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Understanding the Relationship Between Female Sex Workers and Their Intimate Partners: Lessons and Initial Findings From Participatory Research in North Karnataka, South India.
Bhattacharjee P, Campbell L, Thalinja R, et al
 
Health Educ Behav
. 2018 Apr 1:1090198118763934
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Differing HIV vulnerability among female sex workers in a high HIV burden Indian state.
Mamulwar M, Godbole S, Bembalkar S, et al 

PLoS One
. 2018 Feb 8;13(2):e0192130.
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Reduce HIV Transmission Risk among Male Sex Workers in Chennai, India.
Mimiaga MJ, Thomas B, Biello K,  et al
AIDS Behav. 2017 Aug 22.
Abstract

Stigma, violence and HIV vulnerability among transgender persons in sex work in Maharashtra, India.
Ganju D, Saggurti N.
 
Cult Health Sex
. 2017 Jan 30:
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Prioritizing Risk in Preparation for a Demonstration Project: A Mixed Methods Feasibility Study of Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PREP) among Female Sex Workers in South India.
Reza-Paul S, Lazarus L, Doshi M, et al
PLoS One. 2016 Nov 23;11(11):e0166889.
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Reba and Her Insurgent Prose: Sex Work, HIV/AIDS, and Subaltern Narratives.
Basu A.

Qual Health Res
. 2016 Nov 8.
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Relationship between mobility, violence and major depression among female sex workers: a cross-sectional study in southern India
Patel SK, Ganju D, Prabhakar P, Adhikary R
BMJ Open. 2016 Sep 9;6(9):e011439
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Potential impact of pre-exposure prophylaxis for female sex workers and men who have sex with men in Bangalore, India: a mathematical modelling study.
Mitchell KM, Prudden HJ, Washington R,  et al
J Int AIDS Soc. 2016 Sep 7
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Reducing violence and increasing condom use in the intimate partnerships of female sex workers: study protocol for Samvedana Plus, a cluster randomised controlled trial in Karnataka state, south India.
Beattie TS, Isac S, Bhattacharjee P,  et al

BMC Public Healt
h
. 2016 Jul 29;
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Assessing the Impact of Peer Educator Outreach on the Likelihood and Acceleration of Clinic Utilization among Sex Workers.
Krishnamurthy P, Hui SK, Shivkumar N,  et al

PLoS One
. 2016 Jul 28;11(7):e0159656.
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Narratives of Violence, Pathology, and Empowerment: Mental Health Needs Assessment of Home-Based Female Sex Workers in Rural India.
Sardana S, Marcus M, Verdeli H.
J Clin Psychol. 2016 Jul 27.
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Relationship between Community Collectivization and Financial Vulnerability of Female Sex Workers in Southern India.
Patel SK, Prabhakar P, Jain AK,  et al
PLoS One. 2016 May 26;11(5):e0156060.|

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Association between treatment for gonorrhoea and chlamydia and lower condom use in a cross-sectional study of female sex workers in southern India.
Legendre-Dugal M, Bradley J, Rajaram SP,  et al
BMJ Open. 2016 May 18;6(5):e009774
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Consistent Condom Use by Female Sex Workers in Kolkata, India: Testing Theories of Economic Insecurity, Behavior Change, Life Course Vulnerability and Empowerment.
Fehrenbacher AE, Chowdhury D, Ghose T, Swendeman D.

AIDS Behav
. 2016 May 11
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Pornography, Sexual Enhancement Products, and Sexual Risk of Female Sex Workers and their Clients in Southern India.
Bradley J, Rajaram SP, Isac S, et al
Arch Sex Behav. 2016 May;45(4):945-54.
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Client-perpetrated and husband-perpetrated violence among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India: HIV/STI risk across personal and work contexts..
Reed E, Erausquin JT, Groves AK, ET et al

Sex Transm Infect
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2016 Feb 23. pii: sextrans-2015-052162.
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Considering risk contexts in explaining the paradoxical HIV increase among female sex workers in Mumbai and Thane, India.
Bandewar SV, Bharat S, Kongelf A, et al

BMC Public Healt
h
. 2016 Jan 28;16(1):85.
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Development and Open Pilot Trial of an HIV-Prevention Intervention Integrating Mobile-Phone Technology for Male Sex Workers in Chennai, India.
Thomas B, Closson EF, Biello K, et al
Arch Sex Behav
. 2015 Dec 29
Abstract

