Publication year: 2011
Source: Social Science & Medicine, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 January 2011
Elizabeth, Reed , Jhumka, Gupta , Monica, Biradavolu , Vasavi, Devireddy , Kim M., Blankenship
Recent research on HIV prevention, regardless of the population, has increasingly recognized the relevance of contextual factors in determining HIV risk. Investigating such factors among female sex workers (FSW) is especially relevant in the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, where HIV rates are among the highest across Indian states and where HIV has largely affected FSW. Stable housing is a particular contextual challenge experienced by female sex workers in this region (as well as elsewhere); however, local studies have not examined the impact of this issue on HIV risk. In this paper, we examine residential instability, defined as a…