"I do what I have to do to survive": An investigation into the perceptions, experiences and economic considerations of women engaged in sex work in Northern Namibia

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Fitzgerald Husek, Alanna ^a   Martiniuk, Alexandra L C ^b,c,d,e   Hinchcliff, Reece ^f   Aochamus, Christine E ^g   Lee, Richard B ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g The Namibian Business Coalition on AIDS   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONDOM; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NAMIBIA; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BELIEF; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CONDOMS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NAMIBIA; PROSTITUTION; SAFE SEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961014736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-11-35     Document Type: Article

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