Factors influencing sexual initiation, multiple partners and condom use among male slum youth in Pune, India

Global Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 843-858

  Potdar, Rukmini ^a   Mmari, Kristin ^b  

^a Livingstone College   (United States)

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

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; India; male; risk behaviour; slum; unmarried; youth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FRIEND; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; JUVENILE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; AGE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CONDOMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857094538     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2010.516759     Document Type: Article

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