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Social Construction of HIV Transmission and Prevention among Heterosexual Young Adults

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ID2484792
AuthorsEleanor Maticka-Tyndale (0000-0002-8608-5572, University of Calgary, corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume39
Issue3
Pages238-252
Publication date1992-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Problems (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-7791 • E-ISSN: 1533-8533
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3096960
OpenAlexW2046643631
LanguageEN
Citations received57
References cited25

The social construction of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) transmission and prevention is explored using data obtained from 25 in-depth interviews conducted with French- and English-speaking college students, aged 17-22 years old, in Montreal. The content of common sense knowledge, its relationship to scientifically based safer-sex guidelines, and the strategies used by young adults to construct their reality of Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) transmission and prevention are described. A single rule of HIV protection predominated for these young adults: protection through selection of uninfected partners. The implementation of this rule varied based on gender and sexual experience. The gender based rules and roles reflect a continuing double standard with respect to sexual activity which result in differences in men's and women's ability to protect themselves and in the content of constructed safer-sex strategies. Implications of these findings for educational policy are discussed

Condom · Construct (python library) · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Family medicine · Heterosexuality · Homosexuality · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · SAFER · Safer sex · Sexual transmission · Sociology · Telecommunications · Transmission (telecommunications) · Young adult · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Computer Science · Gender Studies · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology · Virology

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Unique citing works39
Citations per year1,78
Citation span1994 - 2020 (27)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 53
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