"It's all about making a life": Poverty, HIV, violence, and other vulnerabilities faced by young female sex workers in Kumasi, Ghana

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages S131-S137

  Onyango, Monica Adhiambo ^a   Adu Sarkodie, Yaw ^b   Agyarko Poku, Thomas ^c   Asafo, Mabel Kissiwah ^c   Sylvester, Joy ^a   Wondergem, Peter ^d   Green, Kimberly ^e   Wambugu, Samuel ^e   Brennan, Alana T ^a   Beard, Jennifer ^a  

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

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

^c GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^d UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Harm reduction; HIV; Key populations; Qualitative methods; Young female sex workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONDOM USE; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GHANA; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOMELESSNESS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MIGRATION; PEER PRESSURE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RAPE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL EXPLOITATION; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNPROTECTED SEX; UNSAFE SEX; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HIV INFECTIONS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POVERTY; RAPE; RISK FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924518725     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000455     Document Type: Article

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