Reproductive health and healthcare among sex workers in Escuintla, Guatemala

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 529-538

  Porras, Carmen ^a   Sabidó, Meritxell ^a,b   Fernández Dávila, Percy ^a   Fernández, Victor Hugo ^a   Batres, Anabela ^c   Casabona, Jordi ^a,b  

^a Fundacio SIDA i Societat   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c Primary Health Centre   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Guatemala; HIV prevention; Sex workers; Sexual health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONDOM; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; CONDOMS; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNSAFE SEX; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 46049110515     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050701861421     Document Type: Article

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