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Quantitative, Qualitative and Geospatial Methods to Characterize HIV Risk Environments.
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- Overlapping Key Populations and HIV Transmission in Tijuana, Mexico: A Modelling Analysis of Epidemic Drivers.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
- Participatory geographic mapping and activity space diaries: innovative data collection methods for understanding environmental risk exposures among female sex workers in a low-to middle-income country.International journal of health geographics · 2021Article
- Mujeres Unidas: Addressing Substance Use, Violence, and HIV Risk through Asset-Based Community Development for Women in the Sex Trade.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Daily activity spaces and drug use among female sex workers living with HIV in the Dominican Republic.Health & place · 2021Observational
- Women in Sex Work and the Risk Environment: Agency, Risk Perception, and Management in the Sex Work Environments of Two Mexico-U.S. Border Cities.Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2019Article
- Prevalence and correlates of cervical abnormalities among female sex workers in Tijuana, Mexico.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2019Article
- Impact of a borderless sample transport network for scaling up viral load monitoring: results of a geospatial optimization model for Zambia.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2018Article
- PUBLIC DRINKING VENUES AS RISK ENVIRONMENTS: COMMERCIAL SEX, ALCOHOL AND VIOLENCE IN A LARGE INFORMAL SETTLEMENT IN NAIROBI, KENYA.Human ecology · 2017Article
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Abstract
Increasingly, 'place', including physical and geographical characteristics as well as social meanings, is recognized as an important factor driving individual and community health risks. This is especially true among marginalized populations in low and middle income countries (LMIC), whose environments may also be more difficult to study using traditional methods. In the NIH-funded longitudinal study Mapa de Salud, we employed a novel approach to exploring the risk environment of female sex workers (FSWs) in two Mexico/U.S. border cities, Tijuana and Ciudad Juárez. In this paper we describe the development, implementation, and feasibility of a mix of quantitative and qualitative tools used to capture the HIV risk environments of FSWs in an LMIC setting. The methods were: 1) Participatory mapping; 2) Quantitative interviews; 3) Sex work venue field observation; 4) Time-location-activity diaries; 5) In-depth interviews about daily activity spaces. We found that the mixed-methodology outlined was both feasible to implement and acceptable to participants. These methods can generate geospatial data to assess the role of the environment on drug and sexual risk behaviors among high risk populations. Additionally, the adaptation of existing methods for marginalized populations in resource constrained contexts provides new opportunities for informing public health interventions.
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