Transactional sex amongst AIDS-orphaned and AIDS-affected adolescents predicted by abuse and extreme poverty

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 336-343

  Cluver, Lucie ^a,b   Orkin, Mark ^c   Boyes, Mark ^a   Gardner, Frances ^a   Meinck, Franziska ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

emotional abuse; family; orphan; physical abuse; sexual abuse; transactional sex

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; ORPHANED CHILD; POVERTY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSACTIONAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80054950790     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31822f0d82     Document Type: Article

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