O M Balakireva

Biographic Data

ID3476197
NAMEO M Balakireva
GIVEN NAMESO M
FAMILY NAMEBalakireva
SIGNATUREBALAKIREVA O M
AFFILIATIONSNational Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
ORCID0000-0003-0790-7142
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS124
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR124
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX1

  • A cross-sectional survey exploring HIV and HCV prevalence among men who purchase sex in Dnipro, Ukraine

    Open AccessLisa Lazarus, Nicole Herpai et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Prevalence of HIV and HCV in this population was high. Given high rates of study enrolment and testing, efforts should be made to reach men who purchase sex with expanded STBBI programming

  • Sex work stigma and the recuperation of moral personhood through gendered labour

    Maureen A Murney, Lisa Lazarus et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2023

    Based on a diary writing exercise, this paper illuminates the complex ways in which sex workers in Ukraine actively work through and manage stigma in their daily lives. Pushing beyond the notion of stigma as a static and fixed psychosocial designation that can be readily measured, we argue that stigma is actively confronted by sex workers through various forms of gendered emotional and physical labour that enable them to recuperate a sense of mor…

  • War in Ukraine

    Open AccessO M Balakireva, Panasa Myrnoho Str Kyiv Ukraine et al.ARTICLEUkrainian society2022

    The authors analyse internal and external migration, psychological reserves, and the Ukrainian population’s sense of support based on the results of national survey. The paper dwells upon theprovision of assistance to defenders and the perception of the victory prospects. The level of trust in the President of Ukraine has been determined

  • Exploring the impact of military conflict on sex work in Ukraine

    Open AccessLisa Lazarus, Nicole Herpai et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2022

    Little is known about the impact of military conflict on sex work from the perspective of sex workers. We attempt to explore the meaning of conflict on sex work by asking women about the changes that they have experienced in their lives and work since the beginning of the 2014 military conflict in eastern Ukraine. The findings in this article are based on qualitative interviews with 43 cisgender women living and practicing sex work in Dnipro, eas…

  • Socio-economic sentiments of the Ukrainian population

    Open AccessO M Balakireva, Panasa Myrnoho Str Kyiv Ukraine et al.ARTICLEUkrainian society2021

    Paper presents data based on the regular national surveys on self-assessment of financial situation, delay or non-payment of wages and pensions, shadow incomes prevalence, indices of socio-economic assessments and expectations of the Ukrainian population, the level of trust in the President of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the Cabinet of Ministers, the general assessment of the political situation in Ukraine

  • The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the quality of life of Ukrainians

    Open AccessO M Balakireva, Panasa Myrnoho Str Kyiv Ukraine et al.ARTICLEUkrainian society2021

    The presented survey data reveals the impact of the pandemic in terms of public sentiments towards compulsory vaccination, perceptions of the prevalence of infection, the risk of a pandemic, the impact on the budgets of Ukrainian families and the public’s assessment of the Government’s efforts to overcome the pandemic

  • Trends of trust levels in government and social institutions

    Open AccessO M Balakireva, Panasa Myrnoho Str Kyiv UkraineARTICLEUkrainian society2021

    Based on national monitoring surveys, the trends of trust in government and social institutions in Ukrainian society are shown. Paper considers specifics of trust levels trends for the last two years

  • Social and political processes in the state in the mirror of public opinion

    Open AccessO M Balakireva, Panasa Myrnoho Str Kyiv Ukraine et al.ARTICLEUkrainian society2021

    Based on the survey data, the authors define the attitude of the Ukrainian population to the following components of modern Ukraine’s social and political processes as the state’s foreign policy; restriction of certain groups of citizens in the right to vote; an ecological situation in macro-regions of residence; and vaccination. The paper provides analysis of Ukrainians’ assessment of the political situation in the country and the level of tensi…

  • Exploring the dynamics of workplace typologies for sex workers in Eastern Ukraine

    Open AccessNicole Herpai, Lisa Lazarus et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2021

    We examine the typologies of workplaces for sex workers in Dnipro, Ukraine as part of the larger Dynamics Study, which explores the influence of conflict on sex work. We conducted a cross-sectional survey with 560 women from September 2017 to October 2018. The results of our study demonstrate a diverse sex work environment with heterogeneity across workplace typologies in terms of remuneration, workload, and safety. Women working in higher presti…

  • Socio-economic attitudes of the Ukrainian population

    Open AccessO M Balakireva, Panasa Myrnoho Str Kyiv Ukraine et al.ARTICLEUkrainian society2020

    According to the national survey, the paper reveals self-assessment of the financial situation, shadow incomes, indices of socio-economic assessments and expectations of the Ukrainian population, the level of trust in all branches of government, and the general assessment of the political situation in Ukraine

  • Socio-economic attitudes of the Ukrainian population at the end of 2020

    Open AccessO M Balakireva, Panasa Myrnoho Str Kyiv Ukraine et al.ARTICLEUkrainian society2020

    The national survey data is presented on the self-assessment of financial situation, delay or non-payment of wages, pensions, shadow incomes, subsistence wage, indices of socio-economic assessments and expectations of the Ukrainian population, the level of trust in the President of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the Cabinet of Ministers, as well as on the general political situation in Ukraine

  • Trends in civic engagement and the trust level in Ukraine

    Open AccessO M Balakireva, Panasa Myrnoho Str Kyiv Ukraine et al.ARTICLEUkrainian society2020

    Based on the data from national monitoring surveys, the authors demonstrate the trends of civic engagement and the level of trust in public institutions in Ukraine. The article dwells upon the specifics of interpretation of trust in contemporary sociological thought and analyzes its place in the society. It is established that in the social realities [...]

