TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Community mapping of sex work criminalization and violence: impacts on HIV treatment interruptions among marginalized women living with HIV in Vancouver, Canada
JO  - International journal of STD and AIDS
A1  - Goldenberg, Shira M.
A1  - Deering, Kathleen
A1  - Amram, Ofer
A1  - Guillemi, Silvia
A1  - Nguyen, Paul
A1  - Montaner, Julio
A1  - Shannon, Kate
SP  - 1001
EP  - 1009
VL  - 28
IS  - 10
N2  - Despite the high HIV burden faced by sex workers, data on access and retention in antiretroviral therapy (ART) are limited. Using an innovative spatial epidemiological approach, we explored how the social geography of sex work criminalization and violence impacts HIV treatment interruptions among sex workers living with HIV in Vancouver over a 3.5-year period. Drawing upon data from a community-based cohort (AESHA, 2010-2013) and linked external administrative data on ART dispensation, GIS mapping and multivariable logistic regression with generalized estimating equations to prospectively examine the effects of spatial criminalization and violence near women's places of residence on 2-day ART interruptions. Analyses were restricted to 66 ART-exposed women who contributed 208 observations and 83 ART interruption events. In adjusted multivariable models, heightened density of displacement due to policing independently correlated with HIV treatment interruptions (AOR: 1.02, 95%CI: 1.00-1.04); density of legal restrictions (AOR: 1.30, 95%CI: 0.97-1.76) and a combined measure of criminalization/violence (AOR: 1.00, 95%CI: 1.00-1.01) were marginally correlated. The social geography of sex work criminalization may undermine access to essential medicines, including HIV treatment. Interventions to promote 'enabling environments' (e.g. peer-led models, safer living/working spaces) should be explored, alongside policy reforms to ensure uninterrupted treatment access.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0956-4624
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462416685683
ID  - ref1
ER  -