Inclusion of the female condom in a male condom-only intervention in the sex industry in China: A cross-sectional analysis of pre- and post-intervention surveys in three study sites

Public Health

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 283-292

  Liao, S ^a   Weeks, M R ^b   Wang, Y ^a   Nie, L ^a   Li, F ^a   Zhou, Y ^c   Zeng, X ^d   Jiang, J ^a   He, B ^d   Li, J ^b   Dunn, J ^b   Zhang, Q ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Guangxi Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d Hainan Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

China; Establishment based intervention; Female condom; HIV AIDS prevention; Sex workers

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONDOM USE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PROTECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CONDOMS, FEMALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA;

EID: 79958136837     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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