Fig. 2.

Case Illustration of NIM for Gupt Rog. This figure depicts the NIM process in which the patient’s story guides assessment (construction), analysis and interpretation (deconstruction), and prevention and treatment (reconstruction). The goal of the narrative intervention for gupt rog is to reduce or prevent sexual risk related to STIs/HIV for married men in low-income communities of India. The patient’s gupt rog narrative, constructed with the medical practitioner, includes information about factors related to symptoms, perceived etiology, actual or expected consequences, previous treatment seeking, sense of masculinity, marital relationship, and risky lifestyle. This depiction includes information from the case illustration described in detail in the text