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Abbravation: AIDS and Behavior

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10.1002/pds.2270

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CommunityLevel HIV/STI Interventions and Their Im

Authors: Stephen L Schensul Niranjan Saggurti Joseph A Burleson Rajendra Singh
Publish Date: 2010/06/26
Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 158-167
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This paper describes an IndoUS research and intervention project for HIV/STI prevention and sexual risk reduction in urban poor communities in Mumbai India in which formative research established the importance of reduction in alcohol use as one of the central features of the intervention As a part of formative research indepth interviews with married women and men indicated that alcohol had a direct negative effect on marital relationships violence household economics and men’s involvement in extramarital sex The project utilized diverse community intervention mechanisms over the course of a three year intervention effort Comparison of prepost intervention crosssectional samples showed a significant drop in overall use of alcohol in the study communities Analysis of a longitudinal panel sample identified subgroups of married men based on their demographic behavioral and attitudinal characteristics at baseline who stopped drinking during the intervention period Results also demonstrated that a reduction in men’s alcohol use during the intervention period was associated with a reduction in sexual risk behavior and related variablesThe data for this paper was generated as a part of the grant “Men’s sexual concerns and prevention of HIV/STI in India” RO1MH64875 SL Schensul PI 2001–2007 The authors would like to thank the RISHTA field staff for their commitment to the work of data gathering and intervention

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