Primary prevention lessons learned from those with HIV in Chennai, India

Sexual Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-206

  Hendriksen, Ellen Setsuko ^a,b   Krishnan, A K Sri ^c   Vallabhaneni, Snigda ^d   Johnson, Sethu ^c   Raminani, Sudha ^b   Kumarasamy, N ^c   Solomon, Suniti ^c   Mayer, Kenneth K H ^b,d   Safren, Steven S ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; education; MSM; sex workers; sexual behaviour.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRIVER; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIV EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOTHESIS; INDIA; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MARRIED MAN; MARRIED WOMAN; PROSTITUTION; RISK REDUCTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION;

ADULT; CONDOMS; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79957450912     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH10015     Document Type: Article

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