The disproportionate burden of HIV and STIs among male sex workers in Mexico City and the rationale for economic incentives to reduce risks

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Galárraga, Omar ^a,b   Sosa Rubí, Sandra G ^b   Gonzalez, Andrea ^c   Badial Hernández, Florentino ^c   Conde Glez, Carlos J ^b   Juarez Figueroa, Luis ^c   Bautista Arredondo, Sergio ^b   Kuo, Caroline ^a,d   Operario, Don ^a   Mayer, Kenneth H ^a,e,f  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c Clínica Especializada Condesa Iztapalapa   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensating differential; Conditional cash transfer; Conditional economic incentives; HIV STI prevention; Male sex workers; Men who have sex with men; Mexico; Risk premium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CONDOM USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; NEIGHBORHOOD; PILOT STUDY; PROSTITUTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNSAFE SEX; VIRUS HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MOTIVATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MOTIVATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84915748832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.17.1.19218     Document Type: Article

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