An integrated structural intervention to reduce vulnerability to HIV and sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Karnataka state, south IndiaVandana Gurnani
Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 044, India
BMC Public Health 11:755. 2011
..We mobilised FSWs and appraised them of their legal rights, and worked with FSWs and people with HIV/AIDS to implement sensitization and awareness training for more than 175 government officials, 13,500 police and 950 journalists...
- Evaluation of stepping stones as a tool for changing knowledge, attitudes and behaviours associated with gender, relationships and HIV risk in Karnataka, India
Janet E Bradley
Centre for Global Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Medical Rehabilitation Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
BMC Public Health 11:496. 2011
..Despite earlier studies suggesting the success of Stepping Stones, little data exist to show diffusion to trainees' social networks or the wider community...
- Violence against female sex workers in Karnataka state, south India: impact on health, and reductions in violence following an intervention program
Tara S H Beattie
Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
BMC Public Health 10:476. 2010
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- Changes in risk behaviours and prevalence of sexually transmitted infections following HIV preventive interventions among female sex workers in five districts in Karnataka state, south India
B M Ramesh
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Sex Transm Infect 86:i17-24. 2010
..To examine the impact of a large-scale HIV prevention programme for female sex workers (FSW) in Karnataka state, south India, on the prevalence of HIV/sexually transmitted infections (STI), condom use and programme coverage...
Variability in the sexual structure in a rural Indian setting: implications for HIV prevention strategiesJames F Blanchard
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, 750 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0W3, Canada
Sex Transm Infect 83:i30-36. 2007
..To describe the sexual structure, including numbers and distribution of female sex workers (FSWs) and male sexual behaviours in the Bagalkot district of the state of Karnataka in south India...
Discrepancies between the self-reporting of STI preventive care and the actual care provided by male doctors to male patients in Karnataka, IndiaJavier Mignone
Department of Family Social Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Sex Transm Infect 86:391-2. 2010
..To examine the discrepancies between the self-reporting of STI preventive care and the actual care provided by male doctors to male patients in several subdistricts of the state of Karnataka, south India...
- Concepts and strategies for scaling up focused prevention for sex workers in India
J F Blanchard
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, 750 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Sex Transm Infect 84:ii19-23. 2008
..To describe the concepts, strategies and field results of a project to scale up prevention programmes and services for female sex workers (FSWs) in Karnataka, India...
- Prevalence and determinants of HIV infection in South India: a heterogeneous, rural epidemic
Marissa L Becker
Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
AIDS 21:739-47. 2007
..To assess the prevalence and determinants of HIV infection in the general population in Bagalkot district, a largely rural district in the southern Indian state of Karnataka...
- The role of collectives in STI and HIV/AIDS prevention among female sex workers in Karnataka, India
S S Halli
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
AIDS Care 18:739-49. 2006
..More longitudinal and qualitative studies are required to better understand the nature of sex worker collectives and the benefits that they can provide...
- Etiology and determinants of sexually transmitted infections in Karnataka state, south India
Marissa Becker
Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, 771 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Sex Transm Dis 37:159-64. 2010
..We undertook this study to better understand the etiology of STIs in adults in south India and to inform STI management guidelines...
- Violence and HIV Risk Among Female Sex Workers in Southern India
Kathleen N Deering
From the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, Bangalore, India Laval University, Quebec City, Canada Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Imperial College, London, UK Departments of Medical Microbiology and Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada
Sex Transm Dis 42:168-74. 2013
..The factors associated with client violence were also assessed...
- Assessing HIV risk in workplaces for prioritizing HIV preventive interventions in Karnataka State, India
Shiva S Halli
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, 750 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Sex Transm Dis 36:556-63. 2009
..To develop a model for prioritizing economic sectors for HIV preventive intervention programs in the workplace...
- Formal and informal sector health providers in southern India: role in the prevention and care of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS
J Mignone
Faculty of Human Ecology, University of Manitoba, Canada
AIDS Care 19:152-8. 2007
..This paper analyses and compares the three different types of HCPs with respect to these parameters and discusses implications for STI/HIV/AIDS prevention and care programs...
- Understanding the social and cultural contexts of female sex workers in Karnataka, India: implications for prevention of HIV infection
James F Blanchard
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
J Infect Dis 191:S139-46. 2005
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- The Drayang Girls of Thimphu: sexual network formation, transactional sex and emerging modernities in Bhutan
Robert Lorway
Centre for Global Public Health, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada
Cult Health Sex 13:S293-308. 2011
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