Increase in condom use and decline in prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among high-risk men who have sex with men and transgender persons in Maharashtra, India: Avahan, the India AIDS Initiative

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ramanathan, Shreena ^a   Deshpande, Sucheta ^b   Gautam, Abhishek ^a   Pardeshi, Dilip B ^b   Ramakrishnan, Lakshmi ^a   Goswami, Prabuddhagopal ^a   Adhikary, Rajatashuvra ^a   George, Bitra ^a   Paranjape, Ramesh S ^b   Mainkar, Mandar M ^b  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Avahan; Condom use; HIV; Maharashtra; MSM; STIs; Transgender

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK REDUCTION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL MARKETING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYPHILIS; TRANSGENDER; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL MARKETING; SYPHILIS; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906496142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-784     Document Type: Article

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