Street workers and internet escorts: Contextual and psychosocial factors surrounding HIV risk behavior among men who engage in sex work with other men

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-66

  Mimiaga, Matthew J ^a,b   Reisner, Sari L ^a   Tinsley, Jake P ^a   Mayer, Kenneth H ^a,c   Safren, Steven A ^a,b  

^a FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Intervention development; MSM; Sex work; STI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDOM; EXCITEMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MONEY; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

CONDOMS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PROSTITUTION; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 58649120760     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-008-9316-5     Document Type: Article

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