Sexual Risk Reduction among Married Women and Men in Urban India: An Anthropological Intervention

Anthropology and Public Health: Bridging Differences in Culture and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

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

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

^b International Center for Research on Women   (India)

^c WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culturally based syndromes; HIV STI prevention; India; Sexual health; Urban poor communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920641967     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195374643.003.0014     Document Type: Chapter

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