Increasing access and ownership of clinical services at an HIV prevention project for sex workers in Mysore, India

Global Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 779-791

  Dixon, Vanessa ^a   Reza Paul, Sushena ^b   D'Souza, Fathima Mary ^c   O'Neil, John ^a   O'Brien, Nadia ^a   Lorway, Robert ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Ashodaya Samithi   (India)

Author keywords

empowerment; health care services; HIV AIDS; India; sex workers

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IDEOLOGY; INDIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84864654111     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2012.668918     Document Type: Article

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