Research Brief Series

Every year, IIPS undertakes many research studies on a number of themes related to population and health at the state and national levels using its own resources. The 'Research Brief Series' is a new initiative by the Institute to provide an opportunity to the faculty, Ph.D. scholars and visiting fellows to quickly disseminate the important findings of their research studies before they are published as a research report or in a scientific journal.

Male Sexual Concerns and Prevention of HIV/STIs: RISHTA Approach

T. V. Sekher and Stephen Schensul

To encourage male involvement in effective HIV/STI risk reduction, a research based intervention project entitled RISHTA(Research and Intervention in Sexual Health: Theory to Action and meaning ‘relationship ‘in Hindi /Urdu) was established in 2002 at IIPS. RISHTA sought to make a pioneering effort by linking male sexual health concerns (gupt rog) to HIV/STI risk reduction in three slum communities in metropolitan Mumbai.

January 2009
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