HIV Risk Environments among FSW and DU: A Longitudinal Ethno-Spatial Approach
Description: PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: While there has been growing recognition of the important role that social, structural, and environmental factors play in shaping HIV risks among drug users and female sex workers within North America, there has been limited evaluation of the broader risk environment and HIV risk behavior, HIV incidence, and HIV treatment outcomes among these populations. This project seeks to address this gap by implementing a novel longitudinal ethno-spatial approach to elucidate the complex pathways between social, structural, and physical environments within sex work and drug scenes and HIV risk and HIV treatment among drug users and female sex workers. As well, we seek to explore critical initiation and transition events that shape risk trajectories within these populations.
Funder: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Funding type: research
Funder scheme: R01
Start date: 2012-02-15
End date: 2017-01-31
Investigator: THOMAS KERR
Institution: UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Topic: Sex work and related issues
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Funded outputs count: 92
Funder award ID: R01DA033147
OpenAlex ID: G967586838