Positive impact of a large-scale HIV prevention programme among female sex workers and clients in South India

AIDS

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1449-1460

  Boily, Marie Claude ^a,h,i   Pickles, Michael ^a,b,h   Lowndes, Catherine M ^b,c,h   Ramesh, Banadakoppa M ^d,e,h   Washington, Reynold ^d,f,h   Moses, Stephen ^e,h   Deering, Kathleen N ^g,h   Mitchell, Kate M ^b,h   Reza Paul, Sushena ^e   Blanchard, James ^e,h   Vassall, Anna ^b,h   Alary, Michel ^h,i   Vickerman, Peter ^b,h  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h CHARME India Project   (India)

ⁱ LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Female sex workers; High risk groups; HIV AIDS; Impact evaluation; India; Large scale prevention programme; Targeted intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDOM USE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS;

BAYES THEOREM; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAFE SEX; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879081462     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32835fba81     Document Type: Article

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