Determinants of sexual risk behavior among men who have sex with men accessing public sex environments in Chennai, India

Journal of LGBT Health Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 81-87

  Newman, P A ^a   Chakrapani, V ^b   Cook, C ^a   Shunmugam, M ^c   Kakinami, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Indian Network for People Living with HIV/AIDS   (India)

^c SocialWelfare Association for Men (SWAM)   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Condom use; HIV; India; Kothis; Men who have sex with men; Prevention; Public sex environments; Structural interventions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; INTERVIEW; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CONDOMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449726964     PISSN: 15574091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15574090902913669     Document Type: Article

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