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Utilisation of sexual health services by female sex workers in Nepal

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Health Services Research, April 2011
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Title
Utilisation of sexual health services by female sex workers in Nepal
Published in
BMC Health Services Research, April 2011
DOI 10.1186/1472-6963-11-79
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Authors

Laxmi Ghimire, W Cairns S Smith, Edwin R van Teijlingen

Abstract

The Nepal Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) in 2006 showed that more than half (56%) of the women with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, in Nepal sought sexual health services. There is no such data for female sex workers (FSWs) and the limited studies on this group suggest they do not even use routine health services. This study explores FSWs use of sexual health services and the factors associated with their use and non-use of services.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 1%
Nepal 1 <1%
Mali 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Nigeria 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 128 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 33 24%
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 13%
Researcher 15 11%
Student > Bachelor 12 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 7%
Other 29 21%
Unknown 21 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 45 33%
Nursing and Health Professions 21 15%
Social Sciences 21 15%
Psychology 9 7%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 1%
Other 11 8%
Unknown 27 20%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 September 2023.
All research outputs
#2,689,568
of 23,381,576 outputs
Outputs from BMC Health Services Research
#1,126
of 7,818 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#12,404
of 110,901 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Health Services Research
#7
of 45 outputs
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