Mobility study of young women who exchange sex for money or commodities using Google Maps and qualitative methods in Kampala, Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to assess mobility patterns and reasons for high mobility among young women engaged in sex work within a randomised controlled trial to gauge how mobility may hinder access to health services and enhance HIV risk in a highly vulnerable population.

Setting

Participants were recruited from a clinic in Kampala, Uganda set up for women at high risk of HIV infection.

Participants

Adolescent girls and young women engaged in sex for money and/or commodities are at particular risk in countries with high HIV prevalence and high fertility rates. High mobility increases exposure to HIV risk. Women participants were eligible for the parent study if aged 15-24 years, HIV negative and engaged in sex work. For this substudy, 34 qualitative interviews were held wi

SUBMITTER: King R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8137195 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature