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We conducted a one-group pre-post test participatory mapping (PM) intervention to increase HIV\/STI testing uptake with female sex professionals (FSP) in Pointe Noire, Congo.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We engaged a peer-driven sample of FSP in Pointe Noire in a 2-day PM intervention. Voluntary HIV and STI testing and treatment was offered at Time 2 (T2) (directly post-intervention) until Time 3 (T3) (8-week post intervention). To measure HIV\/STI testing changes between Time 1 (T1) (baseline, lifetime HIV\/STI testing), T2, and T3, we used a generalized estimating equation model with robust standard errors, using an unstructured correlation matrix to account for within-subject correlations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Among\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 99 participants (mean age: 25.5, standard deviation = 6.5), in analyses adjusted for age and sex work duration, there were significant increases at T2 in uptake of HIV testing (adjusted Odds Ratio [aOR] = 2.42; 95% CI = 1.31\u20134.48) and STI testing (aOR = 2.40; 95% CI = 1.27\u20134.54), as well as at T3 (HIV testing: aOR = 7.37; 95% CI = 2.82\u201319.23, STI testing: aOR = 5.88; 95% CI = 2.82\u201312.24), compared to baseline.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Findings signal the promise of community-based approaches such as participatory mapping for increasing HIV\/STI testing uptake with FSP in Pointe Noire.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/09564624251385055","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,9]],"date-time":"2025-10-09T18:07:59Z","timestamp":1760033279000},"page":"233-242","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Findings from a participatory mapping study to increase HIV and STI testing with female sex professionals in Pointe Noire, Congo"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"37","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8035-433X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carmen H.","family":"Logie","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Toronto"},{"name":"United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment, &amp; Health, Richmond Hill, Toronto, ON, Canada"},{"name":"Women\u2019s College Hospital"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1670-8949","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zerihun","family":"Admassu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Toronto"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Frannie","family":"MacKenzie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Toronto"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"David","family":"Puvaneyshwaran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Toronto"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sarah","family":"Van Borek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Toronto"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bibiche","family":"Mbende","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Union pour l\u2019Assistance aux Femmes Prostitu\u00e9es d\u2019Afrique"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Luc Magloire Anicet","family":"Boumba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universit\u00e9 Marien Ngouabi"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Laure Stella Ghoma","family":"Linguissi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institut National de Recherche en Sciences de La Sant\u00e9"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hugues","family":"Loemba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Ottawa"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_7_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/s41467-020-14593-6"},{"key":"e_1_3_7_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S2214-109X(24)00227-4"},{"key":"e_1_3_7_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","unstructured":"Laga I Niu X Rucinski K et al. 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