Reducing violence and increasing condom use in the intimate partnerships of female sex workers: study protocol for Samvedana Plus, a cluster randomised controlled trial in Karnataka state, south India

• Main Authors: Tara S. Beattie (Author), Shajy Isac (Author), Parinita Bhattacharjee (Author), Prakash Javalkar (Author), Calum Davey (Author), T. Raghavendra (Author), Sapna Nair (Author), Satyanarayana Ramanaik (Author), D. L. Kavitha (Author), James F. Blanchard (Author), Charlotte Watts (Author), Martine Collumbien (Author), Stephen Moses (Author), Lori Heise (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Female sex workers (FSWs) are at increased risk of HIV and STIs compared to women in the general population, and frequently experience violence in their working and domestic lives from a variety of perpetrators, which can enhance this risk. While progress has been made in address...