Non-barrier contraceptive use and relation to condom use behaviour by partner type among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Reed E, Erausquin JT, Biradavolu M,  et al

J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care
. 2015 Dec 23.
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Frontline Health Service Providers' Perspectives on HIV Vaccine Trials among Female Sex Workers and Men Who Have Sex with Men in Karnataka, South India.
Ramanaik S, McClarty LM, Khan S, et al
PLoS One. 2015 Oct 30;10(10):e0141822
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Correlates of Mental Depression Among Female Sex Workers in Southern India.
Patel SK, Saggurti N, Pachauri S, Prabhakar P.

Asia Pac J Public Health. 2015 Aug 25.
Abstract

Fertility intentions, power relations and condom use within intimate and other non-paying partnerships of women in sex work in Bagalkot District, South India.
Deering KN, Shaw SY, Thompson LH,  et al

AIDS Care
. 2015 Aug 21:1-9.

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Cervical cancer screening and treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in female sex workers using "screen and treat" approach.
Joshi S, Kulkarni V, Darak T,  et al

Int J Womens Health
. 2015 May 4;7:477-83
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Pornography, Sexual Enhancement Products, and Sexual Risk of Female Sex Workers and their Clients in Southern India.
Bradley J, Rajaram SP, Isac S, et al

Arch Sex Behav
. 2015 Apr 24
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Is Scale-Up of Community Mobilisation among Sex Workers Really Possible in Complex Urban Environments? The Case of Mumbai, India.
Kongelf A, Bandewar SV, Bharat S, Collumbien M.

PLoS One
. 2015 Mar 26;10(3):e0121014
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Peer Outreach Work as Economic Activity: Implications for HIV Prevention Interventions among Female Sex Workers.
George A, Blankenship KM
PLoS One. 2015 Mar 16;10(3):e0119729.
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Is Scale-Up of Community Mobilisation among Sex Workers Really Possible in Complex Urban Environments? The Case of Mumbai, India.
Kongelf A, Bandewar SV, Bharat S, Collumbien M.
 
PLoS One
. 2015 Mar 26;10(3):e0121014
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"Whatever I Have, I Have Made by Coming into this Profession": The Intersection of Resources, Agency, and Achievements in Pathways to Sex Work in Kolkata, India.
Swendeman D, Fehrenbacher AE, Ali S,
et al
Arch Sex Behav
. 2015 Jan 13.
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Female sex worker's participation in the community mobilization process: two distinct forms of participations and associated contextual factors.
Nagarajan K, Sahay S, Mainkar MK,  et al
BMC Public Health. 2014 Dec 24;14:1323.
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Inconsistent condom use by male clients during anal intercourse with occasional and regular female sex workers (FSWs): survey findings from southern states of India.
Ramanathan S, Nagarajan K, Ramakrishnan L et al

BMJ Open
. 2014 Nov 19;4(11):e005166
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Sex workers in HIV prevention: From Social Change Agents to Peer Educators
George A, Blankenship KM, Biradavolu MR, et al

Glob Public Health
. 2014 Oct 31:1-13.
Abstract

Change over Time in Police Interactions and HIV Risk Behavior Among Female Sex Workers in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Erausquin JT, Reed E, Blankenship KM.

AIDS Behav
. 2014 Oct 30.
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Community Mobilisation and Empowerment Interventions as Part of HIV Prevention for Female Sex Workers in Southern India: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.
Vassall A, Chandrashekar S, Pickles M, et al

PLoS One
. 2014 Oct 21;9(10):e110562
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Mobile phones and sex work in South India: the emerging role of mobile phones in condom use by female sex workers in two Indian states.
Navani Vazirani S, Solomon D, Gopalakrishnan,  et al
Cult Health Sex. 2014 Oct 10:1-14
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Optimal Allocation of Resources in Female Sex Worker Targeted HIV Prevention Interventions: Model Insights from Avahan in South India.
Panovska-Griffiths J, Vassall A, Prudden HJ,  et al

