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Quantitative, Qualitative and Geospatial Methods to Characterize HIV Risk Environments
PloS one, v 11(5), pp e0155693-e0155693
18 May 2016
PMID: 27191846
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Abstract
Increasingly, 'place', including physical and geographical characteristics as well as social meanings, is recognized as an important factor driving individual and community health risks. This is especially true among marginalized populations in low and middle income countries (LMIC), whose environments may also be more difficult to study using traditional methods. In the NIH-funded longitudinal study Mapa de Salud, we employed a novel approach to exploring the risk environment of female sex workers (FSWs) in two Mexico/U. S. border cities, Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez. In this paper we describe the development, implementation, and feasibility of a mix of quantitative and qualitative tools used to capture the HIV risk environments of FSWs in an LMIC setting. The methods were: 1) Participatory mapping; 2) Quantitative interviews; 3) Sex work venue field observation; 4) Time-locationactivity diaries; 5) In-depth interviews about daily activity spaces. We found that the mixed-methodology outlined was both feasible to implement and acceptable to participants. These methods can generate geospatial data to assess the role of the environment on drug and sexual risk behaviors among high risk populations. Additionally, the adaptation of existing methods for marginalized populations in resource constrained contexts provides new opportunities for informing public health interventions.
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- Title
- Quantitative, Qualitative and Geospatial Methods to Characterize HIV Risk Environments
- Creators
- Erin E. Conners - Department of Medicine, Division of Global Public Health, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America.Brooke S. West - Department of Medicine, Division of Global Public Health, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America.Alexis M. Roth - Drexel UniversityKristen G. Meckel-Parker - Department of Medicine, Division of Global Public Health, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America.Mei-Po Kwan - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignCarlos Magis-Rodriguez - Centro Nacional para la Prevención y el Control del VIH y el SIDA (CENSIDA), Mexico City, Mexico.Hugo Staines-Orozco - Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad JuárezJohn D. Clapp - The Ohio State UniversityKimberly C. Brouwer - Department of Medicine, Division of Global Public Health, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America.
- Publication Details
- PloS one, v 11(5), pp e0155693-e0155693
- Publisher
- Public Library Science
- Number of pages
- 14
- Grant note
- K01DA041233 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); European Commission R01DA028692 / National Institute of Drug Abuse; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) NIDA T32DA023356 / National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000376286100080
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84971377531
- Other Identifier
- 991019168851604721
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