Vulnerability re-assessed: The changing face of sex work in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 378-384

  Beattie, Tara S H ^a   Bradley, Janet E ^b,c   Vanta, Uma Devi ^d   Lowndes, Catherine M ^c,e   Alary, Michel ^b,c  

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

^b CHARME India Project   (India)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Indian Institute of Health and Family Welfare   (India)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anal sex; female sex workers; HIV AIDS prevention; India; violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANILINGUS; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INDIA; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTURBATION; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNSAFE SEX; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; POLICE; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SEX EDUCATION; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84874286467     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2012.701726     Document Type: Article

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