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Yale Project Office:

CIRA, Yale University
135 College Street
Suite 200
New Haven, CT
06510 USA

T: 203-764-4333
F: 203-764-4353
India Project Office:

H.No. 79-2-10/1, 2nd Floor
Eswara Reddy Complex
Opp. Saibaba Temple, Tilak Rd.
Rajahmundry-533 103
East Godavari District
Andhra Pradesh, India

T/F: 0883-2443902 & 2443903

Presentations

Factors Associated with Consistent Condom Use by Female Sex Workers with Non-Client Partners in Andhra Pradesh, India, A masters thesis presentation at the Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT (May 2007) - PDF, 881 KB
This presentation summarizes the public health masters thesis of Project Parivartan Research Assistant, Rina Dhopeshwarkar. The thesis examines the factors independently associated with consistent condom use among female sex workers and their non-client partners using multivariate logistic regression. (For related poster presentation click here) Community Mobilization, Empowerment and HIV Related Risk Behaviors of Female Sex Workers in Andhra Pradesh, India, Presented at CIRA's AIDS Science Day, New Haven, CT (April 2007) - PDF, 579 KB
This presentation includes an analysis of the independent factors associated with condom use among female sex workers and their regular and occasional clients using multivariate logistic regression. Policing and Commercial Sex Work in India, Presented at CIRA's AIDS Science Day, New Haven, CT (April 2007) - PDF, 178 KB
This poster presentation includes descriptive results from our round 1 serial cross-sectional survey of female sex workers in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh regarding their experiences with police. Attempt at Improving the Validity of Self-Reported Sexual Behavior and Condom Use: A Polling Box Approach, Presented at CIRA's AIDS Science Day, New Haven, CT (April 2007) - PDF, 366 KB
This poster presentation compares face-to-face responses in our cross-sectional survey of 812 sex workers with the responses of a subset of participants who were randomized to complete the same set of questions using a polling box method designed to increase privacy. Respondent Driven Sampling of Female Sex Workers in Southern India: Implementation Experiences and Sample Inference, Presented at CIRA's AIDS Science Day, New Haven, CT (April 2007) - PDF, 12 MB
This poster presentation includes a brief description of respondent-driven sampling (RDS) and compares our RDS-generated sample of female sex workers in East Godavari District with an embedded time location sample. Recruitment Network Patterns in Sex Worker Populations: Using Respondent Driven Sampling to Reach Indian Sex Workers, Presented at the American Sociological Association Methods Section Annual Meeting, New Haven, CT (March 2007) - PDF, 636 KB
Overview of RDS and its rationale for deriving a sample of hidden populations, challenges of implementing RDS in this context, the concept of homophily and recruitment patterns, a comparative analysis using an embedded sub-sample recruited via time-location sampling, and discussion of findings. Variability of Sex Work in East Godavari District: Implications for Community Mobilization and Empowerment, Presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL (March 2007) - PDF, 1.7 MB
This presentation briefly describes the various types of sex work present in East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh and compares the results from round 1 of our serial cross-sectional survey by type of sex work conducted. The presentation ends with a discussion of the implications these results may have for collective mobilization efforts. Parivartan Survey Results: Feedback to Care-Saksham, Presented to Care-Saksham staff in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India (February 2007) - PDF, 469 KB
This presentation provides some preliminary descriptive results from round 1 of our serial cross-sectional survey of female sex workers in East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. Structural Interventions and HIV Prevention Among Sex Workers and their Clients in India, Presented at ProVisions X, Mystic, CT (October 2006) - PDF, 741 KB
This presentation provides a basic overview of Project Parivartan followed by some preliminary descriptive results from round 1 of our serial cross-sectional survey of female sex workers in Rajahmundry.