Social norms that sustain transactional sex and associations with sexual health outcomes: A mixed-methods study in the Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé, a rural-Indigenous region of Panama

Amanda Gabster; Philippe Mayaud; Mónica Jhangimal; Juan Miguel Pascale; Suzanna C. Francis; Ben Cislaghi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0304805

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Social norms that sustain transactional sex and associations with sexual health outcomes: A mixed-methods study in the Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé, a rural-Indigenous region of Panama

Amanda Gabster ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: agabster@gorgas.gob.pa

Affiliations Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panamá City, Panamá, Panamá, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Sistema Nacional de Investigación, SENACYT, Panamá City, Panamá, Panamá, Center of Population Sciences for Health Equity, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7712-0444

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Philippe Mayaud,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5730-947X

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Mónica Jhangimal,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panamá City, Panamá, Panamá
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Juan Miguel Pascale,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panamá City, Panamá, Panamá, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Panamá, Panamá City, Panamá, Panamá
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Suzanna C. Francis,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Ben Cislaghi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Social norms that sustain transactional sex and associations with sexual health outcomes: A mixed-methods study in the Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé, a rural-Indigenous region of Panama

Amanda Gabster,
Philippe Mayaud,
Mónica Jhangimal,
Juan Miguel Pascale,
Suzanna C. Francis,
Ben Cislaghi

Published: May 31, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304805

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