Situating HIV risk in the lives of formerly trafficked female sex workers on the Mexico-US border

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

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 459-465

  Collins, Shane P ^a   Goldenberg, Shira M ^b   Burke, Nancy J ^a   Bojorquez Chapela, Ietza ^c   Silverman, Jay G ^b   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA NORTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

HIV; Mexico border; sex trafficking; sex work; violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MEXICO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; HUMANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX OFFENSES; SEX WORKERS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; VIOLENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84875334743     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2012.720361     Document Type: Article

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