Community mobilization and empowerment of female sex workers in karnataka state, south india: Associations with hiv and sexually transmitted infection risk

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1516-1525

  Beattie, Tara S H ^a   Mohan, Harnalli L ^b   Bhattacharjee, Parinita ^b   Chandrashekar, Sudha ^a   Isac, Shajy ^b   Wheeler, Tisha ^c   Prakash, Ravi ^b   Ramesh, Banadakoppa M ^d   Blanchard, James F ^d   Heise, Lori ^a   Vickerman, Peter ^a   Moses, Stephen ^d   Watts, Charlotte ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^c Futures Group   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904357707     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301911     Document Type: Article

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