Short-term effect of a cultural adaptation of voluntary counseling and testing among female sex workers in China: A quasi-experimental trial

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 406-419

  Li, Xiaoming ^a,e   Wang, Bo ^a   Fang, Xiaoyi ^b   Zhao, Ran ^b   Stanton, Bonita ^a   Hong, Yan ^c   Dong, Baiqing ^d   Liu, Wei ^d   Zhou, Yuejiao ^d   Liang, Shaoling ^d   Yang, Hongmei ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSTITUTION; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADULT; CHINA; CONDOMS; COUNSELING; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33750615670     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: 08999546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2006.18.5.406     Document Type: Article

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