Community-based prevention leads to an increase in condom use and a reduction in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among men who have sex with men (MSM) and female sex workers (FSW): The Frontiers Prevention Project (FPP) evaluation results

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gutierrez, Juan Pablo ^a,b   McPherson, Sam ^c   Fakoya, Ade ^c   Matheou, Alexander ^d   Bertozzi, Stefano M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

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

^c International HIV AIDS Alliance   (United Kingdom)

^d India HIV/AIDS Alliance   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; PROSTITUTION; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSTITUTION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 77955606607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-497     Document Type: Article

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