Informal confidential voting interviewing in a sexual risk assessment of men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgenders (hijra) in Bangalore, India

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 245-250

  Phillips, Anna Elizabeth ^a   Molitor, John ^a   Boily, Marie Claude ^a   Lowndes, Catherine M ^b   Gurav, Kaveri ^c   Blanchard, James ^d   Alary, Michel ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TRANSGENDERISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878198215     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050373     Document Type: Article

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