HIV Prevalence and Risk Behaviours Among Foreign Migrant Women Residing in Cape Town, South Africa

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2020-2029

  Townsend, Loraine ^a   Giorgio, Maggie ^b   Zembe, Yanga ^a   Cheyip, Mireille ^c   Mathews, Catherine ^a,d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Foreign migrant women; HIV surveillance; Respondent driven sampling; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84919467323     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0784-1     Document Type: Article

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