Strategies for Recruiting Steady Male Partners of Female Sex Workers for HIV Research

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 362-368

  Fleming, Paul J ^a,b   Barrington, Clare ^a,b   Perez, Martha ^c   Donastorg, Yeycy ^c   Kerrigan, Deanna ^d  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c Dirección Nacional de Control de Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual y SIDA   (Dominican Republic)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Female sex workers; Male partners; Men; Non commercial partners; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEX WORKER; SEXUALITY; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84923820371     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0894-9     Document Type: Article

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