Is audio computer-assisted self-interview (ACASI) useful in risk behaviour assessment of female and male sex workers, Mombasa, Kenya?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  van der Elst, Elisabeth M ^a   Okuku, Haile Selassie ^a   Nakamya, Phellister ^a   Muhaari, Allan ^a   Davies, Alun ^a   McClelland, R Scott ^b   Price, Matthew A ^c   Smith, Adrian D ^d   Graham, Susan M ^a,b   Sanders, Eduard J ^a,d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INITIATIVE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MALE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX WORKER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE; WORKER; ADDICTION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUALITY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

ADULT; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MALE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549107286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005340     Document Type: Article

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