Rethinking risk: Gender and injection drug-related HIV risk among female sex workers and their non-commercial partners along the Mexico-U.S. border

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 836-844

  Syvertsen, Jennifer L ^a,b   Robertson, Angela M ^c,d   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^b   Martinez, Gustavo ^e   Rangel, M Gudelia ^f   Wagner, Karla D ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones Privadas Ciudad Juárez ^*  (Mexico)

^f EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA NORTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Couples; Gender; HIV; Injection drug use; Mexico

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG TRAFFIC; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION; MALE; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX ROLE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VEIN INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; NEEDLE SHARING; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924041631     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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