Listening to female sex workers in Vietnam: Influences on safe-sex practices with clients and partners

Sexual Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-32

  Rosenthal, Doreen ^a   Oanh, Tran Thi Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PROSTITUTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NARRATION; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX; VIETNAM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33144475975     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH05040     Document Type: Article

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