Alicja Beksinka

Biographic Data

ID7990751
NAMEAlicja Beksinka
GIVEN NAMESAlicja
FAMILY NAMEBeksinka
SIGNATUREBEKSINKA A
AFFILIATIONSLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT2
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Experiences and self-care efforts among female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya, during Covid-19

    Open AccessEmily Nyariki, Mamtuti Panneh et al.ARTICLESocial Sciences & Humanities Open2025

    Although the COVID-19 measures were aimed at the public good, they resulted in massive economic disruptions. We explored female sex workers’ (FSWs) experiences and self-care efforts following the deployment of COVID-19 containment measures in Nairobi, Kenya. Forty-seven women drawn from 1003 FSWs enrolled in the Maisha Fiti Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Study participated. An in-depth interview tool was used to capture FSW’ experiences and coping st…

  • Surviving pandemic control measures: The experiences of female sex workers during Covid-19 in Nairobi, Kenya

    Open AccessHellen Babu, Rhoda Kabuti et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2023

    At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kenya Ministry of Health instituted movement cessation measures and limits on face-to-face meetings. We explore the ways in which female sex workers (FSWs) in Nairobi were affected by the COVID-19 control measures and the ways they coped with the hardships. Forty-seven women were randomly sampled from the Maisha Fiti study, a longitudinal study of 1003 FSWs accessing sexual reproductive health servic…