| Title | Structural stigma, sex work and HIV: contradictions and lessons learnt from a community-led structural intervention in southern India. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2012 |
| Authors | Biradavolu, Monica Rao, Kim M. Blankenship, Asima Jena, and Nimesh Dhungana |
| Journal | Journal of epidemiology and community health |
| Volume | 66 Suppl 2 |
| Pagination | ii95-99 |
| Date Published | 2012 Oct |
| ISSN | 1470-2738 |
| Keywords | Community Networks, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, HIV Infections, Humans, India, Interviews as Topic, Organizations, Power (Psychology), Program Evaluation, Prostitution, Qualitative Research, Self Efficacy, Sex Workers, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Social Stigma, Social Support, Socioeconomic Factors |
| Abstract | Recent theorisation has pushed stigma research in new directions, arguing for a need to challenge the unequal power relations that impact groups most at risk for HIV-related stigma rather than locate stigma in the individual. Such a conceptualisation resonates with the growing emphasis on structural interventions for HIV prevention that attempt to alter the social context of risk. |
| DOI | 10.1353/hpu.2012.0006 |
| Alternate Journal | J Epidemiol Community Health |
