Study protocol for the recruitment of female sex workers and their non-commercial partners into couple-based HIV research

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Syvertsen, Jennifer L ^a,b   Robertson, Angela M ^b   Abramovitz, Daniela ^b   Rangel, M Gudelia ^c   Martinez, Gustavo ^d   Patterson, Thomas L ^b   Ulibarri, Monica D ^b   Vera, Alicia ^b   El Bassel, Nabila ^e   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA NORTE   (Mexico)

^d Salud y Desarrollo Comunitario de Ciudad Juárez A C SADEC   (Mexico)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Couple based research; Eligibility screening; Female sex workers; Methods; Mexico; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FAMILY SIZE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEXICO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 84857136557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-136     Document Type: Article

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