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Observational studyBMC international health and human rights2019

Assessing the influence of conflict on the dynamics of sex work and the HIV and HCV epidemics in Ukraine: protocol for an observational, ethnographic, and mathematical modeling study.

Marissa Becker, Olga Balakireva, Daria Pavlova, Shajy Isac, Eve Cheuk, Elizabeth Roberts, Evelyn Forget, Huiting Ma, Lisa Lazarus, Paul Sandstrom and 5 more

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Observational study in BMC international health and human rights, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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15 authors.

Marissa BeckerCentre for Global Public Health, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, R070 Med Rehab Bldg, 771 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 0T6, Canada. Marissa.becker@umanitoba.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-9235-0547
Olga BalakirevaUkrainian Institute for Social Research after Oleksandr Yaremenko, 26 Panasa Myrnogo Str., Of. 211, Kyiv, 01011, Ukraine.
Daria PavlovaUkrainian Institute for Social Research after Oleksandr Yaremenko, 26 Panasa Myrnogo Str., Of. 211, Kyiv, 01011, Ukraine.
Shajy IsacCentre for Global Public Health, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, R070 Med Rehab Bldg, 771 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 0T6, Canada.
Eve CheukCentre for Global Public Health, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, R070 Med Rehab Bldg, 771 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 0T6, Canada.
Elizabeth RobertsUniversity of Toronto, 27 King's College Circle, Toronto, Canada.
Evelyn ForgetDepartment of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, S113 - 750 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 0W3, Canada.
Huiting MaSt. Michael's Hospital, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, University of Toronto, 209 Victoria St, Toronto, ON, M5B 1T8, Canada.
Lisa LazarusCentre for Global Public Health, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, R070 Med Rehab Bldg, 771 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 0T6, Canada.
Paul SandstromJC Wilt National HIV and Retrovirology Laboratory, 745 Logan Avenue, Winnipeg, R3E 3L5, Canada.
James BlanchardCentre for Global Public Health, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, R070 Med Rehab Bldg, 771 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 0T6, Canada.
Sharmistha MishraSt. Michael's Hospital, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, University of Toronto, 209 Victoria St, Toronto, ON, M5B 1T8, Canada.
Rob LorwayCentre for Global Public Health, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, R070 Med Rehab Bldg, 771 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 0T6, Canada.
Michael PicklesCentre for Global Public Health, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, R070 Med Rehab Bldg, 771 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 0T6, Canada.
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Funding

CIHR PJT-148876
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundArmed conflict erupted in eastern Ukraine in 2014 and still continues. This conflict has resulted in an intensification of poverty, displacement and migration, and has weakened the local health system. Ukraine has some of the highest rates of HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) in Europe. Whether and how the current conflict, and its consequences, will lead to changes in the HIV and HCV epidemic in Ukraine is unclear. Our study aims to characterize how the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine and its consequences influence the pattern, practice, and experience of sex work and how this affects HIV and HCV rates among female sex workers (FSWs) and their clients.

methodsWe are implementing a 5-year mixed methods study in Dnipro, eastern Ukraine. Serial mapping and size estimation of FSWs and clients will be conducted followed by bio-behavioral cross-sectional surveys among FSWs and their clients. The qualitative component of the study will include in-depth interviews with FSWs and other key stakeholders and participant diaries will be implemented with FSWs. We will also conduct an archival review over the course of the project. Finally, we will use these data to develop and structure a mathematical model with which to estimate the potential influence of changes due to conflict on the trajectory of HIV and HCV epidemics among FSW and clients. DISCUSSION: The limited data that exists on the effect of conflict on disease transmission provides mixed results. Our study will provide rigorous, timely and context-specific data on HIV and HCV transmission in the setting of conflict. This information can be used to inform the design and delivery of HIV and HCV prevention and care services.

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Armed ConflictsEpidemicsAdolescentAdultAnthropology, CulturalCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHepatitis CHIV InfectionsHumansInterviews as TopicMaleModels, TheoreticalPrevalenceResearch DesignSex WorkConflictHCVHIVSex workUkraine

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PMID31109323
PMCPMC6528269

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