ArticleHealth economics2018
The effect of HIV prevention products on incentives to supply condomless commercial sex among female sex workers in South Africa.
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- Effect of pre-exposure prophylaxis on risky sexual behaviour of female sex workers in Dakar, Senegal: A randomised controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2025Trial
- 'When I have these kits … I have confidence' - HIV self-testing provides agency for women in their sexual decision-making.Global public health · 2022Trial
- You've Been Framed: The Impact of Risk and Time Framings on Contraceptive Preferences in a Discrete Choice Experiment.Health economics · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Past Condom Use and Condom Use Intention Among Male Construction Worker Clients of Sex Workers in the Western Cape, South Africa: A Parallel Multiple Mediator Model.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Partnership preferences, economic drivers, and health consequences of Gambian men's interactions with foreign tourists: A mixed methods study.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- The economics of sex work and major sporting events: Learning from the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.Social sciences & humanities open · 2022Article
- Prevalence of syphilis and chlamydia trachomatis infection among female sex workers in Jiangsu, China: Results from a multicenter cross-sectional and venue-based study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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- iSAY (incentives for South African youth): Stated preferences of young people living with HIV.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2020Article
- Trends in Reported Sexual Behavior and Y-Chromosomal DNA Detection Among Female Sex Workers in the Senegal Preexposure Prophylaxis Demonstration Project.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2020Article
- No Evidence of Sexual Risk Compensation Following PrEP Initiation Among Heterosexual HIV Serodiscordant Couples in Kenya and Uganda.AIDS and behavior · 2020Article
- Unmet Need for Family Planning and Experience of Unintended Pregnancy Among Female Sex Workers in Urban Cameroon: Results From a National Cross-Sectional Study.Global health, science and practice · 2020Article
- HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis for female sex workers: ensuring women's family planning needs are not left behind.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2020Article
- Knowledge of HIV Status Is Associated With a Decrease in the Severity of Depressive Symptoms Among Female Sex Workers in Uganda and Zambia.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2020Article
- The effect of HIV prevention products on incentives to supply condomless commercial sex among female sex workers in South Africa.Health economics · 2018Article
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Abstract
Evidence suggests that economic factors play an important role in commercial sex work, in particular that condomless sex commands a price premium relative to condom-protected sex. This paper explores whether the use of a new HIV prevention product, with 100% efficacy but modeled after pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), could change the price and quantity of condomless commercial sex supplied. We collected stated preference data from 122 HIV-negative female sex workers in urban South Africa, using a repeated choice experiment to simulate the impact of using PrEP on choices. Results suggest that the price premium for condomless sex would decrease by 73% with PrEP use and the quantity of condomless sex is predicted to increase by a factor of 2.27. Act price does not significantly affect choices without protection but strongly influences choices under full HIV protection. The utility offered by condoms reduces by around 15% under PrEP use. Because new HIV prevention products do not protect against other STIs or pregnancy, the unintended consequences of introducing HIV prevention products should be closely monitored, whereas users should not face stigma or blame for reacting rationally to exogenous changes to market conditions.
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