Change over Time in Police Interactions and HIV Risk Behavior Among Female Sex Workers in Andhra Pradesh, India

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1108-1115

  Erausquin, Jennifer Toller ^a   Reed, Elizabeth ^b   Blankenship, Kim M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community mobilization; Female sex workers; HIV; Police; Sexual risk; Structural intervention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SAFE SEX; SEX WORKER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEX WORK; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931573760     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0926-5     Document Type: Article

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