Tricks of the trade: Sexual health behaviors, the context of hiv risk, and potential prevention intervention strategies for male sex workers

Journal of LGBT Health Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 195-209

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

^a FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Intervention development; Men who have sex with men (MSM); Sex work; Sexually transmitted infection (STI)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LONELINESS; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PROSTITUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKILL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; EMOTIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71049174167     PISSN: 15574091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15574090903114739     Document Type: Article

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