Motherhood and HIV risk among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India: The need to consider women's life contexts

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 543-550

  Reed, E ^a   Silverman, J G ^b   Stein, B ^a   Erausquin, J T ^c   Biradavolu, M ^d   Rosenberg, A ^e   Blankenship, K M ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's health; Female sex workers; HIV; Sexual risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENTING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880919764     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0249-3     Document Type: Article

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