TY - JOUR
T1 - HIV Prevalence, Risk Behavior, Knowledge, and Beliefs Among Women Seeking Care at a Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinic in Mumbai, India
AU - Cooperman, Nina A.
AU - Shastri, Jayanthi S.
AU - Shastri, Aditi
AU - Schoenbaum, Ellie
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by the Center for AIDS Research (NIH AI-51519) and the AIDS International Training and Research Program (D43 TW001403) at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (K23DA025049). The authors thank Archana Beri and the staff of the Women’s Comprehensive Health Clinic for their help implementing this study. The authors also thank Vinyaka Prasad for his support of this study.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2014/10/3
Y1 - 2014/10/3
N2 - Three hundred women presenting to a sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinic in Mumbai, India were surveyed and HIV tested. Thirty-nine percent were HIV infected; 80% were current sex workers, and HIV infection was not significantly associated with past-year sex work. Only 44% always used condoms with their noncommercial sex partners. Most believed that condom preparation is a male responsibility (58%); that condom use is a sign that partner trust is lacking (84%); and that if a woman asks her partner to use a condom, he will lose respect for her (65%). All women at STI clinics in India need HIV testing and culturally sensitive risk interventions.
AB - Three hundred women presenting to a sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinic in Mumbai, India were surveyed and HIV tested. Thirty-nine percent were HIV infected; 80% were current sex workers, and HIV infection was not significantly associated with past-year sex work. Only 44% always used condoms with their noncommercial sex partners. Most believed that condom preparation is a male responsibility (58%); that condom use is a sign that partner trust is lacking (84%); and that if a woman asks her partner to use a condom, he will lose respect for her (65%). All women at STI clinics in India need HIV testing and culturally sensitive risk interventions.
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U2 - 10.1080/07399332.2013.770004
DO - 10.1080/07399332.2013.770004
M3 - Article
C2 - 23659311
AN - SCOPUS:84919419199
SN - 0739-9332
VL - 35
SP - 1133
EP - 1147
JO - Health Care for Women International
JF - Health Care for Women International
IS - 10
ER -