South Asian Institute of Health Promotion
Mapping pathways for promoting health

Units

Reproductive & Sexual Health Promotion and HIV/AIDS Prevention (RESHAPE)

Through our outreach programs and research based intervention RESHAPE helps communities to:

 

Prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections and care for those affected by them through information, education , communication and evidence based action

Facilitate people's access to quality reproductive health services and increase availability of reliable cost effective and affordable reproductive health methods

Improve the reproductive health of vulnerable population in resource-poor settings through multipronged approach

Undergoing Project

An Exploratory study of HIV related stigma from provider-patient-public perspective

Principal Investigator : Dr Sanghamitra Pati

Coordinators : Dr Meenkshi Panda, Dr Saumyakanta Das, Dr P.Kanungo, Dr Rathor , Dr Sonali Kar , Dr Sandipana Pati, Ms Nivedita Das, Dr Tapaswini Das, Mrs Mamata Satpathy, Mrs Sonalisa Panda

Completed Research Projects:

Principal Investigator: Dr Sanghamitra Pati

  • Knowledge and perceived acceptance of Microbicides among urban women in reproductive age (2008)
  • The nutrition care processes of front-line HIV care providers in Orissa, India (2008)
  • An Assessment of Comfort and Confidence among Resident Physicians of Orissa (India) towards Dealing Sexuality Issues in Clinical Practice (2007-08)
  • Reproductive Risk factors for osteoporosis ( 2007)
  • Predictors of STI Screening Behaviors among High-Risk Young Women in Orissa, India (2007)
  • Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in Medical Curriculum in Indian Context (2007)
  • Quality care of voluntary counseling and testing: clients’ experience, expectations and satisfactions in Orissa province, India (2006)
  • An epidemiological study of hot flashes among Oriya women in midlife (2005)
  • Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) in General Practice: Experience from Rural and Urban Orissa, India (2005)
  • Harm Reduction in HIV/AIDS: Promoting Safe Behavior among Alcoholics in Street and Homeless Group (2005)
  • Developing a Computer based learning program for increasing AIDS knowledge and awareness (2004)
  • Prevention of Gender based violence through adolescent skill building education (2004)
  • Capacity building of school teachers in adolescent reproductive health and sex education (2003-04)
  • Bio-psychosocial determinants of unprotected sexual risk behavior among young men in urban Orissa, India (2002)
  • Factors Leading to Unprotected Sexual Behavior among Young Female Adolescents (13-19 years) in slum locality - A cross-sectional study (2001)
  • Reproductive Behavior and its implication in Reproductive Health of Tribal women (2000)