PLoS One
. 2014 Oct 1;9(10):e107066.
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Community Mobilization and Empowerment of Female Sex Workers in Karnataka State, South India: Associations With HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Risk.
Beattie TS, Mohan HL, Bhattacharjee P, et al
Am J Public Health. 2014 Jun 12:e1-e10
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Non-Disclosure of Violence among Female Sex Workers: Evidence from a Large Scale Cross-Sectional Survey in India.
Mahapatra B, Battala M, Porwal A, Saggurti N
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PLoS One
. 2014 May 20;9(5):e98321. d
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Increased HIV Prevention Program Coverage and Decline in HIV Prevalence Among Female Sex Workers in South India.
Alary M, Banandur P, Rajaram SP,  et al

Sex Transm Dis
. 2014 Jun;41(6):380-7.
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Two cross-sectional studies in south India assessing the effect of an HIV prevention programme for female sex workers on reducing syphilis among their clients.
Rajaram SP, Banandur P, Thammattoor UK, et al

Sex Transm Infect
. 2014 May 7
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Investing in Communities: Evaluating the Added Value of Community Mobilization on HIV Prevention Outcomes Among FSWs in India.
Kuhlmann AS, Galavotti C, Hastings P,  et al

AIDS Behav
. 2014 Apr;18(4):752-66.
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Non-paying partnerships and its association with HIV risk behavior, program exposure and service utilization among female sex workers in India.
Travasso SM, Mahapatra B, Saggurti N, Krishnan S.et al
BMC Public Health. 2014 Mar 13;14(1):248
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Perspectives on condom breakage: a qualitative study of female sex workers in Bangalore, India.
Gurav K, Bradley J, Chandrashekhar Gowda
, Alary M.
Cult Health Sex
. 2014 Mar 3.
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Heterosexual Anal Sex among Female Sex Workers in High HIV Prevalence States of India: Need for Comprehensive Intervention.
Alexander M, Mainkar M, Deshpande S, et al

PLoS One
. 2014 Feb 20;9(2):e88858.
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Addressing vulnerabilities of female sex workers in an HIV prevention intervention in Mumbai and Thane: experiences from the Aastha project.
Ranebennur V, Gaikwad S, Ramesh S, Bhende A.
HIV AIDS (Auckl). 2014 Feb 19;6:9-18.
Abstract

Circumstances, experiences and processes surrounding women's entry into sex work in India.
McClarty LM, Bhattacharjee P, Blanchard JF,  et al

Cult Health
Sex
. 2014 Feb;16(2):149-63.
Abstract

Reduction in STIs in an empowerment intervention programme for female sex workers in Bangalore, India: the Pragati programme.
Souverein D, Euser SM, Ramaiah R,  et al

Glob Health Action
. 2013 Dec 27;6:22943.
Abstract

Circumstances, experiences and processes surrounding women's entry into sex work in India.
McClarty LM, Bhattacharjee P, Blanchard JF, et al
Cult Health Sex
. 2013 Nov 18.

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An exploration of elevated HIV and STI risk among male sex workers from India.
Narayanan P, Das A, Morineau G, et al
BMC Public Health
. 2013 Nov 9;13(1):1059.
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Role of Community Group Exposure in Reducing Sexually Transmitted Infection-Related Risk among Female Sex Workers in India
Yadav D, Ramanathan S, Goswami P, et al
 
PLoS One
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2013 Oct 24;8(10):e78361
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Combating human trafficking in the sex trade: can sex workers do it better?
Jana S, Dey B, Reza-Paul S, Steen R.
J Public Health (Oxf). 2013 Oct 31.
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Diversity among Clients of Female Sex Workers in India: Comparing Risk Profiles and Intervention Impact by Site of Solicitation. Implications for the Vulnerability of Less Visible Female Sex Workers.h
Suryawanshi D, Bhatnagar T, Deshpande , et al
PLoS One. 2013 Sep 2;8(9):e73470
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Associations of Sex Trafficking History with Recent Sexual Risk among HIV-Infected FSWs in India.
Silverman JG, Saggurti N, Cheng DM, et al

AID
S Behav. 2013 Aug 17
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Are Female Sex Workers Able to Negotiate Condom Use with Male Clients? The Case of Mobile FSWs in Four High HIV Prevalence States of India.
Bharat S, Mahapatra B, Roy S, Saggurti N.

PLoS One
. 2013 Jun 28;8(6):e68043.
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Female sex work interventions and changes in HIV and syphilis infection risks from 2003 to 2008 in India: a repeated cross-sectional study.
Arora P, Nagelkerke NJ, Moineddin R,  et al

BMJ Open
. 2013 Jun 20;3(6).

