Prevalence of Rape and Client-Initiated Gender-Based Violence Among Female Sex Workers: Kampala, Uganda, 2012

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 68-76

  Schwitters, Amee ^a   Swaminathan, Mahesh ^a   Serwadda, David ^b   Muyonga, Michael ^c   Shiraishi, Ray W ^a   Benech, Irene ^a   Mital, Sasha ^a   Bosa, Rose ^d   Lubwama, George ^b   Hladik, Wolfgang ^a  

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

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

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

Author keywords

Sex workers; Uganda; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RAPE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UGANDA; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RAPE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UGANDA; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925543559     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0957-y     Document Type: Article

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