Efficacy of a savings-led microfinance intervention to reduce sexual risk for HIV among women engaged in sex work: A randomized clinical trial

S.S. Witte, T. Aira, L.C. Tsai, M. Riedel, R. Offringa, M. Chang, N. El-Bassel and F. Ssewamala

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 3, e95-e102

Abstract: Objectives. We tested whether a structural intervention combining savings-led microfinance and HIV prevention components would achieve enhanced reductions in sexual risk among women engaging in street-based sex work in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, compared with an HIV prevention intervention alone.

Keywords: adult; commercial phenomena; controlled study; economics; employment; female; HIV Infections; human; income; organization and management; Poisson distribution; poverty; procedures; program evaluation; psychology; randomized controlled trial; risk reduction; sex worker; social determinants of health; social support; standards; statistics and numerical data; transmission; trends; women's rights, Adult; Employment; Female; HIV Infections; Humans; Income; Poisson Distribution; Poverty; Program Evaluation; Risk Reduction Behavior; Sex Workers; Small Business; Social Determinants of Health; Social Support; Women's Rights (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302291

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