Community mobilization, empowerment and HIV prevention among female sex workers in south India

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Blanchard, Andrea K ^a   Mohan, Haranahalli Lakkappa ^b   Shahmanesh, Maryam ^c   Prakash, Ravi ^b   Isac, Shajy ^b   Ramesh, Banadakoppa Manjappa ^a,b   Bhattacharjee, Parinita ^b   Gurnani, Vandana ^d   Moses, Stephen ^a   Blanchard, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY CARE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEX WORKERS; SOCIAL CHANGE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874939094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-234     Document Type: Article

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