ArticlePsychiatry research2021
Predictors of Depressive Symptoms and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Women Engaged in Commercial Sex Work in Southern Uganda.
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- Sex Work Stigma as a Partial Mediator Between Social Support and Depressive Symptoms Among Vulnerable Women Engaged in Sex Work in Southern Uganda.AIDS and behavior · 2026Trial
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- Quantifying intersectional stigma in HIV prevention contexts: adaptation and validation of a scale among female sex workers in Namibia.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Reciprocal relationship between abortion stigma and depressive symptoms among women who underwent termination of pregnancy for fetal anomalies: a cross-lagged panel study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Observational
- Depression and PrEP uptake, interruption, and adherence among young women in Uganda.AIDS care · 2023Article
- The Relationship Between Family Cohesion and Depression Among School-Going Children With Elevated Symptoms of Behavioral Challenges in Southern Uganda.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023Article
- Women's Participation in a Savings Group and Depression: a Community-Based Financial Capability Intervention in Mozambique.Global social welfare : research, policy & practice · 2023Article
- Prevalence and related factors of depressive symptoms among HIV/AIDS in Ningbo, China: A cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
This study examined the factors associated with depressive symptoms and post traumatic depressive disorder (PTSD) among economically vulnerable women engaged in commercial sex work (WESW) in southern Uganda. Baseline data from a longitudinal cluster randomized study involving 542 self-identified WESW (18-55 years), recruited from 19 HIV hotspots were analyzed. Hierarchical linear regression modelling was utilized to estimate individual, family-level and economic-level predictors of depressive symptoms and PTSD. Family cohesion, sex work stigma, HIV status, financial distress, household assets, number of children and number of household income earners, were associated with PTSD. Similarly, family cohesion, number of people in the household, HIV status, sex work stigma, financial distress, and household assets, were associated with depressive symptoms. Women engaged in commercial sex work are at a higher risk of HIV and poor mental health outcomes. Sex work stigma and financial distress elevate levels of depressive symptoms and PTSD, over and above an individual's HIV status. Family and economic-level factors have the potential to mitigate the risk of poor mental health outcomes. As such, integrating stigma reduction and economic strengthening components in the programming targeting WESW-a key population, may be critical to address their mental health outcomes.
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