  • Socio-economic attitudes of the Ukrainian population

    Open AccessO M Balakireva, Panasa Myrnoho Str Kyiv Ukraine et al.ARTICLEUkrainian society2020

    According to the national survey, the paper reveals self-assessment of the financial situation, shadow income, indices of socio-economic assessments and expectations of the Ukrainian population, the level of trust in all branches of government, and the overall assessment of the political situation in Ukraine

  • Trends of socio-economic assessments and expectations of the Ukrainian population at the end of 2019

    Open AccessO M Balakireva, Panasa Myrnoho Str Kyiv Ukraine et al.ARTICLEUkrainian society2019

    Based on the data of the nationwide survey, authors present the assessments of the socio-economic situation, social sentiments, the structure and size of income, self-assessment of the financial standing of the population, trends and the structure of savings

  • Monitoring of electoral preferences of the Ukrainian population towards the first round of the election of the President of Ukraine (December 2018 – March 2019)

    Open AccessO M Balakireva, D A DmytrukARTICLEUkrainian society2019

    Based on the results of national surveys, the dynamics of voters' electoral orientations and the peculiarities of electoral preferences among the population groups were analyzed

  • Socio-economic assessments and sentiments of Ukrainian population between the Presidential and Parliamentary elections in 2019

    Open AccessO M Balakireva, D A DmytrukARTICLEUkrainian society2019

    Based on data from a nationwide survey, assessments of the socio-economic situation and social sentiments, structure and size of incomes, self-assessment of the financial standing, dynamics and structure of savings are presented

  • Trends of socio-economic assessments and expectations of Ukraine’s population in the end of 2018

    Open AccessO M Balakireva, D A DmytrukARTICLEUkrainian society2019

    Based on data from a nationwide survey, an assessment is made of the socio-economic situation and social attitudes, as well as the income of the population. Authors analyse trends for indices of socio-economic assessments and expectations for different socio-demographic groups, self-assessment of the financial standing. The dynamics and structure of savings are considered

  • Electoral sentiments and behavior of voters as a manifestation of political subjectivity

    Open AccessO M Balakireva, D A DmytrukARTICLEUkrainian society2019

    Electoral sentiments and electoral behavior were analyzed based on the monitoring results of electoral sentiments and exit polls, in particular, exit polls data obtained on the election day of the President of Ukraine, electoral sentiments monitoring between the elections of the President of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada elections, and exit polls on the day of Parliamentary elections. The macroregional analysis is performed, depending on the vot…

  • Assessing the influence of conflict on the dynamics of sex work and the HIV and HCV epidemics in Ukraine

    Open Accesson behalf of the Dynamics Study Team, Marissa Becker et al.ARTICLEBMC International Health and…2019

    BACKGROUND: Armed conflict erupted in eastern Ukraine in 2014 and still continues. This conflict has resulted in an intensification of poverty, displacement and migration, and has weakened the local health system. Ukraine has some of the highest rates of HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) in Europe. Whether and how the current conflict, and its consequences, will lead to changes in the HIV and HCV epidemic in Ukraine is unclear. Our study aims to characte…

  • Perspective areas of state support for small and medium agricultural enterprises (based on sociological research)

    Open AccessT O Ostashko, Iryna Kobuta et al.ARTICLEUkrainian society2018

    State support to agriculture is an important area of the state agrarian policy in all countries. The Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU provides for harmonization of Ukrainian legislation with the EU legislation, including in the agricultural sector. The priority of state support for small and medium-sized agricultural producers is declared in a number [...]

  • Trends of socio-economic assessments and expectations of Ukraine’s population

    Open AccessO M Balakireva, D A DmytrukARTICLEUkrainian society2018

    Based on data from a nationwide survey, an assessment is made of the socio-economic situation and social attitudes, as well as the income of the population. Authors analyse trends for indices of socio-economic assessments and expectations for different socio-demographic groups, self-asessment ot the material status

  • Assessment of the current socio-political situation in the large cities of Ukraine

    Open AccessO M Balakireva, D A DmytrukARTICLEUkrainian society2018

    Based on the data of the survey of large Ukrainian cities inhabitants, an assessment of the socio-political situation and public attitudes is presented, an estimation of the protest potential level was conducted, and the attractiveness of different forms and methods of protest activity for the population was estimated

  • Informal employment, employment discrimination and measures of human capital

    Open AccessO M Balakireva, Iryna LoktevaARTICLEUkrainian society2018

    The article presents the results of the empirical identification of individual observations of the human capital subjectivity, social exclusion in the labor market; and verifies the connection between these phenomena. The analysis is based on the results of sociological study “Social inequality: perception by Ukrainian society” conducted by the All-Ukrainian NGO “Sociological Association of Ukraine” [...]

  • The public attitudes and expectations of the Ukrainian population in the spring of 2018

    Open AccessO M Balakireva, D A DmytrukARTICLEUkrainian society2018

    Based on the data of the national survey, paper reveals a list of issues that are relevant for various socio-demographic groups of Ukrainians; suggests rating of the problems that, according to popular opinion, create a threat to the state; shows perceptions of the initiative to establish a local Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church; and demonstrates expectations [...]

  • Estimating early HIV risk among at risk adolescent girls and young women in Dnipro, Ukraine

    Open AccessMarissa Becker, O M Balakireva et al.ARTICLEUkrainian society2018

    By 2016, Ukraine had the second largest HIV epidemic in Eastern Europe and Central Asia with 280,358 people living with HIV. Interventions targeted for FSWs are a key component of HIV prevention programs as heterosexual contacts continue to gain higher epidemic significance – the proportion of the sexual way of HIV transmission has steadily increased [...]