HIV prevention while the bulldozers roll: Exploring the effect of the demolition of Goa's red-light area

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 604-612

  Shahmanesh, Maryam ^a   Wayal, Sonali ^b   Andrew, Gracy ^c   Patel, Vikram ^d   Cowan, Frances M ^a   Hart, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Positive People   (India)

^c Sangath   (India)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female sex workers; Forced eviction; HIV; India; Policy; Risk

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

ARTICLE; EMPOWERMENT; ETHNOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LAW; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; POLICY; PROSTITUTION; SAFETY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STIGMA; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67949124656     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.06.020     Document Type: Article

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