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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-9
pubmed:abstractText
Formative data on the sexual behaviors of HIV-infected individuals in regions disproportionately affected by the epidemic can help generate hypotheses about sexual risk taking in HIV-infected individuals and shape interventions to prevent further transmission. India is home to the highest number of HIV-infected individuals in the world, and very little information is available about the sexual behaviors of HIV-infected Indians. The present qualitative study presents themes from individual in-depth interviews with 30 HIV-infected individuals in South India. The sample included individuals from demographic groups that may experience different risk factors (five individuals each: from men who have sex with men, sex workers, married men, married women, injection drug users, and truck drivers ormen who travel for work). Across the groups, the three most frequently discussed themes involved (a) sexual behavior change (sexual risk reduction after HIV diagnosis, sexual behavior remaining safe after initiation of ART treatment), (b) motivations to reduce risk (motivation to protect one's self against further infection, to protect others from infection), and (c) barriers to reduce risk (complexity and stigma associated with condom negotiation, perception of HIV-infected peers being less concerned about protecting others, condom use as linked to gender and sexual roles, condom use as inconvenient or unappealing). This qualitative data can be used to generate hypotheses about sexual risk taking in HIV-infected individuals in South India, to inform models of risky behaviors of HIV-infected individuals for quantitative studies, and to lay the groundwork for secondary prevention intervention efforts that enhance facilitators and reduce barriers of safer sex articulated by the interviewees.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0899-9546
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
334-45
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17685846-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:17685846-Anti-Retroviral Agents, pubmed-meshheading:17685846-Condoms, pubmed-meshheading:17685846-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17685846-HIV Infections, pubmed-meshheading:17685846-Health Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:17685846-Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, pubmed-meshheading:17685846-Homosexuality, Male, pubmed-meshheading:17685846-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17685846-India, pubmed-meshheading:17685846-Interviews as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:17685846-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17685846-Marital Status, pubmed-meshheading:17685846-Prostitution, pubmed-meshheading:17685846-Qualitative Research, pubmed-meshheading:17685846-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:17685846-Risk Reduction Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:17685846-Risk-Taking, pubmed-meshheading:17685846-Sexual Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:17685846-Substance Abuse, Intravenous, pubmed-meshheading:17685846-Survival Analysis
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Sexual behaviors of individuals with HIV living in South India: a qualitative study.
pubmed:affiliation
YRG CARE, Chennai, India.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural