Women's voices: Attitudes and behaviors of female Ghanaian sex workers regarding HIV prevention and AIDS-related stigma

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 514-519

  Raingruber, Bonnie ^a   Uwazie, Ernest ^a   Bowie, Sylvester ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GHANA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954551872     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612841003646999     Document Type: Article

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