"Eyes that don't see, heart that doesn't feel": Coping with sex work in intimate relationships and its implications for HIV/STI prevention

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-8

  Syvertsen, Jennifer L ^a   Robertson, Angela M ^a   Rolón, María Luisa ^a,b   Palinkas, Lawrence A ^c   Martinez, Gustavo ^d   Rangel, M Gudelia ^e   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones Privadas ^*  (Mexico)

^e EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA NORTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Communication; Coping; Couple based interventions; Emotions; HIV risk disclosure; Mexico; Sex work; Sexual risk

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; DRUG USER; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEXICO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84878240920     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.03.010     Document Type: Article

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