Parimi Prabhakar

Biographic Data

ID7504337
NAMEParimi Prabhakar
GIVEN NAMESParimi
FAMILY NAMEPrabhakar
SIGNATUREPRABHAKAR P
AFFILIATIONSIndia HIV/AIDS Alliance
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS7
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX2

  • Knowledge and exercise of human rights, and barriers and facilitators to claiming rights

    Open AccessDeepika Ganju, Sangram Kishor Patel et al.ARTICLEBMC International Health and…2016

    BACKGROUND: HIV prevention interventions recognize the need to protect the rights of key populations and support them to claim their rights as a vulnerability reduction strategy. This study explores knowledge of human rights, and barriers and facilitators to claiming rights, among female sex workers (FSWs) and high-risk men who have sex with men (HR-MSM) who are beneficiaries of a community mobilization intervention in Andhra Pradesh, India. METH…

  • Community Collectivization and Consistent Condom Use Among Female Sex Workers in Southern India

    Open AccessShanti Vejella, Sangram Kishor Patel et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2015

    Community collectivization is an integral part of condom use and HIV risk reduction interventions among key population. This study assesses community collectivization among female sex workers (FSWs), and explores its relationship with sex workers' consistent condom use (CCU) with different partners considering the interaction effect of time and collectivization. Data were drawn from two rounds of cross-sectional surveys collected during 2010 (N1 …

  • Community collectivization and its association with consistent condom use and STI treatment-seeking behaviors among female sex workers and high-risk men who have sex with men/transgenders in Andhra Pr…

    Open AccessNiranjan Saggurti, Ram Manohar Mishra et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2013

    We examine community collectivization among female sex workers (FSWs) and high-risk men who have sex with men and transgenders (HR-MSM) following several years of HIV prevention programming with these populations, and its association with selected outcome indicators measuring individual behaviors (condom use with different partners and sexually transmitted infection [STI] treatment-seeking from government health facilities). Data for this study w…

  • An exploration of elevated HIV and STI risk among male sex workers from India

    Open AccessPrakash Narayanan, Anjana Das et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    The study showed that MSWs are at high risk for HIV acquisition/transmission, which highlights the need for intensified interventions for personalized risk-reduction counselling and STI screening. Newer biomedical interventions such as pre-exposure prophylaxis and treatment as prevention could also be considered

  • Mobilising community collectivisation among female sex workers to promote STI service utilisation from the government healthcare system in Andhra Pradesh, India

    Prabhakar Parimi, Parimi Prabhakar et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2012Cited by: 3References: 29

    BACKGROUND: To assess the association between female sex workers' (FSWs) degree of community collectivisation and self-efficacy, utilisation of sexually transmitted infection (STI) services from government-run health centres in Andhra Pradesh, India. METHODS: Cross-sectional analyses of 1986 FSWs recruited using a probability-based sampling from five districts of Andhra Pradesh during 2010-2011. Multiple logistic regression models were constructe…

  • Community advocacy groups as a means to address the social environment of female sex workers

    Open AccessSwarup Punyam, Renuka Somanatha Pullikalu et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2012Cited by: 4References: 19

    BACKGROUND: To examine the association between the presence of community advocacy groups (CAGs) and female sex workers' (FSWs) access to social entitlements and outcomes of police advocacy. METHODS: Data were used from a cross-sectional survey conducted in 2010-2011 among 1986 FSWs and 104 NGO outreach workers from five districts of Andhra Pradesh. FSWs were recruited using a probability-based sampling from 104 primary sampling units (PSUs). A PS…

  • Large-scale STI services in Avahan improve utilization and treatment seeking behaviour amongst high-risk groups in India

    Open AccessAnup Gurung, Prakash Narayanan et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    The programme demonstrated that acceptable and accessible services with marginalised and often difficult-to-reach populations can be brought to a very large scale using standardized approaches. Utilization of these services can dramatically improve health seeking behaviour and reduce STI prevalence

  • The general public's perceptions and use of antimicrobials in Trinidad and Tobago

    Open AccessNeeta Parimi, Lexley M Pinto Pereira et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2002

    In Trinidad and Tobago, inappropriate use of antimicrobials results from self-medication, over-the-counter availability at the community pharmacy, prescribing on demand, and lack of regulatory control. In order to contain antibiotic abuse, both the Drug Inspectorate of the Ministry of Health and the Pharmacy Board should exert stricter control on the dispensing of antibiotics at private pharmacies. Further, education of the general public and of …