The Who Concept of Sexual Health Applied to An Urban Poor Community in Mumbai, India

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ID19543701
AutoresPurnima Mehrotra (Population Council), Stephen L Schensul (0000-0002-5870-0849, UConn Health), Niranjan Saggurti (0000-0002-5267-8425, Population Council), Joseph A Burleson (UConn Health), Shubhada Maitra (0000-0002-5682-6659, Tata Institute of Social Sciences)
Ano2015
Volume27
Fascículo1
Páginas57-68
Data de publicação2015-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Sexual Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1931-7611 • E-ISSN: 1931-762X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19317611.2014.942487
OpenAlexW2058112059
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas19

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to describe a scale that operationalizes the World Health Organization concept of sexual health and to assess factors associated with scale variation. Methods: Qualitative in-depth interviews (N = 39), sexual health interviews (N = 21), and survey data (N = 1,128) for this article are drawn from an Indo-U.S. project to reduce the incidence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among poor urban married women (aged 18–49 years old) in Mumbai, India. Results: Lower sexual health status was significantly associated with gender inequity, marital violence, poorer marital relationships and physical health, and lower empowerment and social support. Conclusions: This work demonstrates the need to view sexual health in the broader context of community and family

Empowerment · Environmental health · Geography · Marital status · Political science · Population · Reproductive health · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Gerontology