Foster care history and HIV infection among drug-using African American female sex workers

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 982-989

  Surratt, Hilary L ^a   Kurtz, Steven P ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foster care; HIV; Sex workers; Women

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863717005     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-0008-x     Document Type: Review

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