Working with economically vulnerable women engaged in sex work: Collaborating with community stakeholders in Southern Uganda

Glob Public Health. 2022 Jul;17(7):1215-1231. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2021.1916054. Epub 2021 Apr 21.

Proscovia Nabunya^{1

2}, Joshua Kiyingi^{1

2}, Susan S Witte³, Ozge Sensoy Bahar^{1

2}, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson⁴, Yesim Tozan⁵, Josephine Nabayinda², Abel Mwebembezi^{2

6}, Wilberforce Tumwesige^{1

2}, Barbara Mukasa⁷, Rashida Namirembe¹, Joseph Kagaayi⁸, Janet Nakigudde⁹, Mary M McKay¹, Fred M Ssewamala^{1

2}

¹ Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
² International Center for Child Health and Development, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
³ School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Department of Applied Health Science, School of Public Health, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
⁵ School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
⁶ Reach the Youth (RTY) Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
⁷ Mildmay Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
⁸ Rakai Health Sciences Program, Kalisizo, Uganda.
⁹ Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.

Abstract

ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03583541.

Keywords: HIV risk reduction; Sex work; Uganda; community collaboration; stakeholder engagement.