Narratives of transactional sex on a university campus [PDF]
Culture, Health & Sexuality, 2012 Given the imperatives of HIV and gender equality, South African researchers have foregrounded transactional sex as a common practice that contributes to unsafe and inequitable sexual practices. This paper presents findings from a qualitative study with a group of students at a South African university, drawing on narratives that speak to the dynamics ...
Shefer, Tamara +2 more
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Transactional sex among young women in rural South Africa: prevalence, mediators and association with HIV infection [PDF]
Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2016 Introduction Young adolescent women in sub‐Saharan Africa are three to four times more likely to be HIV‐positive than boys or men. One of the relationship dynamics that is likely to be associated with young women's increased vulnerability to HIV is ...
Meghna Ranganathan +12 more
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Global burden of HIV among men who engage in transactional sex: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 BackgroundMen who engage in transactional sex, the exchange of sex for money, goods, or other items of value, are thought to be at increased risk of HIV, but there have been no systematic attempts to characterize HIV burden in this population.
Catherine E Oldenburg +6 more
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‘It’s because I like things… it’s a status and he buys me airtime’: exploring the role of transactional sex in young women’s consumption patterns in rural South Africa (secondary findings from HPTN 068) [PDF]
Reproductive Health, 2018 Background ‘Transactional sex’, defined as a non-marital, non-commercial sexual relationship in which money or material goods are exchanged for sex, is associated with young women’s increased vulnerability to HIV infection.
Meghna Ranganathan +9 more
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Climate change, transactional sex, HIV/AIDS and sustainable livelihoods among fishing communities around Lake Victoria: a scoping review protocol [PDF]
BMJ OpenBackground The objective of this scoping review is to map out what has been published in the scientific literature on the relationship between climate change-related events and how these overlap with associated changes in resource availability ...
Lawrence P O Were +8 more
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Qualitative evaluation of an edutainment intervention to prevent age-disparate transactional sex in Tanzania: Changes in educational aspirations and gender equitable attitudes towards work. [PDF]
PLOS Global Public HealthAge-disparate transactional sex is a major contributor to the disproportionate rates of HIV experienced by adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa, and a key driver of unintended adolescent pregnancy.
Marjorie Pichon +6 more
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Transactional sex among rural, justice-involved Appalachian women who use drugs. [PDF]
J Rural Health, 2023 AbstractPurposeTransactional sex is associated with an array of other health risk behaviors and adverse health outcomes, including HIV. However, despite concerns regarding a potential HIV outbreak, there is limited understanding of transactional sex among rural Appalachians who engage in high‐risk behaviors.
Dickson MF +3 more
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“I have learned that nothing is given for free”: an exploratory qualitative evaluation of a social norms edutainment intervention broadcast on local radio to prevent age-disparate transactional sex in Kigoma, Tanzania [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Promising evidence supports the effectiveness of edutainment interventions in shifting norms to prevent violence against women and girls and other harmful practices, yet further research into mechanisms and pathways of impact is needed to ...
Lottie Howard-Merrill +9 more
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Transactional sex work and HIV among women in conflict-affected Northeastern Uganda: a population-based study [PDF]
Conflict and Health, 2022 Background Armed conflict and the HIV pandemic are significant global health issues. Evidence of the association between armed conflict and HIV infection has been conflicting.
Jennifer J. Mootz +7 more
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BMC Women's Health, 2020 Background Women who report transactional sex are at increased risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). However, in the United States, social, behavioral, and trauma-related vulnerabilities associated with transactional sex are ...
Timothy W. Menza +4 more
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