Imperial College London
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DrMichaelPickles

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

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@article{Cheuk:2020:10.3389/frph.2020.00007,
author = {Cheuk, E and Mishra, S and Balakireva, O and Musyoki, H and Isac, S and Pavlova, D and Bhattacharjee, P and Lorway, R and Pickles, M and Ma, H and Gichangi, P and Sandstrom, P and McKinnon, LR and Lazarus, L and Moses, S and Blanchard, J and Becker, M},
doi = {10.3389/frph.2020.00007},
journal = {Frontiers in Reproductive Health},
title = {Transitions: novel study methods to understand early HIV risk among adolescent girls and young women in Mombasa, Kenya, and Dnipro, Ukraine},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frph.2020.00007},
volume = {2},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Transitions aims to understand the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk at critical transition points in the sexual life course of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) who engage in casual sex, transactional sex, and sex work. In this article, we present the Transitions study methods. The Transitions study has the following objectives: (1) to describe how the characteristics and length of the transition period and access gap vary across two epidemiological contexts (Mombasa, Kenya, and Dnipro, Ukraine); (2) to understand how the risk of HIV varies by length and characteristics of the transition period and access gap across epidemiologic contexts; and (3) to assess the extent to which HIV infections acquired during the transition period and access gap could mitigate the population-level impact of focused interventions for female sex workers and explore the potential marginal benefit of expanding programs to reach AGYW during the transition period and access gap. Cross-sectional biobehavioral data were collected from young women aged 14 to 24 years who were recruited from locations in Mombasa County, Kenya, and Dnipro, Ukraine, where sex work took place. Data are available for 1,299 Kenyan and 1,818 Ukrainian participants. The survey addressed the following areas: timing of transition events (first sex, first exchange of sex for money or other resources, self-identification as sex workers, entry into formal sex work, access to prevention program services); sexual behaviors (condom use, anal sex, sex under the influence of drugs or alcohol); partnerships (regular and first-time clients, regular and first-time transactional sex partners, and husbands and boyfriends); alcohol use; injection and non-injection illicit drug use; experience of violence; access to HIV prevention and treatment program; testing for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections and HIV; and reproductive health (pregnancies, abortions, contraceptives). HIV and hepatitis C virus prevalence
AU  - Cheuk,E
AU  - Mishra,S
AU  - Balakireva,O
AU  - Musyoki,H
AU  - Isac,S
AU  - Pavlova,D
AU  - Bhattacharjee,P
AU  - Lorway,R
AU  - Pickles,M
AU  - Ma,H
AU  - Gichangi,P
AU  - Sandstrom,P
AU  - McKinnon,LR
AU  - Lazarus,L
AU  - Moses,S
AU  - Blanchard,J
AU  - Becker,M
DO  - 10.3389/frph.2020.00007
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 2673-3153
TI  - Transitions: novel study methods to understand early HIV risk among adolescent girls and young women in Mombasa, Kenya, and Dnipro, Ukraine
T2  - Frontiers in Reproductive Health
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frph.2020.00007
UR  - https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:001011471100001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=a2bf6146997ec60c407a63945d4e92bb
UR  - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frph.2020.00007/full
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/107617
VL  - 2
ER  -
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