TY - JOUR
T1 - Combination Microfinance and HIV Risk Reduction Among Women Engaged in Sex Work
AU - Witte, Susan S.
AU - Yang, Lyla Sunyoung
AU - McCrimmon, Tara
AU - Aira, Toivgoo
AU - Batsukh, Altantsetseg
AU - Terlikbayeva, Assel
AU - Primbetova, Sholpan
AU - Mergenova, Gaukhar
AU - Cordisco Tsai, Laura
AU - Carlson, Cady
AU - Vélez-Grau, Carolina
AU - Ssewamala, Fred
AU - El-Bassel, Nabila
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - economic empowerment
KW - female sex worker
KW - HIV prevention
KW - microfinance
KW - violence
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85136072706
U2 - 10.1177/10497315221119992
DO - 10.1177/10497315221119992
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85136072706
SN - 1049-7315
VL - 33
SP - 213
EP - 229
JO - Research on Social Work Practice
JF - Research on Social Work Practice
IS - 2
ER -