Work-related mobility and experiences of gender-based violence among female sex workers in Iringa, Tanzania: a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from Project Shikamana.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine how work-related mobility among female sex workers (FSWs) is associated with gender-based violence (GBV) in Iringa, Tanzania.

Design

Cross-sectional analyses were conducted on baseline data gathered between October 2015 and April 2016 from FSWs participating in Project Shikamana, a community empowerment-based combination HIV prevention intervention.

Setting

Participants were recruited for the baseline study using venue-based time-location sampling in two communities in Iringa, Tanzania.

Participants

FSWs were eligible for participation if they were 18 years or older and had exchanged sex for money within the past month. Four-hundred ninety-six FSWs participated in the baseline survey.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Any recen

SUBMITTER: Hendrickson ZM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6173250 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature