Examining the context of microbicide acceptability among married women and men in India

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ID15098416
AutoresElizabeth E Tolley (0000-0002-9823-3675, a Family Health International , Durham, NC, USA, autor correspondente), Eugenia Eng (b University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill, NC, USA), Rewa Kohli (c National AIDS Research Institute , Pune, India), Margaret E Bentley (0000-0002-1220-0208, b University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill, NC, USA), Sanjay Mehendale (0000-0002-2191-4034, c National AIDS Research Institute , Pune, India), Arwen Bunce (0000-0003-2243-972X, a Family Health International , Durham, NC, USA), Lawrence J Severy (a Family Health International , Durham, NC, USA)
Ano2006
Volume8
Fascículo4
Páginas351-369
Data de publicação2006-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691050600793071
PMID16846943
OpenAlexW2026692273
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas18

Married women in India are increasingly at risk of HIV, often due to their husbands' extramarital sexual behaviour. Topical microbicides may provide protection to women who are unable to negotiate condom use. During the formative phase of a study to develop measures related to microbicide acceptability, we conducted in-depth interviews with 14 'high-risk' and 16 'low-risk' married women and 15 husbands. Some participants had recently completed a 2-week microbicide safety trial. A sequence of in-depth interviews with each participant explored the context of microbicide acceptability, including perceptions of couple harmony, vulnerability to HIV, sexual power, and ability to control life events. Women's perceptions of control and sexual power influenced attitudes towards microbicide use. HIV risk was most commonly associated with partner infidelity and easily detected, according to both men and women, by a lack of marital harmony. Despite this, high-risk women denied perceiving HIV risk until confronted with specific evidence of a husband's positive HIV or STI diagnosis. This study provides an in-depth examination of HIV risk for Indian married women, identifying potential determinants of microbicide use, and providing guidance for the development of psychometric scales to measure couple harmony, HIV risk perception, and sexual power and control

Context (archaeology · Geography · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Microbicide · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Gender Studies · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Virology