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Understanding the role of peer group membership in reducing HIV-related risk and vulnerability among female sex workers in Karnataka, India.
Bhattacharjee P, Prakash R, Pillai P, et al

AIDS Care
. 2013;25 Suppl 1:S46-54.
Abstract

A cross-sectional study of sexually transmitted pathogen prevalence and condom use with commercial and noncommercial sex partners among clients of female sex workers in southern India.
Shaw SY, Bhattacharjee P, Isac S,  et al

Sex Transm Dis
. 2013 Jun;40(6):482-9
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Exposure to HIV prevention programmes associated with improved condom use and uptake of HIV testing by female sex workers in Nagaland, Northeast India.
Armstrong G, Medhi GK, Kermode M, et al

BMC Public Health
. 2013 May 15;13(1):476
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Factors Associated with Risky Sexual Practices among Female Sex Workers in Karnataka, India.
Mahapatra B, Lowndes CM, Mohanty SK, et al

PLoS One
. 2013 Apr 18;8(4):e62167
Paper

Poverty as a Contextual Factor Affecting Sexual Health Behavior Among Female Sex Workers in India.
Dasgupta S.

Qual Health Res
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2013 Apr 4.
Abstract

The Association between Noncommercial Partnerships and Risk of HIV among Female Sex Workers: Evidences from a Cross-Sectional Behavioral and Biological Survey in Southern India.
Somanath RP, Mishra RM, Saggurti N, Parimi P.
AIDS Res Treat. 2013;2013:108630.
Abstract

Syphilis infection among female sex workers in Nagaland, Northeast India: analyzing their vulnerability to the infection.
Medhi GK, Mahanta J, Hazarika I,  et al

Int J STD AIDS
. 2013 Mar 20.
Abstract

Positive impact of a large-scale HIV prevention program among female sex workers and clients in Karnataka state, India.
Boily MC, Pickles M, Lowndes CM,  et al

AIDS
. 2013 Mar 3
Abstract

Violence and HIV risk among female sex workers in Southern India.
Deering KN, Bhattacharjee P, Mohan HL, et al

Sex Transm Dis
. 2013 Feb;40(2):168-74.
Abstract

Sexually transmitted infections and reproductive health morbidity in a cohort of female sex workers screened for a microbicide feasibility study in Nellore, India.
Sarna A, Friedland BA, Srikrishnan AK, et al
Glob J Health Sci. 2013 Feb 24;5(3):139-49.

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A Study on the HBV and the HCV Infections in Female Sex Workers and their Co-Infection with HIV.
Praseeda S D, Anuradha D, Jayanthi S S.
J Clin Diagn Res. 2013 Feb;7(2):234-7.

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Risky Behaviors among HIV-Positive Female Sex Workers in Northern Karnataka, India.
Jadhav A, Bhattacharjee P, Raghavendra T, et al
AIDS Res Treat. 2013;2013:878151
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How Does Sex Trafficking Increase the Risk of HIV Infection? An Observational Study From Southern India.
Wirth KE, Tchetgen Tchetgen EJ, et al
Am J Epidemiol. 2013 Jan 16.
Abstract

The Female Sex Work Industry in a District of India in the Context of HIV Prevention.
Buzdugan R, Halli SS, Hiremath JM,  et al
 
AIDS Res Treat
. 2012;2012:371482.
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The Intersection between Sex Work and Reproductive Health in Northern Karnataka, India: Identifying Gaps and Opportunities in the Context of HIV Prevention.
Becker M, Ramanaik S, Halli S,  et al
AIDS Res Treat. 2012;2012:842576.
Abstract

How Does Sex Trafficking Increase the Risk of HIV Infection? An Observational Study From Southern India.
Wirth KE, Tchetgen Tchetgen EJ,  et al

Am J Epidemiol
. 2013 Jan 16.
Abstract

Violence and HIV Risk Among Female Sex Workers in Southern India.
Deering KN, Bhattacharjee P, Mohan HL, et al
Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Feb;42(2):168-74.
Abstract

Trends in risk behaviors among female sex workers in south India: Priorities for sustaining the reversal of HIV epidemic.
Charles B, Jeyaseelan L, Edwin Sam A,  et al 
AIDS Care. 2013 Jan 15.
Abstract

