Vulnerabilities, health needs and predictors of high-risk sexual behaviour among female adolescent sex workers in Kunming, China

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 237-244

  Zhang, Xu Dong ^a   Temmerman, Marleen ^a   Li, Yan ^b   Luo, Wei ^c   Luchters, Stanley ^a,d,e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Kunming Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUNK SENSATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878196297     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050690     Document Type: Article

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