Partners and clients of female sex workers in an informal urban settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-30

  Ngugi, Elizabeth ^a   Benoit, Cecilia ^b   Hallgrimsdottir, Helga ^b   Jansson, Mikael ^b   Roth, Eric Abella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

clients; female sex workers; HIV AIDS; Kenya; romantic partners

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84859132939     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.608436     Document Type: Article

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