Mobilizing collective identity to reduce HIV risk among sex workers in Sonagachi, India: The boundaries, consciousness, negotiation framework

2008/05/04 by Toorjo Ghose, Dallas Swendeman, Sheba George +1 · 151 citations
Health Professions · Medicine · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Collective identity #Condom #Consciousness #Gender studies #HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk #Homelessness and Social Issues #Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) #Identity (music) #Identity negotiation #Law #Medicine #Negotiation #Political science #Politics #Psychology #Sex work #Sex work and related issues #Social group #Social identity theory #Social psychology #Social science #Sociology

paper · open access · doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.03.045

published in Social Science & Medicine 67(2), 311-320 (Elsevier BV)

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Citations

• Terms of empowerment/exemplars of prevention: Toward a theory for community psychology
• Social Capital: Its Origins and Applications in Modern Sociology
• Evaluation of Sexually Transmitted Diseases/Human Immunodeficiency Virus Intervention Programs for Sex Workers in Calcutta, India

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• The impact of construction and gentrification on an outdoor trans sex work environment: Violence, displacement and policing
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• Epistemic fault lines in biomedical and social approaches to HIV prevention
• Sonagachi [wikipedia]