Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học đề tài : India-US collaboration to prevent adolescent HIV infection: the feasibility of a family-based HIV-prevention intervention for rural Indian youth | Journal of the International AIDS Society BioMed Central Research India-US collaboration to prevent adolescent HIV infection the feasibility of a family-based HIV-prevention intervention for rural Indian youth Asha Banu Soletti 1 Vincent Guilamo-Ramos 2 Denise Burnette 2 Shilpi Sharma 1 and Alida Bouris 3 Open Access Address 1School of Social Work Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai India 2Columbia University School of Social Work New York NY USA and 3School of Social Service Administration University of Chicago USA Email Asha Banu Soletti - ashabanu@ Vincent Guilamo-Ramos - rg650@ Denise Burnette - jdb5@ Shilpi Sharma - shilpe@ Alida Bouris - abouris@ Corresponding author fEqual contributors Published 19 November 2009 Received 23 June 2009 Journal of the International AIDS Society 2009 12 35 doi 1758-2652-12-35 Accepted 19 November 2009 This article is available from http content l2 l 35 2009 Soletti et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Despite the centrality of family in Indian society relatively little is known about family-based communication concerning sexual behaviour and HIV AIDS in rural Indian families. To date very few family-based adolescent HIV-prevention interventions have been developed for rural Indian youth. This study conducted formative research with youth aged 14 to18 years and their parents in order to assess the feasibility of conducting a family-based HIV-prevention intervention for rural Indian adolescents. Methods Eight focus groups were conducted n 46 with mothers fathers adolescent females and adolescent males two focus groups were held for each of the four groups . All focus .
