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Revisiting the economics of transactional sex: evidence from Tanzania [PDF]

Review of African Political Economy, 2015
Transactional sex has been identified as one of the key structural drivers of the HIV epidemic. Mainstream economic analyses of this practice primarily conceptualise transactional sex in the language of rational choice, with the focus on behavioural decisions that women make over whether to engage in transactional interactions (or not). However, whilst
Deane, Kevin D, Wamoyi, Joyce
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Pathways to transactional sex among peri-urban South African women: the role of relationship control, food insecurity and alcohol misuse

AIDS Care
Transactional sex increases sub-Saharan African women’s risk of HIV acquisition. We quantitatively explored the pathways contributing towards women’s future engagement in transactional sex with casual partners and khwapheni (secret concurrent sex ...
Sarah Magni, Abigail Hatcher, Andrew Gibbs, J. Wamoyi, Kristin Dunkle, N. Christofides   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Factors associated with transactional sex among a cohort of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Vancouver, Canada.

Sexual Health, 2021
BACKGROUND Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBM) who engage in transactional sex (sex in exchange for drugs, money, or goods) experience increased risk of sexually transmitted infections (STI), including HIV.
H. Armstrong, Jordan M. Sang, Ales Skala, Lu Wang, Julia Zhu, N. Lachowsky, K. Card, C. Benoit, Gbolahan Olarewaju, R. Hogg, D. Moore, E. Roth   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Don't Worry About Her; Intersectionality, and the Role of Systems and Structures in the Embodied Experiences of Young Women's Use of Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Systems and structures designed to protect and support young people, specifically (in this paper) young women, are ironically the same systems that maintain gender disparity. Consequently, this has influenced the embodied identities of young women who experience and use violence. Such systemic and structural intersectionality has impacted upon
Louise Rak, Tamara Blakemore, Elsie Randall, Meaghan Katrak Harris   +3 more
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Intersecting motivations for leaving abusive relationships, substance abuse, and transactional sex among HIV high-risk women

Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2016
Background: Women bear a significant burden of the HIV epidemic in the United States. Women classified as ‘HIV high-risk’ often bring co-existing histories of intimate partner violence (IPV), drug use, and transactional sex.
Naomi David, Sophia Hussen, Dawn Comeau, Ameeta Kalokhe   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

National Disability Insurance Scheme and Quality of Life Among Carers of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Australia: A Thematic Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder in Australia have increased considerably in recent years. The current study investigated how the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) impacts quality of life (QoL) among carers of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Jesse Gerhard, Sharon L. Grant
wiley   +1 more source

Sexual and addictive risk behaviors and sexually transmitted infections in illegal gold miners in French Guiana: A multicenter observational study

PLoS ONE, 2022
Objectives Common representations of the world of gold mining–especially illegal–are usually negative: the activity conjures up images of drug trafficking, human exploitation, the sex trade, environmental destruction, and infectious diseases, in ...
Louise Mutricy-Hureau, Amandine Pisoni, Martha Suarez-Mutis, Amanda Figueira da Silva, Yann Lambert, Pauline Mespoulhe, Audrey Godin, Marie-Claire Parriault, Astrid Van Melle, Emilie Mosnier, Mélanie Gaillet, Céline Michaud, Roxane Schaub, Muriel Galindo, Antoine Adenis, Mathieu Nacher, Stephen Vreden, Edouard Tuaillon, Maylis Douine   +18 more
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Key vulnerabilities to HIV among men who have sex with men in Ghana [PDF]

, 2016
In Ghana, prevalence of HIV among MSM is significantly higher than that of the general population. Substance use and transactional sex in the urban settings of Ghana have been identified as risk behaviors that exacerbate chances of transmission for this ...
Segal, Tami
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Transactional sex among young people in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study

Sexual Health, 2021
Background The aim of this research was to determine the prevalence and characteristics of youths having ever exchanged sex and to assess if there were differences depending on whether they had done it once or several times.
Joan-Carles Surís, Sophie Stadelmann, Diane Auderset, Yara Barrense-Dias   +3 more
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“Am I being responsible?”: Navigating coming‐of‐age transitions through personal financial information management

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This research explored how young adults (ages 18–25) learn to use financial records and the roles financial records play in their experiences in coming to see themselves as financially mature social actors. The contribution of this paper is a revised model of transitions theory that includes personal information management (PIM) as an ...
Robert Douglas Ferguson, Rebekah (Becky) Willson, Karyn Moffatt   +2 more
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