Changes in risk behaviours and prevalence of sexually transmitted infections following HIV preventive interventions among female sex workers in five districts in Karnataka state, south India

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 86, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Ramesh, B M ^a,b   Beattie, Tara S H ^c   Shajy, Isac ^b   Washington, Reynold ^a,b,d   Jagannathan, Latta ^e   Reza Paul, Sushena ^a   Blanchard, James F ^a   Moses, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

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

^d ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^e Bangalore Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFE SEX; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949717501     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.038513     Document Type: Article

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