The limits of behaviour change theory: Condom use and contexts of HIV risk in the Kolkata sex industry

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-41

  Evans, Catrin ^a   Lambert, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; HIV AIDS; India; Kolkata; Risk; Sex work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; NARRATIVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CHANGE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; CONDOMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 36549062067     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050701561393     Document Type: Article

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