Understanding the role of peer group membership in reducing HIV-related risk and vulnerability among female sex workers in Karnataka, India

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Bhattacharjee, Parinita ^a   Prakash, Ravi ^a   Pillai, Priya ^a   Isac, Shajy ^a   Haranahalli, Mohan ^a   Blanchard, Andrea ^b   Shahmanesh, Maryam ^c   Blanchard, James ^b   Moses, Stephen ^b  

^a KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community mobilization; female sex work; HIV risk and vulnerability; India; peer groups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CONDOM USE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PROPENSITY SCORE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SAFE SEX; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879195358     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2012.736607     Document Type: Article

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