"You know that we travel a lot": Mobility narratives among female sex workers living with HIV in Tanzania and the Dominican Republic.

ABSTRACT: Female sex workers (FSW) are highly mobile, which may result in reduced access to and use of health services and increased risk for poor health outcomes, particularly for those living with HIV. Mobility includes spatial, temporal, and social elements that are not fully captured by quantitative measures. We conducted two rounds of in-depth interviews with FSW living with HIV in Iringa, Tanzania (n = 20), and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (n = 20), to describe mobility experiences and compare mobility narratives across settings. We integrated a thematic analysis of all interviews with a narrative analysis of a subset of 10 information-rich interviews (five in each country) with women who had recently traveled, for sex work or another reason, outside of their hometown. Across narratives,

SUBMITTER: Hendrickson ZM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11226099 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature