Exploring the Role of Community-Based Peer Support in Improving Access to Care and Antiretroviral Treatment for Sex Workers in Mysore, India

Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-168

  Lazarus, Lisa ^a   Reza Paul, Sushena ^b   Pasha, Akram ^c   Jairam, Seema ^c   Hafeez Ur Rahman, Syed ^c   O'Neil, John ^a   Lorway, Robert ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Ashodaya Samithi   (India)

Author keywords

access; community based organizations; HIV; India; sex work; treatment

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

INDIA; KARNATAKA;

EID: 84861971095     PISSN: 15381501     EISSN: 1538151X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15381501.2012.678132     Document Type: Article

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