Sex trafficking, physical and sexual violence, and HIV risk among young female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India.
George A, Sabarwal S.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2012 Nov 23.
Abstract

Pragati: an empowerment programme for female sex workers in Bangalore, India.
Euser SM, Souverein D, Rama Narayana Gowda P, , et al
Glob Health Action. 2012 Nov 27;5:1-11
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High rates of reinfection and incidence of bacterial sexually transmitted infections in a cohort of female sex workers from two Indian cities: need for different STI control strategies?
Das A, Pathni AK, Narayanan P, George B, et al

Sex Transm Infect
. 2012 Nov 29.
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Community advocacy groups as a means to address the social environment of female sex workers: a case study in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Punyam S, Pullikalu RS, Mishra RM, et al

J Epidemiol Community Health
. 2012 Oct;66 Suppl 2:ii87-ii94.
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Structural stigma, sex work and HIV: contradictions and lessons learnt from a community-led structural intervention in southern India
Biradavolu MR, Blankenship KM, Jena A, Dhungana N.

J Epidemiol Community Health
. 2012 Oct;66 Suppl 2:ii95-ii99
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Navigating the swampy lowland: a framework for evaluating the effect of community mobilisation in female sex workers in Avahan, the India AIDS Initiative.
Galavotti C, Wheeler T, Kuhlmann AS,  et al

J Epidemiol Community Healt
h
. 2012 Oct;66 Suppl 2:ii9-ii15
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How effective is community mobilisation in HIV prevention among highly diverse sex workers in urban settings? The Aastha intervention experience in Mumbai and Thane districts, India.
Gaikwad SS, Bhende A, Nidhi G, et al;
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2012 Oct;66 Suppl 2:ii69-ii77.
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Risk reduction and perceived collective efficacy and community support among female sex workers in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, India: the importance of context.
Guha M, Baschieri A, Bharat S, et al

J Epidemiol Community Health
. 2012 Oct;66 Suppl 2:ii55-ii61
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Personal, interpersonal and structural challenges to accessing HIV testing, treatment and care services among female sex workers, men who have sex with men and transgenders in Karnataka state, South India.
Beattie TS, Bhattacharjee P, Suresh M,  et al
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J Epidemiol Community Health
. 2012 Oct;66 Suppl 2:ii42-ii48.
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Trends in condom use among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India: the impact of a community mobilisation intervention.
Erausquin JT, Biradavolu M, Reed E,  et al

J Epidemiol Community Health
. 2012 Oct;66 Suppl 2:ii49-ii54
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Community mobilisation programme for female sex workers in coastal Andhra Pradesh, India: processes and their effects.
Chakravarthy JB, Joseph SV, Pelto P, Kovvali D.

J Epidemiol Community Health
. 2012 Oct;66 Suppl 2:ii78-ii86
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Characteristics of Female Sex Workers in Southern India Willing and Unwilling to Participate in a Placebo Gel Trial.
Mensch BS, Friedland BA, Abbott SA, et al

AIDS Behav
. 2012 Aug 21.
Abstract

Differences Between Seven Measures of Self-Reported Numbers of Clients of Female Sex Workers in Southern India: Implications for Individual- and Population-Level Analysis.
Deering KN, Vickerman P, Pickles M, et al

AIDS Behav
. 2012 Aug 11

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Prevalence and Correlates of Non-Disclosure of HIV Serostatus to Sex partners among HIV-Infected Female Sex Workers and HIV-infected Male Clients of Female Sex Workers in India.
Saggurti N, Raj A, Mahapatra B, Cheng DM,  et al

AIDS Behav
. 2012 Jul 19.
Abstract

Motherhood and HIV Risk Among Female Sex Workers in Andhra Pradesh, India: The Need to Consider Women's Life Contexts.Reed E, Silverman JG, Stein B,  et al
AIDS Behav
. 2012 Jul 11.
Abstract

Vulnerability re-assessed: The changing face of sex work in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh.
Beattie TS, Bradley JE, Vanta UD,  et al

AIDS Care
. 2012 Jul 11. [
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Navigating the swampy lowland: a framework for evaluating the effect of community mobilisation in female sex workers in Avahan, the India AIDS Initiative.
Galavotti C, Wheeler T, Kuhlmann AS
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2012 Jul 3
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Risk reduction and perceived collective efficacy and community support among female sex workers in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, India: the importance of context.
Guha M, Baschieri A, Bharat S,  et al

