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ArticleCulture, health & sexuality2018

HIV risks among women who are married to men who have sex with men in India: a qualitative investigation.

Cecilia Tomori, Aylur K Srikrishnan, Shruti H Mehta, Nymisha Nimmagadda, Santhanam Anand, Canjeevaram K Vasudevan, David D Celentano, Sunil S Solomon

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Article in Culture, health & sexuality, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Cecilia Tomoria Department of Epidemiology , Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , Baltimore , USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4235-1821
Aylur K Srikrishnanb Y.R. Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education , Chennai , India.
Shruti H Mehtaa Department of Epidemiology , Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , Baltimore , USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2523-0959
Nymisha Nimmagaddac Population Health Department , Lifebridge Health , Baltimore , USA.
Santhanam Anandb Y.R. Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education , Chennai , India.
Canjeevaram K Vasudevanb Y.R. Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education , Chennai , India.
David D Celentanoa Department of Epidemiology , Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , Baltimore , USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6061-8799
Sunil S Solomona Department of Epidemiology , Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , Baltimore , USA.
Johns Hopkins University · USYR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education · INLifeBridge Health · US

Funding

Vaccine Response and Immunotherapeutics SWGP30AI094189 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Richard E. Chaisson · 2012 to 2026
$67.0M
Preventing HIV Infection Among MSM in Southern IndiaR01MH089266 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI CELENTANO, DAVID D. · 2010 to 2015
$2.9M
Improving HIV testing among wives of MSM in IndiaR21MH101059 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SOLOMON, SUNIL SUHAS · 2013 to 2014
$396k
NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI094189NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH089266NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH101059
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In countries such as India, men who have same-sex partnerships may marry women due to cultural pressures regardless of their sexual desires and preferences. The wives of such men may be at risk for HIV but limited existing research addresses this issue. This qualitative study used in-depth interviews to investigate HIV-related risk among married men who have sex with men (n = 34) and women who were aware of their husband's same-sex behaviour (n = 13) from six research sites in five states and a Union Territory in India: Delhi (Delhi), Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Hyderabad (Telangana), Bengaluru (Karnataka), Chennai and Madurai (Tamil Nadu). Thematic analysis revealed that wives of men who have sex with men were at risk for HIV from their husbands' sexual practices, which are often hidden to avoid the potential consequences of stigmatisation, as well as from gender-based inequities that make husbands the primary decision-makers about sex and condom use, even when wives are aware of their husband's same-sex behaviour. Innovative interventions are needed to address HIV-related risk in couples where wives remain unaware of their husband's same-sex behaviour, and for wives who are aware but remain within these marriages.

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Sexual and Gender MinoritiesSexual BehaviorSpousesAdultCondomsDisclosureFemaleHIV InfectionsHomosexuality, MaleHumansIndiaMaleMarriageQualitative ResearchRiskHIV preventionIndiamarriagemen who have sex with menwomen

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