RISHTA: Reducing Alcohol Consumption to Improve ART Adherence in PLWA in India
Tags HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, International
The number of people living with HIV in India exceeds 2 million. India faces a major challenge in providing antiretroviral therapy (ART) services in the next decades to several million people who live with or will acquire HIV/AIDS.
International Initiatives to Prevent HIV/STD
Tags HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, International
This study addressed the difficulty encountered in trying to engage males in reproductive health education, sexual risk and early HIV/STD treatment in three urban communities in Mumbai, India. The project tested an intervention approach that addresses culturally- based perceptions of masculinity, vitality, sexual performance and fertility as HIV/STD risk indicators.
China/U.S. Women’s Health Project
Tags HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, International
This was a 5-year study of HIV risk and social dynamics in sex-work establishments conducted in two rural and two mid-sized urban towns in Hainan and Guanxi Provinces, China.
Alcohol, Sexual Risk, and HIV Prevention in Mumbai, India
Tags HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, International, Substance Abuse and Prevention
This three-year study investigated how alcohol may contribute to risky sexual activities that lead to HIV transmission among married and unmarried men and their sexual partners in three low income slums in the Mumbai metropolitan area.
Microbicides Acceptability Among Sex Workers in Southern China
Tags HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, International
This 3-year study examined readiness among female sex workers in Hainan and Guangxi Provinces, China, for vaginal microbicides and the female condom to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Smokeless Tobacco Project
Tags Health Disparities, International, Substance Abuse and Prevention
This 3-year study of a “slum” community in Mumbai identified outlets and available forms of smokeless tobacco and examined women’s smokeless tobacco practices in relation to their reproductive health.
Kathy Engle-Dulac
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