J Epidemiol Community
Health
. 2012 Jul 3. [
Abstract

How effective is community mobilisation in HIV prevention among highly diverse sex workers in urban settings? The Aastha intervention experience in Mumbai and Thane districts, India.
Gaikwad SS, Bhende A, Nidhi G,  et al
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2012 Jul 3.
Abstract

Structural stigma, sex work and HIV: contradictions and lessons learnt from a community-led structural intervention in southern India.
Biradavolu MR, Blankenship KM, Jena A, Dhungana N
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J Epidemiol Community Health
. 2012 Jun 15
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Association between gap in spousal education and domestic violence in India and Bangladesh.
Rapp D, Zoch B, Khan MM,  et al
BMC Public Health. 2012 Jun 21;12(1):467
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Gender relations and risks of HIV transmission in South India: the discourse of female sex workers' clients.
Aubé-Maurice J, Clément M, Bradley J,  et al

Cult Health Sex
. 2012 May 11.
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Migration/mobility and risk factors for HIV among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India: implications for HIV prevention.
Reed E, Gupta J, Biradavolu M, Blankenship KM.
Int J STD AIDS. 2012 Apr;23(4):e7-e13
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From brothel to boardroom: Prospects for community leadership of HIV interventions in the context of global
funding practices.
Cornish F, Campbell C, Shukla A, Banerji R.
Health Place. 2012 May;18(3):468-74.
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The Extent and Nature of Fluidity in Typologies of Female Sex Work in Southern India: Implications for HIV Prevention Programs.
Jain AK, Saggurti N.
J HIV AIDS Soc Serv. 2012 Apr;11(2):169-191.
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Factors associated with history of drug use among female sex workers (FSW) in a high HIV prevalence state of India.
Medhi GK, Mahanta J, Kermode M,  et al

BMC Public Health
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2012 Apr 5;12(1):273.
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Increasing access and ownership of clinical services at an HIV prevention project for sex workers in Mysore, India.
Dixon V, Reza-Paul S, D'Souza FM, et al
Glob Public Health. 2012 Mar 16.
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The feasibility of using mobile phone technology for sexual behaviour research in a population vulnerable to HIV a prospective survey with female sex workers in South India.
Bradley J, Ramesh BM, Rajaram S,  et al

AIDS Care
. 2012 Jan 31. [
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Exploring dynamics of anal sex among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh.
Tucker S, Krishna R, Prabhakar P, et al
Indian J Sex Transm Dis. 2012 Jan;33(1):9-15.
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Why do condoms break? A study of female sex workers in Bangalore, south India.
Bradley J, Rajaram SP, Moses S,  et al
Sex Transm Infect. 2012 Jan 27
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Condom use within non-commercial partnerships of female sex workers in southern India.
Deering KN, Bhattacharjee P, Bradley J, et al
BMC Public Health. 2011 Dec 29;11 Suppl 6:S11.
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Condom use and prevalence of syphilis and HIV among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India following a large-scale HIV prevention intervention.
Rachakulla HK, Kodavalla V, Rajkumar H,
BMC Public Health. 2011 Dec 29;11 Suppl 6:S1
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A dose-response relationship between exposure to a large-scale HIV preventive intervention and consistent condom use with different sexual partners of female sex workers in southern India.
Deering KN, Boily MC, Lowndes CM, Shoveller J, et al
BMC Public Health. 2011 Dec 29;11 Suppl 6:S8.
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Relationship between reported prior condom use and current self-perceived risk of acquiring HIV among
mobile female sex workers in southern India.

Jain AK, Saggurti N, Mahapatra B,
BMC Public Health. 2011 Dec 29;11 Suppl 6:S5.
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Prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among clients of female sex workers in Karnataka, India: a cross-sectional study.
Shaw SY, Deering KN, Reza-Paul S,
BMC Public Health. 2011 Dec 29;11 Suppl 6:S4
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Assessment of the scale, coverage and outcomes of the Avahan HIV prevention program for female sex workers in Tamil Nadu, India: is there evidence of an effect?
Thilakavathi S, Boopathi K, Girish Kumar C, et al
BMC Public Health. 2011 Dec 29;11 Suppl 6:S3.
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Targeted interventions of the Avahan program and their association with intermediate outcomes among female sex workers in Maharashtra, India.
Mainkar MM, Pardeshi DB, Dale J,  et al
BMC Public Health. 2011 Dec 29;11 Suppl 6:S2.
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Police-Related Experiences and HIV Risk Among Female Sex Workers in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Erausquin JT, Reed E, Blankenship KM.

