Healing traditions and men's sexual health in Mumbai, India: The realities of practiced medicine in urban poor communities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2774-2785

  Schensul, Stephen L ^a   Mekki Berrada, Abdelwahed ^a   Nastasi, Bonnie ^b   Saggurti, Niranjan ^c   Verma, Ravi K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

^d POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

Author keywords

Culture specific intervention; HIV STI; India; Men's sexual health; Traditional healers; Urban poor communities

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE BEHAVIOR; MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; POVERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33646108575     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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