“Amar te Duele” (“Love Hurts”): Sexual Relationship Power, Intimate Partner Violence, Depression Symptoms and HIV Risk Among Female Sex Workers Who Use Drugs and Their Non-commercial, Steady Partners in Mexico

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-18

  Ulibarri, Monica D ^a   Roesch, Scott ^b   Rangel, M Gudelia ^c   Staines, Hugo ^d   Amaro, Hortensia ^e   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA NORTE   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CIUDAD JUÁREZ   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Drug use; Dyadic data analysis; Female sex workers; HIV risk; Intimate partner violence; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONDOM; CRIME VICTIM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MEXICO; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRANSMISSION; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84928884346     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0772-5     Document Type: Article

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