Factors associated with forced sex among women accessing health services in rural Haiti: Implications for the prevention of HIV infection and other sexually transmitted diseases

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 679-689

  Smith Fawzi, M C ^a   Lambert, W ^a   Singler, J M ^a   Tanagho, Y ^a   Leandre F ^a   Nevil, P ^a   Bertrand, D ^a   Claude, M S ^a   Bertrand, J ^a   Louissaint, M ^a   Jeannis, L ^a   Mukherjee, J S ^a   Goldie, S ^b   Salazar, J J ^a   Farmer, P E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosocial research; Forced sex; Haiti; HIV prevention; STD transmission

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; RAPE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; HAITI; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 20844443806     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.06.010     Document Type: Article

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