Mobility and its liminal context: Exploring sexual partnering among truck drivers crossing the Southern Brazilian border

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2464-2473

  Lippman, Sheri A ^a   Pulerwitz, Julie ^b   Chinaglia, Magda ^c   Hubbard, Alan ^a   Reingold, Arthur ^a   Díaz, Juan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PATH   (United States)

^c Population Council   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Liminality; Mobility; Sexual behavior; Sexually transmitted infections (STI); Truck drivers

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MOBILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DECISION MAKING; DRIVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PERMISSIVENESS; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRAVEL; UNSAFE SEX;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36448959477     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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