Jennifer Toller Erausquin|Monica Biradavolu|Elizabeth Reed|Rebekah Burroway|Kim M. Blankenship
Trends in condom use among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India: the impact of a community mobilisation intervention
North Carolina Division of Public Health|American University|George Washington University|Stony Brook University|State University of New York|American University
community mobilisation interventions hiv prevention among female sex workers fsws aim organise fsws collective action challenge structures power underlie hiv risk assessing intervention impact challenging importance direct individual exposure intervention components may decrease time change occurs socialnormative policy structural levels paper authors examine changes time consistent condom use among fsws rajahmundry andhra pradesh location longstanding community mobilisation interventionthe authors analyse crosssectional data collected among fsws three time points n2276 using respondentdriven sampling multiple logistic regression used assess association programme exposure consistent condom use whether association varied timethe proportion fsws exposure receptive exposure intervention decreased time active utilisation increased 194 2006 485 20092010 consistent condom use clients also increased 563 2006 753 20092010 multivariate analysis showed age age start sex work venue living conditions programme exposure significantly associated condom use positive association programme exposure consistent condom use vary significantly timefindings indicate improvements hiv risk reduction behaviour among fsws suggest intervention substantial reach fsw population interventions strategies may contributing populationlevel hiv risk reduction among fsws