HIV and related risk behaviors among female sex workers in Iran: Bias-adjusted estimates from the 2010 national bio-behavoral survey

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

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

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Behaviors; Bias; Female sex workers; HIV; Iran; Middle East

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; IRAN; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84892789229     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0548-3     Document Type: Article

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