Sexual health of Indian immigrant men in Australia: an exploratory research on help-seeking attitudes
Vijayasarathi Ramanathan A B C , Gomathi Sitharthan A , Karen Pepper A and Kevan Wylie AA University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2141, Australia.
B SSS Centre for Sexual Health, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 041, India.
C Corresponding author. Email: vram4831@uni.sydney.edu.au
Sexual Health 10(4) 380-381 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH12199
Submitted: 26 November 2012 Accepted: 14 December 2012 Published: 26 April 2013
Abstract
The help-seeking attitudes for sexual health of Indian men living in Australia was explored. Of all survey respondents (n = 225), many preferred to seek help from medical doctors. Young (18–25 years) Indian men were three times more likely to prefer a specialist medical doctor than older men. Ethnicity and gender of the medical doctor was ‘not important’ for the majority of men. Most men preferred to seek help from their regular general practitioner.
Additional keywords: attitudes, behaviour, general practitioners, migrants.
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