HIV risk among MSM in Senegal: A qualitative rapid assessment of the impact of enforcing laws that criminalize same sex practices

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Poteat, Tonia ^a   Diouf, Daouda ^b   Drame, Fatou Maria ^c   Ndaw, Marieme ^b   Traore, Cheikh ^d   Dhaliwal, Mandeep ^d   Beyrer, Chris ^a   Baral, Stefan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ENDA SANTÉ   (Senegal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GASTON BERGER   (Senegal)

^d UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CRIMINAL LAW; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SENEGAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; ADOLESCENT; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIMINAL LAW; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SENEGAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83355170581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028760     Document Type: Article

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