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DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE
Volume 161, Issue -, Pages 21-28Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.12.037
Keywords
Alcohol harm reduction; Violence; Sex work; HIV
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- Public Health Evaluation (PHE) component of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEP-FAR), PHE [KE09.0235]
- US Agency for International Development (USAID) [AID-623-A-11-00007]
- National Institute of Mental Health [T32 MH019139]
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Aims: To evaluate whether an alcohol harm reduction intervention was associated with reduced interpersonal violence or engagement in sex work among female sex workers (FSWs) in Mombasa, Kenya. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting: HIV prevention drop-in centers in Mombasa, Kenya. Participants: 818 women 18 or older in Mombasa who visited HIV prevention drop-in centers, were moderate-risk drinkers and engaged in transactional sex in past six months (410 and 408 in intervention and control arms, respectively). Intervention: 6 session alcohol harm reduction intervention. Comparator: 6 session non-alcohol related nutrition intervention. Measurements: In-person interviews were conducted at enrollment, immediately post-intervention and 6-months post-intervention. General linear mixed models examined associations between intervention assignment and recent violence (physical violence, verbal abuse, and being robbed in the past 30 days) from paying and non-paying sex partners and engagement in sex work in the past 30 days. Findings: The alcohol intervention was associated with statistically significant decreases in physical violence from paying partners at 6 months post-intervention and verbal abuse from paying partners immediately post-intervention and 6-months post-intervention. Those assigned to the alcohol intervention had significantly reduced odds of engaging in sex work immediately post-intervention and 6-months post-intervention. Conclusions: The alcohol intervention was associated with reductions in some forms of violence and with reductions in engagement in sex work among FSWs in Mombasa, Kenya. (c) 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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