Substance use and HIV infection awareness among HIV-infected female sex workers in Lilongwe, Malawi

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 30, Issue , 2016, Pages 124-131

  Lancaster, Kathryn E ^a,c   Go, Vivian F ^a   Lungu, Thandie ^b   Mmodzi, Pearson ^b   Hosseinipour, Mina C ^b,c   Chadwick, Katy ^d   Powers, Kimberly A ^a   Pence, Brian W ^a   Hoffman, Irving F ^b,c   Miller, William C ^a,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Theatre for a Change   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cannabis; HIV testing; Sex work; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANNABIS USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SUBSTANCE USE; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIV INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SEX WORKER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; PREVALENCE; SEX WORK; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960971110     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.02.020     Document Type: Article

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