Trial reportDrug and alcohol dependence2016
The impact of an alcohol harm reduction intervention on interpersonal violence and engagement in sex work among female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya: Results from a randomized controlled trial.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.
- Health-promotion interventions targeting multiple behaviors: A meta-analytic review of general and behavior-specific processes of change.Psychological bulletin · 2024Pooled it
- Histories of violence among clients seeking substance use disorder treatment: a systematic mapping review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review of Interventions at Structural, Community, Interpersonal, Individual, and Multiple Levels.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2023Pooled it
- Psychosocial and pharmacologic interventions to reduce harmful alcohol use in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Psychological therapies for women who experience intimate partner violence.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Can mental health treatments help prevent or reduce intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries? A systematic review.BMC women's health · 2019Pooled it
- Effectiveness of secondary and tertiary prevention for violence against women in low and low-middle income countries: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2017Pooled it
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- How Can Programs Better Support Female Sex Workers to Avoid HIV Infection in Zimbabwe? A Prevention Cascade Analysis.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2019Trial
- Protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial evaluating the impact of a preschool-based capacity building intervention on intimate partner violence and substance misuse in Sri Lanka.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- Intimate partner sexual violence is associated with unhealthy alcohol use among Kenyan women engaged in sex work.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2025Article
- Determinants of depressive and alcohol use disorders among female sex workers in Ethiopia: evidence from a national bio-behavioral survey, 2020.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- A scoping review of substance use brief interventions in Africa.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Interventions addressing family violence and mental illness or substance use in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2023Review
- Alcohol use and associated risk factors among female sex workers in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Harmful Alcohol Use and Associated Socio-Structural Factors among Female Sex Workers Initiating HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Harmful Alcohol and Drug Use Is Associated with Syndemic Risk Factors among Female Sex Workers in Nairobi, Kenya.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Intertwined epidemics: progress, gaps, and opportunities to address intimate partner violence and HIV among key populations of women.The lancet. HIV · 2022Review
- Sexual IPV and non-partner rape of female sex workers: Findings of a cross-sectional community-centric national study in South Africa.SSM. Mental health · 2021Article
- Elements of the Design and Implementation of Interventions to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls Associated with Success: Reflections from the What Works to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls? Global Programme.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
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Abstract
aimsTo evaluate whether an alcohol harm reduction intervention was associated with reduced interpersonal violence or engagement in sex work among female sex workers (FSWs) in Mombasa, Kenya.
designRandomized controlled trial.
settingHIV prevention drop-in centers in Mombasa, Kenya.
participants818 women 18 or older in Mombasa who visited HIV prevention drop-in centers, were moderate-risk drinkers and engaged in transactional sex in past six months (410 and 408 in intervention and control arms, respectively).
intervention6 session alcohol harm reduction intervention. COMPARATOR: 6 session non-alcohol related nutrition intervention. MEASUREMENTS: In-person interviews were conducted at enrollment, immediately post-intervention and 6-months post-intervention. General linear mixed models examined associations between intervention assignment and recent violence (physical violence, verbal abuse, and being robbed in the past 30 days) from paying and non-paying sex partners and engagement in sex work in the past 30 days.
findingsThe alcohol intervention was associated with statistically significant decreases in physical violence from paying partners at 6 months post-intervention and verbal abuse from paying partners immediately post-intervention and 6-months post-intervention. Those assigned to the alcohol intervention had significantly reduced odds of engaging in sex work immediately post-intervention and 6-months post-intervention.
conclusionsThe alcohol intervention was associated with reductions in some forms of violence and with reductions in engagement in sex work among FSWs in Mombasa, Kenya.
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