Uptake of a women-only, sex-work-specific drop-in center and links with sexual and reproductive health care for sex workers

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 201-205

  Kim, Soyoun Rachel ^a   Goldenberg, Shira M ^b,c   Duff, Putu ^b   Nguyen, Paul ^b   Gibson, Kate ^d   Shannon, Kate ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d WISH Drop In Centre Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health access; Health services; Outreach services; Peer led; Reproductive health; Sex work; Sexual health; Support services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTITUTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; FOLLOW UP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX WORKER; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEX WORKERS; SOCIAL MARGINALIZATION;

EID: 84922451355     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.09.026     Document Type: Article

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