Title
¿Te recurseas? mapping, enumerating, and describing male and transwomen sex workers in venue-based and virtual spaces in lima, peru
Date Issued
01 January 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Guilford Publications
Abstract
HIV disproportionately affects men who have sex with men and transwomen in Latin America. Globally, efforts to map, enumerate, and describe male and transwomen sex workers (MTSWs) are limited. We mapped and described venue-and non-venue–based MTSWs and enumerated venue-based MTSWs in Lima, Peru’s capital. With venue-based MTSWs, we identified and described the venues, SWs, and clients and enumerated the SWs. With non-venue–based MTSWs, we described SW offerings and SWs. Male SWs (MSWs) are concentrated downtown, with many moving online. Transwomen SWs (TSWs) are spread across metropolitan Lima, with fewer online. At venues, there are more TSWs than MSWs, TSWs reported more HIV and sexual risk behaviors, and MSWs had more female partners. Non-venue–based MSWs used condoms less than venue-based MSWs. Results support systematic efforts to describe hard-to-reach MTSWs and their different types of partners, all of whom have unique, differing needs for HIV/ STI education, prevention, testing, and care services.
Start page
567
End page
583
Volume
31
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias socio biomédicas (planificación familiar, salud sexual, efectos políticos y sociales de la investigación biomédica) Enfermedades infecciosas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85076276852
PubMed ID
Source
AIDS Education and Prevention
ISSN of the container
08999546
Sponsor(s)
Angela M. Bayer, PhD, Patricia Mallma, PhD, César P. Cárcamo, MD, PhD, David A. Díaz, BA, Miguel Chirre, BA, and Patricia J. García, MD, PhD, are affiliated with Facultad de Salud Pública y Adminis-tración, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. Hugo Sánchez, BA, is affiliated with Epi-centro Salud, Lima, Peru. Pamina M. Gorbach, PhD, is affiliated with the Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. The authors would like to acknowledge and thank all of the study participants and the amazing study team that worked many late nights and early mornings to carry out this study. This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (K01TW009206R25TW009343) and the UCLA AIDS Institute and UCLA Center for AIDS Research (AI28697). Address correspondence to Angela Bayer, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Av Honorio Delgado 430, Urb. Ingeniería, San Martin de Porres, Lima, Peru. E-mail: angelabayerx@gmail.com
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