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HIV Prevalence, Risk Behavior, Knowledge, and Beliefs Among Women Seeking Care at a Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinic in Mumbai, India

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: Health Care For Women International

DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2013.770004

Authors: Nina A. Cooperman, Jayanthi S. Shastri, Aditi Shastri, Ellie Schoenbaum

Institutions: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Topiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Language: English

Topic: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Gender equality

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Fogarty International Center