Motivators and barriers to HIV testing among street-based female sex workers in St. Petersburg, Russia

Global Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 876-891

  King, Elizabeth J ^a,c   Maman, Suzanne ^a   Dudina, Victoria I ^b   Moracco, Kathryn E ^a   Bowling, J Michael ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV testing; Russia; sex workers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX WORKER; STREET BASED FEMALE SEX WORKER; ADULT; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RUSSIA; SEX WORKERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84951871026     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2015.1124905     Document Type: Article

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