Journal article
The effects of post-test counselling on condom use among prostitutes in The Gambia.
- Abstract:
- OBJECTIVES: To determine the effect of counselling on condom use by prostitutes. DESIGN: Cohort study. SETTING: Field-based study in The Gambia. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty-one (12 HIV-positive and 19 HIV-negative) prostitutes. INTERVENTIONS: Post-test HIV counselling. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Levels of condom use. RESULTS: Overall, counselling had no effect on condom use. CONCLUSIONS: Scarce resources should be directed towards providing condoms in bars rather than counselling.
- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- AIDS (London, England)
- Volume:
- 7
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 271-273
- Publication date:
- 1993-02-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1473-5571
- ISSN:
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0269-9370
- Source identifiers:
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484190
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- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
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- Local pid:
- pubs:484190
- Deposit date:
- 2014-09-18
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- Copyright date:
- 1993
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