J Infect Dis
. 2011 Dec;204 Suppl 5:S1223-8.
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Violence in contract work among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India.
George A, Sabarwal S, Martin P.

J Infect Dis
. 2011 Dec;204 Suppl 5:S1235-40.
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Sex Trafficking and Initiation-Related Violence, Alcohol Use, and HIV Risk Among HIV-Infected Female Sex Workers in Mumbai, India.
Silverman JG, Raj A, Cheng DM, et al

J Infect Dis. 2011 Dec;204 Suppl 5:S1229-34
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An integrated structural intervention to reduce vulnerability to HIV and sexually transmitted infections among female sex  workers in Karnataka state, south India.
Gurnani V, Beattie TS, Bhattacharjee P,  et al 
BMC Public Health. 2011 Oct 2;11(1):755.
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Factors associated with HIV among female sex workers in a high HIV prevalent state of India.
Medhi GK, Mahanta J, Paranjape RS,  et al
AIDS Care. 2011 Sep 9.
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Prevalence and Assessment of Clinical Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Female Sex Workers in Two Cities of India.
Das A, Prabhakar P, Narayanan P,  et al
Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2011;2011:494769
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Motivations for Entry into Sex Work and HIV Risk among Mobile  Female Sex Workers in India.
Saggurti N, Verma RK, Halli SS,  et al
J Biosoc Sci. 2011 Jun 10:1-20.|
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Transactional sex risk and STI among HIV-infected female sex workers and HIV-infected male clients of FSWs in India.
Raj A, Saggurti N, Cheng DM, Dasgupta A, et al

AIDS Care
. 2011 Jun 28.
Abstract

History of sex trafficking, recent experiences of violence, and HIV vulnerability among female sex workers in coastal Andhra Pradesh, India.
Gupta J, Reed E, Kershaw T, Blankenship KM.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2011 May 25.
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BMC Public Health
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We Are Mothers First': Localocentric Articulation of Sex Worker Identity as a Key in HIV/AIDS Communication.
Basu A, Dutta MJ.

Women Health
. 2011 Mar;51(2):106-23.
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Measuring perceived stigma in female sex workers in Chennai, India
Liu SH, Srikrishnan AK, Zelaya CE, et al

AIDS Care
. 2011 Feb 2:1-9
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The Role of Brothels in Reducing HIV Risk in Sonagachi, India.
Ghose T, Swendeman DT, George SM.

Qual Health Res
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2011 Jan 25.
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Confronting structural violence in sex work: lessons from a community-led HIV prevention project in Mysore, India.
Argento E, Reza-Paul S, Lorway R,  et al

AIDS Care
. 2011 Jan;23(1):69-74.
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Challenging the stigmatization of female sex workers through a community-led structural intervention: learning from a case study of a female sex worker intervention in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Blankenship KM, Biradavolu MR,
Jena A, George A.

AIDS Care
. 2010;22 Suppl 2:1629-36.
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Persuading, protesting and exchanging favours: strategies used by Indian sex workers to win local support for their HIV prevention programmes.
Cornish F, Shukla A, Banerji R.

AIDS Care
. 2010;22 Suppl 2:1670-8.
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Introduction of Rapid Tests for Large-Scale Syphilis Screening Among Female, Male, and Transgender Sex Workers in Mumbai, India.
Gupte S, Daly C, Aggarwal V, Gaikwad SB, George B.

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x Transm Dis. 2010 Dec 22
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High-risk sex among mobile female sex workers in the context of jatras (religious festivals) in Karnataka, India.
Halli SS, Buzdugan R, Moses S,  et al

Int J STD AIDS
. 2010 Nov;21(11):746-51
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Contraceptive practices, sexual and reproductive health needs of HIV-positive and negative female sex workers in Goa, India.
Wayal S, Cowan F, Warner P,  et al

Sex Transm Infect
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