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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
doaj   +1 more source

Transactional sex and HIV risks – evidence from a cross-sectional national survey among young people in Uganda [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2015
Background: Transactional sex is associated with the HIV epidemic among young people in Uganda. Few quantitative studies based on nationally representative survey data explored the relationship between sexual behaviors, HIV infection, and transactional ...
Vikas Choudhry, Anne-Emmanuelle Ambresin, Viola Nilah Nyakato, Anette Agardh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Rise and Normalisation of Blessee/Blesser Relationships in South Africa: A Post-Colonial Feminist Analysis [PDF]

Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics, 2022
Since 2015, young urban black women in South Africa have been posting images of luxury items on social media platforms such as Instagram. These women claim that their luxury items are gifts from their ‘blessers’/wealthy men in exchange for sex and ...
Ruvimbo Zawu
doaj   +1 more source

Transactional sex, condomless anal sex, and HIV risk among men who have sex with men [PDF]

International Journal of STD & AIDS, 2019
To understand the HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men who engage in transactional sex (MSM-TS) in Paris, France, we sought to examine the association between engagement in transactional sex and HIV risk behaviors among MSM in Paris, France. Users of a geosocial-networking application in Paris were provided an anonymous web-based survey ( N ...
Ofole Mgbako, Su H Park, Denton Callander, Dustin A Brinker, Christopher Kuhner, Adam W Carrico, H Jonathon Rendina, Dustin T Duncan   +7 more
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Neonates with acute liver failure have higher overall mortality but similar posttransplant outcomes as older infants

Liver Transplantation, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Neonatal acute liver failure (ALF) carries a high mortality rate; however, little data exist on its peritransplant hospital course. This project aimed to identify factors associated with outcomes in neonates with ALF using large multicenter databases.
Swati Antala, Bridget Whitehead, Justin Godown, Matt Hall, Anna Banc‐Husu, Estella M. Alonso, Sarah A. Taylor   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socio-economic vulnerabilities and HIV: Drivers of transactional sex among female bar workers in Yaoundé, Cameroon. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between socio-demographic characteristics, risky sexual behaviour, alcohol use and transactional sex among female bar workers in Yaounde, Cameroon.
Derick Akompab Akoku, Mbah Abena Tihnje, Thomas Achombwom Vukugah, Elvis Enowbeyang Tarkang, Robinson Enow Mbu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

More than just talk: the framing of transactional sex and its implications for vulnerability to HIV in Lesotho, Madagascar and South Africa

Globalization and Health, 2011
Background 'Transactional sex' was regarded by the mid-1990s as an important determinant of HIV transmission, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Little attention has been paid to what the terms used to denote transactional sex suggest about how it is ...
Bello Haruna M, Tanga Pius T, Tsikoane Tumelo, Zembe Yanga ZN, Willan Samantha, Rubincam Clara, Nixon Stephanie A, Stoebenau Kirsten, Caceres Carlos F, Townsend Loraine, Rakotoarison Paul G, Razafintsalama Violette   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

'Milking the Cow': Young Women's Constructions of Identity, Gender, Power and Risk in Transactional and Cross-Generational Sexual Relationships [PDF]

, 2005
This report presents the findings of a qualitative study carried out in Maputo, Mozambique, among women engaged in cross-generational transactional sex.
Fatima Mussa, Kirstan Hawkins, Sandia Abuxahama   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Transactional Sex With Regular and Casual Partners Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men in the Detroit Metro Area

American Journal of Men's Health, 2017
Transactional sex refers to the commodification of the body in exchange for shelter, food, and other goods and needs. Transactional sex has been associated with negative health outcomes including HIV infection, psychological distress, and substance use ...
José A. Bauermeister MPH, PhD, Lisa Eaton PhD, Steven Meanley MPH, Emily S. Pingel MPH,   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The predominant relationship between sexual environment characteristics and HIV-serodiscordant condomless anal sex among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) [PDF]

, 2016
In some studies, situational factors have been shown to be stronger predictors of condomless sex than individual risk factors. Cross-sectional relationships between condomless anal sex (CAS) with HIV-serodiscordant partners and risk factors across ...
Elsesser, Steven, O'Cleirigh, Conall, Perry, Nicholas S., Safren, Steven A., Taylor, S. Wade   +4 more
core   +1 more source