Ishika Basu|Smarajit Jana|Mary Jane Rotheram?Borus|Dallas Swendeman|Sung?Jae Lee|Peter A. Newman|Robert E. Weiss
HIV Prevention Among Sex Workers in India
Calcutta Research Group
summary test efficacy sustainable communitylevel hiv intervention among sex workers sonagachi project replicated including community organizing advocacy peer education condom social marketing establishment health clinic sex workers randomly selected 2 small urban communities northeastern india n 100 assessed every 56 months 15 months 85 retention overall condom use increased significantly intervention community 39 compared control community 11 proportion consistent condom users increased 25 intervention community compared 16 decrease control community study supports efficacy sonagachi model intervention increasing condom use maintaining low hiv prevalence among sex workers