The role of housing in determining HIV risk among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India: Considering women's life contexts

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 710-716

  Reed, Elizabeth ^a   Gupta, Jhumka ^b   Biradavolu, Monica ^c   Devireddy, Vasavi ^c   Blankenship, Kim M ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Housing; India; Sex work; Sexual risk for HIV; Violence

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH RISK; HOUSING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PROSTITUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; VIOLENCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNSAFE SEX; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INDIA; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; UNSAFE SEX; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA;

EID: 79952007851     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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