Accuracy of HIV-related risk behaviors reported by female sex workers, Iran: A method to quantify measurement bias in marginalized populations

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 623-631

  Mirzazadeh, Ali ^a   Haghdoost, Ali Akbar ^b   Nedjat, Saharnaz ^c   Navadeh, Soodabeh ^a   McFarland, Willi ^d   Mohammad, Kazem ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Female sex workers; HIV; Iran; Risk behaviors; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONDOMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL MARGINALIZATION; SOCIAL STIGMA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880916910     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0285-z     Document Type: Article

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