An Assessment of Sites Where Persons Go to Meet Sexual Partners in St. James, Jamaica, Using the PLACE Method

Abstract

Sites at which people meet new sex partners were diverse with significant opportunities for prevention. Commercial and transactional sex are features at many sites.

Male-Female Differences in Sexual Behaviors and HIV Sero Prevalence among Workers in Socializing Places: Results from PLACE Survey, Uganda

“…Likewise, they (male workers) were two times more likely to have had a new sexual partner in past 12 months than their counterparts, the female workers. Our findings on new sexual partner acquisition rates reinforce the findings from other studies that have used the PLACE method [16,17]. The current study however provides additional insights into the differences and similarities in the sexual behaviors and HIV status of male and female workers i.e.…”

Using sexual affiliation networks to describe the sexual structure of a population

“…First, we need to develop methods to gather affiliation data. An increasing number of studies are employing the PLACE methodology, [24][25][26][27][28][29] which is certainly a promising start, although further research is needed to adapt PLACE for different settings. It is important for study participants to identify individual venues, rather than lumping venues together into broad categories (such as ''beer halls'' 10 ).…”

Sexual Violence and Reproductive Health Among Youth in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

“…The PLACE method is a novel, rapid assessment methodology aimed at improving HIV/AIDS prevention programming in places transmission is most likely to occur [5]. The method uses a systematic, venue-based sampling approach [6].…”