Combination Microfinance and HIV Risk Reduction Among Women Engaged in Sex Work
Witte S.S. Yang L.S. McCrimmon T. Aira T. Batsukh A. Terlikbayeva A. Primbetova S. Mergenova G. Cordisco Tsai L. Carlson C. Vélez-Grau C. Ssewamala F. El-Bassel N.
February 2023SAGE Publications Inc.
Research on Social Work Practice
2023#33Issue 2213 - 229 pp.
The purpose of this paper is to summarize 15 years of intervention science in combination HIV prevention and microfinance among women engaged in sex work (WESW) in Central Asia, identifying gaps in our understanding and recommendations for future studies. We begin by describing the emergence of HIV/STI risk among WESW in the Central Asia region, specifically Mongolia and Kazakhstan, and bridge to the formative stages of our methodology as well as completed prevention intervention studies. We describe the development of combining HIV prevention with asset-based microfinance interventions, lessons learned, and contributions these studies make to HIV prevention, intervention science, and practice. We end by recommending next steps to move prevention science forward in this area and among this key population, which continues to be underserved in HIV prevention science worldwide.
economic empowerment , female sex worker , HIV prevention , microfinance , violence
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Social Intervention Group, Columbia School of Social Work, New York, NY, United States
Global Health Research Center of Central Asia, Astana, Kazakhstan
Wellspring NGO, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
University of Alabama, School of Social Work, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
New York University, Silver School of Social Work, New York, NY, United States
Brown School, Washington University, St Louis, MO, United States
Social Intervention Group
Global Health Research Center of Central Asia
Wellspring NGO
John F. Kennedy School of Government
University of Alabama
New York University
Brown School
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