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Sethulakshmi C. Johnson
Researcher at University of Madras
Publications - 21
Citations - 1117
Sethulakshmi C. Johnson is an academic researcher from University of Madras. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 21 publications receiving 1047 citations. Previous affiliations of Sethulakshmi C. Johnson include Johns Hopkins University.
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Intimate partner violence is as important as client violence in increasing street-based female sex workers’ vulnerability to HIV in India
Subadra Panchanadeswaran,Sethulakshmi C. Johnson,Sudha Sivaram,Aylur K. Srikrishnan,Carl A. Latkin,Margaret E. Bentley,Suniti Solomon,Vivian F. Go,David D. Celentano +8 more
TL;DR: There is an urgent need to build on sex workers' strengths and involve them in designing individual level, community, and structural interventions that could help in reducing women's vulnerability to intimate partner violence and HIV in India.
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High HIV prevalence and risk behaviors in men who have sex with men in Chennai, India.
Vivian F. Go,Aylur K. Srikrishnan,Sudha Sivaram,G. Kailapuri Murugavel,Noya Galai,Sethulakshmi C. Johnson,Teerada Sripaipan,Suniti Solomon,David D. Celentano +8 more
TL;DR: MSM in Chennai slums are at high risk for HIV, and prevention strategies aimed at changing unsafe drug and sexual practices should target the general population of men, with specific attention to areas with high rates of MSM.
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HIV/AIDS stigma: reliability and validity of a new measurement instrument in Chennai, India.
Carla E. Zelaya,Sudha Sivaram,Sethulakshmi C. Johnson,Aylur K. Srikrishnan,Suniti Solomon,David D. Celentano +5 more
TL;DR: The development and psychometric testing of an HIV/AIDS stigma scale among 200 men in India and the scale and distinct subscales suggest a valid and reliable measure for HIV/ AIDS stigma in a setting with highly prevalent HIV risk behaviors.
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Crossing the threshold: engendered definitions of socially acceptable domestic violence in Chennai, India
Vivian F. Go,Sethulakshmi C. Johnson,Margaret E. Bentley,Sudha Sivaram,Aylur K. Srikrishnan,David D. Celentano,Suniti Solomon +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the pathways by which gender norms may influence marital violence in low-income communities of Chennai, India and found that husbands hold decision-making power in economic, social, and sexual spheres.
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The relationship between drug use stigma and HIV injection risk behaviors among injection drug users in Chennai, India
Carl A. Latkin,Aylur K. Srikrishnan,Cui Yang,Sethulakshmi C. Johnson,Sunil S. Solomon,Suresh Kumar,David D. Celentano,Suniti Solomon +7 more
TL;DR: Results indicate a strong and consistent positive association between drug use stigma and HIV injection drug use risk behaviors, and suggest that future HIV prevention and harm reduction programs for injection drug users and service providers should addressdrug use stigma.