Contextual influences on condom use among men who have sex with men in India

Subjectivities, practices and risks

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15099136
AutoresVenkatesan Chakrapani (0000-0001-9998-9135, Centre for Sexuality and Health Research and Policy), Paul Boyce (0000-0003-4398-6263, University of Sussex, autor de correspondencia), P A Newman (0000-0003-0444-5915, University of Toronto), Ashok Row Kavi (The Humsafar Trust, Mumbai, India)
Año2013
Volumen15
Número8
Páginas938-951
Fecha de publicación2013-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691058.2013.798032
PMID23782243
OpenAlexW2029737638
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas21
Referencias citadas20

Quantitative studies among men who have sex with men in India have shown high levels of unprotected anal sex. However, there is little information about the contexts in which such men may not use condoms. Relevant information on these contexts can assist in designing HIV prevention programmes to remove barriers to consistent condom use. As part of a larger study on sexual and social networks, we explored the contexts in which men who have sex with men did not use condoms, with a focus on personal, interpersonal and structural levels of experience. Data indicate the importance of understanding the different contexts that lead to unprotected sex but also reveal that the concept 'context' itself as a complex variable to consider in research of this kind, as research subjects interpret their social worlds and sexual risks in subtle and varied ways. Based on this viewpoint we make recommendations regarding HIV prevention

Condom · Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Family medicine · Focus group · Geography · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Interpersonal communication · Men who have sex with men · Safer sex · Sexual behavior · Sociology · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology