Sexual Behavior and Condom Use among Seasonal Dalit Migrant Laborers to India from Far West, Nepal: A Qualitative Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Bam, Kiran ^a,c   Thapa, Rajshree ^b   Newman, Marielle Sophia ^c   Bhatt, Lokesh Prasad ^d   Bhatta, Shree Krishna ^e  

^a District Health Office   (Nepal)

^b Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA) Nepal   (Nepal)

^c BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA) HAMI Project   (Nepal)

^e Far Western Regional Health Directorate   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONDOM USE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; MONOGAMY; NEPAL; PEER PRESSURE; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE MAN; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NEPAL; POVERTY; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STIGMA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883536025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074903     Document Type: Article

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