Indicators of mobility, socio-economic vulnerabilities and HIV risk behaviours among mobile female sex workers in India

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 952-959

  Saggurti, Niranjan ^a   Jain, Anrudh K ^a   Sebastian, Mary Philip ^a   Singh, Rajendra ^b   Modugu, Hanimi Reddy ^c   Halli, Shiva S ^c   Verma, Ravi K ^b  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Condom use; FSWs; HIV; India; Mobility; Sex workers; STIs; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INDIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863717031     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-9937-7     Document Type: Article

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