Titre :
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Assessing the role of community mobilisation in a scaled HIV prevention programme among marginalized populations in India - findings from Avahan. Community advocacy groups as a means to address the social environment of female sex workers : a case study in Andhra Pradesh, India. (2012)
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Auteurs :
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Swarup PUNYAM ;
. BALAKRISHNA PRASAD MUTUPURU ;
Isabelle DE ZOYSA, éd. ;
Prabhakar PARIMI ;
RAM MANOHAR MISHRA (.) : IND. Population Council. New Delhi. ;
. RENUKA SOMANATHA PULLIKALU ;
Prashanth SANDRI ;
. SURESH BABU KOKKU ;
India Hiv Aids Alliance. Hyderabad. IND
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Journal of epidemiology and community health (vol. 66, 2012)
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Pagination :
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ii87-ii94
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Communauté
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Milieu social
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Profession sociale
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Femme
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Prostitution
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Homme
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Etude cas
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Inde
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Asie
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS kHR0xkoI. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background To examine the association between the presence of community advocacy groups (CAGs) and female sex workers' (FSWs) access to social entitlements and outcomes of police advocacy. Methods Data were used from a cross-sectional survey conducted in 2010-2011 among 1986 FSWs and 104 NGO outreach workers from five districts of Andhra Pradesh. FSWs were recruited using a probability-based sampling from 104 primary sampling units (PSUs). A PSU is a geographical area covered by one outreach worker and is expected to have an active CAG as per community mobilisation efforts. The presence of active CAGs was defined as the presence of an active committee or advocacy group in the area (PSU). Outcome indicators included acquisition of different social entitlements and measures of police response as reported by FSWs. Multivariate linear and logistic regression analyses were used to examine the associations. Results Areas with active CAGs compared with their counterparts had a significantly higher mean number of FSWs linked to ration cards (12.8 vs 6.8 ; p
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