Demographic changes and trends in risk behaviours, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in bangalore, India involved in a focused HIV preventive intervention

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 635-641

  Jayaraman, Gayatri C ^a,b   Kumar, Shiv ^d   Isac, Shajy ^b,e   Javalkar, Prakash ^b   Gowda, Pushpalatha Rama Narayana ^f   Raghunathan, N ^c   Gowda, Chandra Shekhar ^d   Bhattacharjee, Parinita ^b,e   Moses, Stephen ^b,e   Blanchard, James F ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^c Catalyst Management Services(CMS)   (India)

^d University of Manitoba ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f Swathi Mahila Sangha   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM USE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREND STUDY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; MOBILE PHONE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TRANSMISSION; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL PHONES; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SYPHILIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891876839     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051203     Document Type: Article

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