Trial reportAmerican journal of public health2015
Efficacy of a savings-led microfinance intervention to reduce sexual risk for HIV among women engaged in sex work: a randomized clinical trial.
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45 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Cash transfers for HIV prevention: A systematic review.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Microfinance Interventions and HIV Treatment Outcomes: A Synthesizing Conceptual Framework and Systematic Review.AIDS and behavior · 2019Pooled it
- A cluster-randomized controlled trial of a combination HIV risk reduction and economic empowerment intervention for women engaged in sex work in Uganda.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2025Trial
- Reducing Partner Violence Against Women who Exchange Sex and use Drugs through a Combination Microfinance and HIV Risk Reduction Intervention: A Cluster Randomized Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2023Trial
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- "I expected little, although I learned a lot": perceived benefits of participating in HIV risk reduction sessions among women engaged in sex work in Uganda.BMC women's health · 2022Trial
- A cluster-randomized controlled trial of a combination HIV risk reduction and microfinance intervention for female sex workers who use drugs in Kazakhstan.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2021Trial
- Project Nova: A Combination HIV Prevention and Microfinance Intervention for Women Who Engage in Sex Work and Use Drugs in Kazakhstan.AIDS and behavior · 2019Trial
- The impact of a microsavings intervention on reducing violence against women engaged in sex work: a randomized controlled study.BMC international health and human rights · 2016Trial
- Women's Decision-Making about PrEP for HIV Prevention in Drug Treatment Contexts.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CareTrial
- The Intersection of Caregiving and Financial Vulnerability: Empowerment Barriers for Women in Sex Work.Children and youth services review · 2025Article
- Crossroads of choice: a qualitative study of the factors influencing decisions to transition from sex work among women engaged in sex work in Southern Uganda.BMC women's health · 2025Article
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- Jitegemee (rely on yourself): a multi-phase process of co-creating a personal savings intervention with female sex workers in western Kenya to reduce their HIV risk.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Costing of a Combination Intervention (Kyaterekera) Addressing Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors among Vulnerable Women in Southern Uganda.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
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- Conducting high-frequency data collection in low-resource settings: Lessons from a financial diary study among women engaged in sex work in Uganda.Journal Of Human Behavior In The Social Environment · 2024Article
- Stakeholder perspectives on the Kisoboka intervention: A behavioral and structural intervention to reduce hazardous alcohol use and improve HIV care engagement among men living with HIV in Ugandan fishing communities.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Article
- Correlates of Intimate Partner Violence Among Young Women Engaged in Sex Work in Southern Uganda.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2023Article
- Association of gender-based violence with sexual and drug-related HIV risk among female sex workers who use drugs in Kazakhstan.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe tested whether a structural intervention combining savings-led microfinance and HIV prevention components would achieve enhanced reductions in sexual risk among women engaging in street-based sex work in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, compared with an HIV prevention intervention alone.
methodsBetween November 2011 and August 2012, we randomized 107 eligible women who completed baseline assessments to either a 4-session HIV sexual risk reduction intervention (HIVSRR) alone (n=50) or a 34-session HIVSRR plus a savings-led microfinance intervention (n=57). At 3- and 6-month follow-up assessments, participants reported unprotected acts of vaginal intercourse with paying partners and number of paying partners with whom they engaged in sexual intercourse in the previous 90 days. Using Poisson and zero-inflated Poisson model regressions, we examined the effects of assignment to treatment versus control condition on outcomes.
resultsAt 6-month follow-up, the HIVSRR plus microfinance participants reported significantly fewer paying sexual partners and were more likely to report zero unprotected vaginal sex acts with paying sexual partners.
conclusionsFindings advance the HIV prevention repertoire for women, demonstrating that risk reduction may be achieved through a structural intervention that relies on asset building, including savings, and alternatives to income from sex work.
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