"We don't really have cause to discuss these things, they don't affect us": A collaborative model for developing culturally appropriate sexual health services with the Bangladeshi community of Tower Hamlets

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 158-162

  Beck, Andrew ^a   Majumdar, A ^a   Estcourt, C ^b   Petrak, J ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VENEREOLOGY;

EID: 17144407975     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2004.012195     Document Type: Article

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