Abortion services for sex workers in Uganda: successful strategies in an urban clinic

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 931-943

  Marlow, Heather M ^a   Shellenberg, Kristen ^a   Yegon, Erick ^b  

^a Research and Evaluation   (United States)

^b Research and Evaluation Ipas Africa Alliance   (Kenya)

Author keywords

abortion; reproductive health services; sex workers; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDUCED ABORTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEER GROUP; PREGNANCY; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEER GROUP; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEX WORKERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UGANDA; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905282239     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2014.922218     Document Type: Article

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