کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
954276 927636 2006 12 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Healing traditions and men's sexual health in Mumbai, India: The realities of practiced medicine in urban poor communities
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Healing traditions and men's sexual health in Mumbai, India: The realities of practiced medicine in urban poor communities
چکیده انگلیسی

Men's pre- and extra-marital sexual behavior has been identified as the primary factor in the growing HIV/STI epidemic among both males and females in India. One major barrier to reaching men has been their underutilization of public health services, which has severely limited programs geared to prevention and early case identification. A significant number of men in India have strong culturally-based sexual health concerns, much of which are derived from “semen-loss” and deficiencies in sexual performance. This paper reports on an ongoing Indo-US project that has focused on men's concerns about sexual health problems and assesses the services provided by non-allopaths in three low-income communities in Mumbai. Findings indicate that the primary health resources for these men are private, community-based non-allopaths, who identify themselves as ayurvedic, unani and homeopathic providers. The paper suggests that the combination of strong culturally-based sexual health concerns and the presence of private non-allopaths who manage these problems present a window of opportunity for intervention programs to address the challenge of HIV/STI prevention and early case identification in India.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Social Science & Medicine - Volume 62, Issue 11, June 2006, Pages 2774–2785
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