Joining and leaving sex work: Experiences of women in Kigali, Rwanda

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1037-1047

  Ingabire, Marie Chantal ^a   Mitchell, Kirstin ^b   Veldhuijzen, Nienke ^c,d   Umulisa, Marie Michelle ^a   Nyinawabega, Jeanine ^a   Kestelyn, Evelyne ^a,d   van Steijn, Minouk ^c,d   van de Wijgert, Janneke ^a,c,d   Pool, Robert ^e  

^a Project Ubuzima   (Rwanda)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HIV; Kigali; Rwanda; sex work; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RWANDA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RWANDA; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84867248631     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.713120     Document Type: Article

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