street-based male sex workers: an evaluation of brief interventions.
(Center for HIV Prevention and Research, University of Nairobi, 2006)This study shows that brief interventions to reduce HIV risk were acceptable to male sex workers (MSWs) and are efficacious for reducing unprotected anal sex during paid sexual encounters. These methods should be developed ... -
Women, harm reduction and HIV.
(Center for HIV Prevention and Research, University of Nairobi, 2008)This study touches on three important barriers to harm reduction with regards to drug use, unprotected sex and the sex trade. Advanced Sign out There is an unavailability of targeted drug treatment centres for women. ...