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Transactional sex and age-disparate sexual partnerships among adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania [PDF]

Frontiers in Reproductive Health
IntroductionAdolescent girls and young women (AGYW) continue to experience a high incidence of HIV in southern and eastern Africa, even in the context of large-scale HIV prevention interventions.
Katherine B. Rucinski, Gaspar Mbita, Gaspar Mbita, Kaitlyn Atkins, Esther Majani, Albert Komba, Caterina Casalini, Mary Drake, Neema Makyao, Anthony Galishi, Yeronimo Mlawa, Joyce Wamoyi, Sheree Schwartz, Stefan Baral, Kelly Curran   +14 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 Health
Age-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, Ana Maria Buller, Veronicah Gimunta, Oscar Rutenge, Yandé Thiaw, Revocatus Sono, Lottie Howard-Merrill   +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, Tillson M, Calvert JM, Staton M.   +3 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

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, Omolola A. Odejimi, Aishwarya Bhattacharya, Bianca Kann, Julia Ettelbrick, Milena Mello, Milton L. Wainberg, Kaveh Khoshnood   +7 more
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Sexual risk behaviors, mental health outcomes and attitudes supportive of wife-beating associated with childhood transactional sex among adolescent girls and young women: Findings from the Uganda Violence Against Children Survey.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Compared to young men, Ugandan young women are disproportionately impacted by HIV. Childhood transactional sex may contribute to this disparity. Using data from the 2015 Uganda Violence Against Children Survey, we used logistic regression models to ...
Laura Chiang, Ashleigh Howard, Kirsten Stoebenau, Greta M Massetti, Rose Apondi, Jennifer Hegle, Mondo Kyatekka, Caroline Stamatakis, Lydia Wasula, George Aluzimbi   +9 more
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Transactional Sex among Noninjecting Illicit Drug Users: Implications for HIV Transmission [PDF]

The Scientific World Journal, 2016
Noninjecting illicit drug users (NIDUs) present high risk for HIV infection, due especially to transactional sex. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and risk factors for transactional sex among NIDUs in the Southwest region of Goiás State ...
Rafael Alves Guimarães, Aurélio Goulart Rodovalho, Inaina Lara Fernandes, Graciele Cristina Silva, Rodrigo Lopes de Felipe, Ivânia Vera, Valéria Duarte Gregório, Roselma Lucchese   +7 more
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Transactional Sex and its Drivers among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Plateau State North Central Nigeria [PDF]

Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Background: Involvement in transactional sex encompasses a spectrum of activities ranging from casual sex to continual professional exchange of sex for benefits.
Tolulope O. Afolaranmi, Joy M. Dogo, Philip A. Adeoye, Raluchukwu A. Ugwu, Oluseyi A. Omokore, Solomon Wekpe, Olabanjo O. Ogunshola, Ayuba I. Zoakah, Phyillis Kanki   +8 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, Lori Heise, Catherine MacPhail, Heidi Stöckl, Richard J. Silverwood, Kathleen Kahn, Amanda Selin, F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Charlotte Watts, Audrey Pettifor   +9 more
doaj   +6 more sources

“Instead of Asking for Fare, You Ask Her to Pay with Sex”: Male Perspectives on the Factors Influencing Schoolgirls’ Participation in Age-Disparate Transactional Sex Relationships

Adolescents, 2023
Age-disparate transactional sex relationships are often coerced and exploitative. The gender and economic disparities between affluent men and economically disadvantaged girls often perpetuate these relationships, resulting in their exploitation.
Leso Munala, Asha Mohamed, Nene Okunna, Bethlehem Yewhalawork, Paul Kibati, Jesse Kihuha   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Climate change, transactional sex, HIV/AIDS and sustainable livelihoods among fishing communities around Lake Victoria: a scoping review protocol [PDF]

BMJ Open
Background 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, Olivia N Kachingwe, Taylor Goldman, Yaxiong Ma, Fonda J Awuor, Chrispine Nyamweya, John Okechi, Les Kaufman, Sucharita Gopal   +8 more
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