Predictors of Condom Use Behaviors Based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) among Female Sex Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hubei Province, China

Jinzhu Zhao; Fujian Song; Shuhua Ren; Yan Wang; Liang Wang; Wei Liu; Ying Wan; Hong Xu; Tao Zhou; Tian Hu; Lydia Bazzano; Yi Sun

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049542

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Predictors of Condom Use Behaviors Based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) among Female Sex Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hubei Province, China

Jinzhu Zhao ,

* E-mail: zhaojinzhu1987@gmail.com (JZ); sunyi_shyx@163.com (YS)

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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Fujian Song,

Affiliation Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Shuhua Ren,

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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Yan Wang,

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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Liang Wang,

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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Wei Liu,

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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Ying Wan,

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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Hong Xu,

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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Tao Zhou,

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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Tian Hu,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Lydia Bazzano,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Yi Sun

* E-mail: zhaojinzhu1987@gmail.com (JZ); sunyi_shyx@163.com (YS)

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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Predictors of Condom Use Behaviors Based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) among Female Sex Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hubei Province, China

Jinzhu Zhao,
Fujian Song,
Shuhua Ren,
Yan Wang,
Liang Wang,
Wei Liu,
Ying Wan,
Hong Xu,
Tao Zhou,
Tian Hu

Published: November 20, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049542

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