Factors associated with utilization of a free HIV VCT clinic by female sex workers in Jinan City, Northern China

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 702-710

  Wang, Ying ^a,e   Li, Bing ^b   Pan, Jingbin ^a   Sengupta, Sohini ^c   Emrick, Catherine Boland ^d   Cohen, Myron S ^c   Henderson, Gail E ^c  

^a National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b Department of STD Control   (China)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Associated factors; Ecological Perspective; FSWs; Utilization; VCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHINA; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTITUTION; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960024769     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9703-2     Document Type: Article

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