Information, Motivation, and Self-Efficacy Among Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women in the State of Maharashtra, India.
J Michael WilkersonJayson Michael RhotonDennis H LiShruta Amit RawatPallav PatankarB R Simon RosserMaria EkstrandPublished in: Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education (2018)
The public health response to India's HIV epidemic is currently different than in the West due to differences in medication access and public health infrastructure. As Indian MSM and hijras learn more about the effectiveness of viral suppression and hopefully have greater access to preexposure prophylaxis, researchers should monitor for changing attitudes toward condoms and be prepared to collaborate with the public health infrastructure in order to develop interventions that reinforce positive attitudes toward condom use.