Exposure to HIV prevention programmes associated with improved condom use and uptake of HIV testing by female sex workers in Nagaland, Northeast India

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Armstrong, Gregory ^a   Medhi, Gajendra K ^b   Kermode, Michelle ^a   Mahanta, Jagadish ^b   Goswami, Prabuddhagopal ^c   Paranjape, Rs ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE CONDOM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INDIA; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS, FEMALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEX WORKERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877942831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-476     Document Type: Article

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