Female sex work within the rural immigrant latino community in the southeast united states: An exploratory qualitative community-based participatory research study

Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 417-427

  Rhodes, Scott D ^a   Tanner, Amanda ^b   Duck, Stacy ^c   Aronson, Robert E ^b   Alonzo, Jorge ^a   Garcia, Manuel ^c   Wilkin, Aimee M ^a   Cashman, Rebecca ^d   Vissman, Aaron T ^e   Miller, Cindy ^a   Kroeger, Karen ^f   Naughton, Michelle J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c Chatham Social Health Council   (United States)

^d Resources for Human Development   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health partnerships; Community based participatory research; Health disparities; Health promotion; Hiv aids; Rural population; Sexually transmitted diseases; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NORTH CAROLINA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84874435143     PISSN: 15570541     EISSN: 1557055X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cpr.2012.0054     Document Type: Article

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