An assessment of sex work in Swaziland: Barriers to and opportunities for HIV prevention among sex workers

Sahara J

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 44-50

  Chipamaunga, Shalote ^a   Muula, Adamson S ^b   Mataya, Ronald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Condoms; Human immune deficiency virus (HIV); Poverty; Sex work; Sexual pleasure; Swaziland

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PLEASURE; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; SWAZILAND; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PLEASURE; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWAZILAND; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 78649441524     PISSN: 17290376     EISSN: 18134424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2010.9724968     Document Type: Article

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