Health-seeking strategies and sexual health among female sex workers in urban India: Implications for research and service provision

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1791-1803

  Evans, Catrin ^a   Lambert, Helen ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compliance; Health seeking behaviour; HIV; India; Sex work; Sexual health; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INDIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREJUDICE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0030912528     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00288-2     Document Type: Article

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