Sustainability of Evidence-Based Practices for HIV Prevention among Female Sex Workers in Mexico
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OBJECTIVE: This study examined service provider perceptions of requirements for successful sustainment of an efficacious intervention for preventing HIV/AIDS and STIs in female sex workers (FSWs) in Mexico. METHODS: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 77 leaders and counselors from 12 community-based reproductive health clinics located throughout Mexico participating in a large hybrid effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial to scale-up the use of Mujer Segura, a psychoeducational intervention designed to promote condom use and enhance safer sex negotiation skills among FSWs. RESULTS: Five sets of requirements for sustainment were identified: 1) characteristics of the provider, including competence in delivering the intervention, need for continued technical support and assistance from outside experts, and satisfaction with addressing the needs of this population; 2) characteristics of the clients (i.e., FSWs), including client need and demand for services and incentives for participation; 3) characteristics of the organization, including its mission, benefits, and operations; 4) characteristics of the outer setting, including financial support and relationship with the community-based organization's central offices, and transportation and security in areas where FSWs live and work; and 5) outcomes associated with the intervention itself, including a reduction of risk through education and increased outreach through referrals from FSWs who received the intervention. CONCLUSIONS: Although the requirements for successful sustainment of interventions like Mujer Segura are consistent with the factors identified in many models of implementation, the results illustrate the importance of local context in assigning priority to these model elements and suggest that the five categories are not discrete entities but interconnected.
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We did not include the effect of implementer characteristics, as well as other intervention characteristics that research has shown to be associated with sustainability in community-based programs.
“Finally, we did not include the effect of implementer characteristics, as well as other intervention characteristics that research has shown to be associated with sustainability in community-based programs [14, 61].”
Rather than testing comprehensive frameworks, many studies have examined individual factors or used qualitative research to identify stakeholder perspectives on sustainability.
“Rather than testing comprehensive frameworks, many studies have examined individual factors or have used qualitative research to identify stakeholder perspectives on sustainability (38, 70, 95).”
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The importance of understanding local context and adapting the intervention to reflect traditional and cultural norms and values was found to be critical.
“The importance of understanding local context and adapting the intervention to reflect traditional and cultural norms and values was also found to be critical, consistent with other research on the sustainability of EBIs in Mexico (95).”
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- Palinkas, L. A., Chavarin, C. V., Rafful, C. M., Um, M. Y., Mendoza, D. V., Staines, H., Aarons, G. A., & Patterson, T. L.
- Affiliations
- University of Southern California (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- San Diego State University (US)
- Mexfam (MX)
- Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (MX)
- Corresponding author
- Palinkas, Lawrence A.
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- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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- 2015-10-30
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 10
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- e0141508
- ISSN
- 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2229265453
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 45
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3 · 2013: 1
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- 7.74
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- en
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- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH087054)
- Fogarty International Center (D43TW008633)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Sex work and related issues
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Keywords
- HIV prevention, female sex workers, intervention sustainability, condom use, safer sex negotiation, psychoeducational intervention, service provider perceptions, STD prevention, Mexico
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Attitude of Health Personnel, Community Health Services, Counseling, Female, Health Personnel, Health Promotion, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Mexico, Middle Aged, Models, Theoretical, Occupational Diseases, Organizations, Women's Health Services, Multicenter Studies as Topic, Program Evaluation, HIV Infections, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Condoms, Safe Sex, Reproductive Health Services, Qualitative Research, Evidence-Based Practice, Sex Workers, Early Medical Intervention
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