Human rights protections and HIV prevalence among MSM who sell sex: Cross-country comparisons from a systematic review and meta-analysis

Global Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 414-425

  Oldenburg, Catherine E ^a   Perez Brumer, Amaya G ^b   Reisner, Sari L ^a,c   Mayer, Kenneth H ^a,c,d   Mimiaga, Matthew J ^a,d,e,g   Hatzenbuehler, Mark L ^b   Bärnighausen, Till ^a,f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Columbia Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; human rights; men who have sex with men; sex workers; systematic review

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BANGLADESH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EAST ASIAN; EUROPE; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; META ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC POLICY; SENEGAL; SEX WORKER; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSACTIONAL SEX; GLOBAL HEALTH; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX WORKERS;

EID: 84961216534     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2016.1149598     Document Type: Article

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