Drug use and sexual behavior: The multiple HIV vulnerabilities of men and women who inject drugs in Kumasi, Ghana

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages S124-S130

  Messersmith, Lisa J ^a   Adjei, Rose ^b   Beard, Jennifer ^a   Agyarko Poku, Thomas ^c   Wondergem, Peter ^d   Falconer, Ariel ^a   Sabin, Lora ^a   Adu Sarkodie, Yaw ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

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

Author keywords

Condom use; Gender; Ghana; Injecting drug use; Needle syringe sharing and reuse; PWID; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDOM USE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONEY; NAMED GROUPS OF PERSONS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TRANSACTIONAL SEX; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; DRUG ABUSE; HIV INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924482690     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000445     Document Type: Article

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