@article{666dc6d123884c1bbee7c25fc799286e,
title = "Using Peer Education to Promote Psychosocial and Occupational Health and Empowerment Among Female Sex Workers in Nepal",
abstract = "Female sex workers (FSWs) in Nepal are vulnerable to an array of occupational risks, which may compromise their psychosocial health and ability to engage in protective behaviors. A peer education (PE) intervention designed to empower and promote the psychosocial health of FSWs was pilot tested in Kathmandu, Nepal. FSWs who were exposed to the PE intervention (n = 96) had significantly higher scores on psychosocial health knowledge, perceived self-efficacy and ability to access resources, happiness, and job control compared with those who were not (n = 64). PE may be a promising way to promote psychosocial health and empowerment among FSWs.",
keywords = "female sex workers, peer education, psychosocial health",
author = "Menger-Ogle, {Lauren M.} and Kaufman, {Michelle R.} and Fisher, {Gwenith G.} and Ryan, {Elizabeth P.} and Lorann Stallones",
note = "Funding Information: The authors would like to thank Kristen Anna, Adi Bereshit-Elias, Elena Broaddus, Emily Holcomb, Karuna Kunwar, Michelle Laurie, Shilpa Lohani, Deepashika Pahari, Helen Santoro, Ashika Sharma, Sushila Shrestha, Tara Upreti, Laurie Vasily, Tobias Wilbur, as well as Menuka Thapa and the rest of the leadership and staff at Raksha Nepal for their support on this project. Lauren M. Menger-Ogle was a doctoral student at Colorado State University at the time this research was conducted and is now a Social Scientist at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by a 2013-2014 Fulbright U.S. Student Research Scholarship to Nepal awarded to the first author and the Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center, Grant T42OH009229, funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health and Human Services.",
year = "2020",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/1077801219861155",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "26",
pages = "1445--1466",
journal = "Violence Against Women",
issn = "1077-8012",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "11",
}