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Culture, Health & Sexuality
An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care
Volume 12, 2010 - Issue 5
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Original Articles

Contextual factors influencing HIV risk behaviour in Central Asia

Pages 515-527 | Received 20 Jul 2009, Accepted 27 Jan 2010, Published online: 18 Mar 2010
 

Abstract

Central Asia has experienced a rapid increase in HIV. HIV interventions and prevention programmes are needed that adequately appreciate and account for the ways that ongoing cultural, political and economic changes in this region affect HIV risk reduction efforts. Drawing on relevant literature, this paper provides a contextual foundation to better understand the impact of context on HIV risk behaviour in the countries of Central Asia and to begin the conversation on the contextual factors of Islam and polygamy.

L'Asie Centrale connaît une extension rapide de l'épidémie de sida. Il est nécessaire que les programmes d'interventions et de prévention évaluent et prennent en compte, le plus précisément possible, l'impact des changements culturels, politiques et économiques en cours dans cette région sur les campagnes de réduction des risques. En exploitant la littérature pertinente, cet article offre une une base contextuelle à une meilleure compréhension de l'impact du contexte sur les comportements à risques de transmission du VIH dans les pays d'Asie Centrale et le début d'un dialogue en ce qui concerne les facteurs contextuels que sont l'Islam et la polygamie.

En Asia central se ha experimentado un rápido aumento del virus del sida. Son necesarios programas de intervención y prevención del VIH que aprecien y expliquen adecuadamente el modo en que los continuos cambios culturales, políticos y económicos en esta región afectan a los esfuerzos por reducir el riesgo de contagio del VIH. Basándonos en literatura relevante, en este artículo ofrecemos los cimientos contextuales para entender mejor el efecto del contexto en las conductas de riesgo para la infección por el VIH en países de Asia central y para empezar a hablar de los factores contextuales del Islam y la poligamia.

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to Dr Nabila El-Bassel and Dr Anne Brisson of the Global Health Research Center of Central Asia for their mentorship and to Warren Green of the Columbia University School of Social Work for his editorial comments. The project described was also supported by Grant Number UL1 RR024156 from the National Center for Research Resources, a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and NIH Roadmap for Medical Research and its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of NCRR or NIH. The views, opinions, and findings contained in this paper are the author's own and should not be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Global Health Research Center of Central Asia or Columbia University School of Social Work.

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