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Bhattacharjee, Parinita; Campbell, Linda; Thalinja, Raghavendra; Nair, Sapna; Doddamane, Mahesh; Ramanaik, Satyanarayana; Isac, Shajy; Beattie, Tara S. – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
While traditional HIV prevention programs with female sex workers (FSWs) in Karnataka, India, have focused on reducing HIV transmission between FSWs and clients through increased condom use, these programs have not fully addressed the transmission risk between FSWs and their nonpaying intimate partners (IPs). Condom use is infrequent and violence…
Descriptors: Correlation, Females, Foreign Countries, Participatory Research
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Enea, V.; Rusu, D. M. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Introduction: This systematic literature review aims to (a) identify how the parenting stress was used in the empirical studies as an independent, outcome, moderator and mediator variable, (b) identify the predictors of parenting stress in parents of children with ASD, (c) identify how parenting stress relates with mental health, and (d) make…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Stress Variables
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Chibber, Karuna S.; Krupp, Karl; Padian, Nancy; Madhivanan, Purnima – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The prevalence of sexual violence is increasingly being studied in India. Yet the determinants of sexual violence, irrespective of physical violence, remain largely unexplored. Here the authors identify the determinants of sexual violence, and additionally, explore how the presence of physical violence modifies these determinants. A…
Descriptors: Violence, Females, Drinking, Foreign Countries
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Mahapatro, Meerambika; Gupta, R. N.; Gupta, Vinay; Kundu, A. S. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
Domestic violence can result in many negative health consequences for women's health and well-being. Studies on domestic violence illustrate that abused women in various settings had increased health problems such as injury, chronic pain, gastrointestinal, and gynecological signs including sexually transmitted diseases, depression, and…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Marital Status, Females, Pregnancy
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Nambiar, Devaki; Ramakrishnan, Vimala; Kumar, Paresh; Varma, Rajeev; Balaji, Nithya; Rajendran, Jeeva; Jhona, Loretta; Chandrasekar, Chokkalingam; Gere, David – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2011
Arts-based programs have improved HIV-related knowledge, attitudes, and behavior in general and at-risk populations. With HIV transformed into a chronic condition, this study compares patients at consecutive stages of receiving antiretroviral treatment, coinciding with exposure to a radio-and-theater-based educational program (unexposed [N = 120],…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Hospitals, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Patients
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Patterson, David – Down Syndrome Research and Practice, 2008
Folate is an important vitamin that contributes to cell division and growth and is therefore of particular importance during infancy and pregnancy. Folate deficiency has been associated with slowed growth, anaemia, weight loss, digestive disorders and some behavioural issues. Adequate folate intake around the time of conception and early pregnancy…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Investigations, Down Syndrome, Pregnancy
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Arora, Monika; Reddy, K. Srinath; Stigler, Melissa H.; Perry, Cheryl L. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2008
Objectives: To study if receptivity and exposure to tobacco marketing are correlated with tobacco use and psychosocial risk factors for tobacco use among a sample of urban Indian youth. Methods: Analysis of cross-sectional survey data from Project MYTRI, a group randomized intervention trial, in Delhi and Chennai, India, collected from sixth and…
Descriptors: Advertising, Smoking, Urban Youth, Grade 6