Assessing the impact of peer educator outreach on the likelihood and acceleration of clinic utilization among sex workers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Krishnamurthy, Parthasarathy ^a,b,c   Hui, Sam K ^a   Shivkumar, Narayanan ^d   Gowda, Chandrasekhar ^e   Pushpalatha, R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d Part of Catalyst Group   (India)

^e Swades Foundation   (India)

^f Swathi Mahila Sangha   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; PEER EDUCATOR OUTREACH; PROSTITUTION; HIV INFECTIONS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEER GROUP; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PEER GROUP; SEX WORK; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 84982682907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159656     Document Type: Article

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