HIV knowledge, risk perception, and safer sex practices among female sex workers in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-61

  Bruce, Eunice ^a   Bauai, Ludwina ^b   Sapuri, Mathias ^c   Kaldor, John M ^d   Fairley, Christopher K ^a   Keogh, Louise A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Pacific Adventist University   (Papua New Guinea)

^c Pacific International Hospital   (Papua New Guinea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clients; Female sex workers; HIV knowledge; Regular sexual partners; Risk perception; Safer sex practices

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONDOM; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79952856805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJWH.S14669     Document Type: Article

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