Reported willingness and associated factors related to utilization of voluntary counseling and testing services by female sex workers in Shandong Province, China

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 466-472

  Wang, Ying ^a   Pan, Jing Bin ^a   Wang, Xiao Feng ^a   Li, Bing ^b   Henderson, Gail ^c   Emrick, Catherine Boland ^c   Sengupta, Sohini ^c   Cohen, Myron ^c  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

associated factors; female sex workers; utilization; VCT; willingness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COGNITION; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

ADULT; CHINA; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VOLITION; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951489655     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-3988(11)60009-3     Document Type: Article

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