2012

2012: Project Voices – Team Grant : CHVI Team in Social and Behavioural Research on HIV Vaccines

CHVI Team in Social and Behavioral Research on HIV Vaccines University of Toronto, Canada, in partnership with the Humsafar Trust, Mumbai, was implementing a five-year (2012 – 2017) multi-country research project titled ‘CHVI Team in Social and Behavioral Research on HIV Vaccines’. The CHVI Team in Social and Behavioral Research on HIV vaccines launches an expert interdisciplinary social science team in Canada, India and South Africa that will apply rigorous and innovative social research to accelerate the development and [...]

2012: Understanding stigma at systematic and individual level to overcome barriers to HIV related health seeking behaviour among MSM – ICRW study

2012: Male Sex workers : Protected or at risk: what are the factors influencing sexual behaviour and sexual health outcomes of men selling sex in Mumbai

Protected or at risk: What are the factors influencing sexual behaviour and sexual health outcomes of men selling sex in Mumbai The study proposes to research men who sell sex to other men (MSW) in Mumbai in exchange of cash and/or kind. This study aimed to understand the social and sexual networks of male sex workers in Mumbai, India. We used an exploratory quantitative design to assess the knowledge, attitude and sexual risk behaviour and associated HIV and STI prevalence [...]

2012: Humsafar Tracking Study : VII Wave

Knowledge Attitude Behavior and Practice (KABP) Study: (Conducted in waves every 18 months) About the project: This study is conducted by HST to understand the reach and efficacy of targeted interventions implemented by HST across its MSM projects. The KABP study is conducted in-house with all resources drawn from HST. This study aims to gauge the understanding of the MSM community with regard to condom usage, HIV/AIDS and STIs, sexuality, and outreach work on sites covered under the 5 [...]

2012 :ISHKonnect : Internet Based HIV prevention for Indian MSM in collaboration with University of Texas, University of Minnesota and Tata Institute of Social Sciences

The internet as well as mobile applications such as Grindr and Scruff rapidly emerged as tools for Indian MSM to cruise and look for sex partners posing a new challenge to India’s HIV/AIDS intervention programs. The ISHKonnect study was an internet-based study that aimed to conduct formative research to identify risk behavior associated with such cruising and help devise intervention strategies to combat vulnerability of such population to HIV/AIDS and STIs. Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health and ICMR (Grant [...]