Vaishali Mahendra
Biographic Data
| ID | 2153249 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vaishali Mahendra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vaishali |
| FAMILY NAME | Mahendra |
| SIGNATURE | MAHENDRA V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Population Council |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reducing HIV-Related Stigma: Lessons Learned from Horizons Research and Programs
Since the early years of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic, stigma has been understood to be a major barrier to successful HIV prevention, care, and treatment. This article highlights findings from more than 10 studies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America—conducted from 1997 through 2007 as part of the Horizons program—that have contributed to clarifying the relationship between stigma and HIV, determining how best to measure stigma a…
Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of People Living with HIV: Challenges for Health Care Providers
A trained health service workforce is critical to ensuring good quality service delivery to people with HIV. There is only limited documented information on the challenges and constraints facing health care providers in meeting the sexual and reproductive health needs of HIV positive women and men. This paper reviews information on providers' attitudes, motivation and level of preparedness in addressing the sexual and reproductive health needs of…
Understanding and measuring Aids-related stigma in health care settings: A developing country perspective
AIDS-related stigma and discrimination remain pervasive problems in health care institutions worldwide. This paper reports on stigma-related baseline findings from a study in New Delhi, India to evaluate the impact of a stigma-reduction intervention in three large hospitals. Data were collected via in-depth interviews with hospital staff and HIV-infected patients, surveys with hospital workers (884 doctors, nurses and ward staff) and observations…
Costs and financial burden of care and support services to PLHA and households in South India
The objective of this study is to estimate the medical and non-medical out-of-pocket expenditure on care and support services to PLHA, the financial burden on households, the indirect costs and coping strategies to meet the financial burden. A structured pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect data from a cohort of 153 clients of YRG CARE, a leading Chennai based NGO, who had completed the first and third waves of interview during 2000/01 an…
Challenging and Changing Gender Attitudes among Young Men in Mumbai, India
This article presents findings from a pilot intervention in 2005–6 to promote gender equity among young men from low-income communities in Mumbai, India. The project involved formative work on gender, sexuality and masculinity, and educational activities with 126 young men, aged 18–29, over a six-month period. The programme of activities was called Yari-dosti, which is Hindi for friendship or bonding among men, and was adapted from a Brazilian in…
Challenging and Changing Gender Attitudes among Young Men in Mumbai, India
This article presents findings from a pilot intervention in 2005–6 to promote gender equity among young men from low-income communities in Mumbai, India. The project involved formative work on gender, sexuality and masculinity, and educational activities with 126 young men, aged 18–29, over a six-month period. The programme of activities was called Yari-dosti, which is Hindi for friendship or bonding among men, and was adapted from a Brazilian in…
Understanding and measuring Aids-related stigma in health care settings: A developing country perspective
AIDS-related stigma and discrimination remain pervasive problems in health care institutions worldwide. This paper reports on stigma-related baseline findings from a study in New Delhi, India to evaluate the impact of a stigma-reduction intervention in three large hospitals. Data were collected via in-depth interviews with hospital staff and HIV-infected patients, surveys with hospital workers (884 doctors, nurses and ward staff) and observations…
Costs and financial burden of care and support services to PLHA and households in South India
The objective of this study is to estimate the medical and non-medical out-of-pocket expenditure on care and support services to PLHA, the financial burden on households, the indirect costs and coping strategies to meet the financial burden. A structured pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect data from a cohort of 153 clients of YRG CARE, a leading Chennai based NGO, who had completed the first and third waves of interview during 2000/01 an…
Challenging and Changing Gender Attitudes among Young Men in Mumbai, India
This article presents findings from a pilot intervention in 2005–6 to promote gender equity among young men from low-income communities in Mumbai, India. The project involved formative work on gender, sexuality and masculinity, and educational activities with 126 young men, aged 18–29, over a six-month period. The programme of activities was called Yari-dosti, which is Hindi for friendship or bonding among men, and was adapted from a Brazilian in…
Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of People Living with HIV: Challenges for Health Care Providers
A trained health service workforce is critical to ensuring good quality service delivery to people with HIV. There is only limited documented information on the challenges and constraints facing health care providers in meeting the sexual and reproductive health needs of HIV positive women and men. This paper reviews information on providers' attitudes, motivation and level of preparedness in addressing the sexual and reproductive health needs of…
Understanding and measuring Aids-related stigma in health care settings: A developing country perspective
AIDS-related stigma and discrimination remain pervasive problems in health care institutions worldwide. This paper reports on stigma-related baseline findings from a study in New Delhi, India to evaluate the impact of a stigma-reduction intervention in three large hospitals. Data were collected via in-depth interviews with hospital staff and HIV-infected patients, surveys with hospital workers (884 doctors, nurses and ward staff) and observations…
Reducing HIV-Related Stigma: Lessons Learned from Horizons Research and Programs
Since the early years of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic, stigma has been understood to be a major barrier to successful HIV prevention, care, and treatment. This article highlights findings from more than 10 studies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America—conducted from 1997 through 2007 as part of the Horizons program—that have contributed to clarifying the relationship between stigma and HIV, determining how best to measure stigma a…
Medicine (5 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (3 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Health care (2 works)