Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
Global Health Research Center of Central Asia, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Int J Drug Policy. 2022 Aug;106:103750. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103750. Epub 2022 Jun 3.
INTRODUCTION: Punitive legal environments remain a challenge to HIV prevention efforts in Central Asia, and female sex workers who use drugs are vulnerable to police violence. Little is known about the heterogeneity of police violence against female sex workers who use drugs and factors associated with HIV risk in Central Asia, despite the growing HIV epidemic. METHODS: We recruited a community-based sample of 255 female sex workers who use drugs in Almaty, Kazakhstan between February 2015 and May 2017. We used latent class analysis to differentiate women into distinct classes of police violence victimization, and multinomial logistic regression to identify individual-level health outcomes, HIV risk behaviors, and social and structural factors within the risk environment associated with class membership. RESULTS: A three-class model emerged: Low Victimization (51%), Discrimination and Extortion (15%), and Poly-Victimization (34%). Relative to Low Victimization, factors associated with Poly-Victimization included being positive for HIV and/or sexually-transmitted infections (STI) (aOR: 1.78 (95% CI: 1.01, 3.14)), prior tuberculosis diagnosis (2.73 (1.15, 6.50)), injection drug use (IDU) (2.00 (1.12, 3.58)), greater number of unsafe IDU behaviors (1.21 (1.08, 1.35)), homelessness (1.92 (1.06, 3.48)), greater drug use (1.22 (1.07, 1.39)) and sex work stigma (1.23 (1.06, 1.43)), greater number of sex work clients (2.40 (1.33, 4.31)), working for a boss/pimp (2.74 (1.16, 6.50)), client violence (2.99 (1.65, 5.42)), economic incentives for condomless sex (2.77 (1.42, 5.41)), accessing needle/syringe exchange programs (3.47 (1.42, 8.50)), recent arrest (2.99 (1.36, 6.55)) and detention (2.93 (1.62, 5.30)), and negative police perceptions (8.28 (4.20, 16.3)). Compared to Low Violence, Discrimination and Extortion was associated with lower odds of experiencing intimate partner violence (aOR= 0.26 (0.12, 0.59)), but no other significant associations with the risk environment upon adjusting for socio-demographic characteristics. CONCLUSION: Police violence against female sex workers who use drugs is pervasive in Kazakhstan. Patterns of police violence vary, with greater HIV susceptibility associated with a higher probability of experiencing multiple forms of police violence. Police sensitization workshops that integrate policing and harm reduction, and drug policy reforms that decriminalize drug use may help mitigate the HIV epidemic in Kazakhstan.
简介:在中亚,惩罚性的法律环境仍然是艾滋病预防工作的一个挑战,而使用毒品的女性性工作者容易遭受警察暴力。尽管艾滋病疫情不断加剧,但人们对中亚使用毒品的女性性工作者所遭受的警察暴力的异质性以及与艾滋病风险相关的因素知之甚少。
方法:我们于 2015 年 2 月至 2017 年 5 月期间在哈萨克斯坦阿拉木图招募了 255 名使用毒品的社区为基础的女性性工作者。我们使用潜在类别分析将女性分为不同类别的警察暴力受害人群,并使用多项逻辑回归确定与类别的成员身份相关的个体健康结果、艾滋病毒风险行为以及社会和结构因素。
结果:出现了一个三种类别的模型:低受害人群(51%)、歧视和敲诈(15%)和多受害人(34%)。与低受害人群相比,与多受害人相关的因素包括艾滋病毒和/或性传播感染(STI)阳性(比值比[OR]:1.78(95%置信区间[CI]:1.01,3.14))、先前诊断为结核病(2.73(1.15,6.50))、注射吸毒(IDU)(2.00(1.12,3.58))、更多不安全的 IDU 行为(1.21(1.08,1.35))、无家可归(1.92(1.06,3.48))、更多的药物使用(1.22(1.07,1.39))和性工作耻辱感(1.23(1.06,1.43))、更多的性工作客户(2.40(1.33,4.31))、为老板/皮条客工作(2.74(1.16,6.50))、客户暴力(2.99(1.65,5.42))、经济诱因进行无保护性行为(2.77(1.42,5.41))、获得针/注射器交换计划(3.47(1.42,8.50))、最近被捕(2.99(1.36,6.55))和拘留(2.93(1.62,5.30)),以及对警察的负面看法(8.28(4.20,16.3))。与低暴力相比,歧视和敲诈与遭受亲密伴侣暴力的几率降低相关(比值比[OR]=0.26(0.12,0.59)),但在调整社会人口特征后,与风险环境没有其他显著关联。
结论:在哈萨克斯坦,针对使用毒品的女性性工作者的警察暴力普遍存在。警察暴力的模式各不相同,与更高的艾滋病毒易感性相关的是经历多种形式警察暴力的可能性更高。警察敏感性研讨会,将治安与减少伤害相结合,以及毒品政策改革,将吸毒合法化,可能有助于减轻哈萨克斯坦的艾滋病疫情。
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