Social and cultural contexts of HIV risk behaviors among Thai female sex workers in Bangkok, Thailand

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

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 613-618

  Nemoto, Tooru ^a   Iwamoto, Mariko ^a   Sakata, Maria ^a   Perngparn, Usaneya ^b   Areesantichai, Chitlada ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

cultural context; drug use; HIV risk; sex workers; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THAILAND; UNSAFE SEX; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CULTURE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; SEX WORKERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876156119     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2012.726336     Document Type: Article

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