Mental Health and Interpersonal Factors Associated with HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among Non-Institutionalized Female Injection Drug Users Who Are Also Sex Workers in China

Women and Health

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-36

  Gu, Jing ^a   Lau, Joseph T F ^b   Chen, Hongyao ^c   Chen, Xi ^d   Liu, Chuliang ^e   Liu, Jun ^e  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^c Dazhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

China; Gender; HIV; Injection drug user; Mental health; Psychological factors; Sex worker; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; CHINA; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951033300     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630241003601137     Document Type: Article

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