title: HIV prevalence, risk behavior, knowledge, and beliefs among women seeking care at a sexually transmitted infection clinic in Mumbai, India.
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.
authors: a Division of Addiction Psychiatry , University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , New Brunswick , New Jersey , USA.
authors: Nina A
authors: NA
authors: Cooperman
authors: Jayanthi S
authors: JS
authors: Shastri
authors: Aditi
authors: A
authors: Shastri
authors: Ellie
authors: E
authors: Schoenbaum
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D011477:Sex Work; D060386:Sex Workers; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
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