HIV risk behaviours and situations as perceived by Thai adolescent daughters and their mothers in Bangkok, Thailand

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19441908
AutoresAmnuayporn Rasamimari (University of Illinois Chicago, autor de correspondencia), Barbara L Dancy (University of Illinois Chicago), B Dancy (a University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing , Chicago , United States), J Smith (0000-0003-2204-1594, a University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing , Chicago , United States), Janet L Smith (0000-0002-0664-9228, University of Illinois Chicago)
Año2008
Volumen20
Número2
Páginas181-187
Fecha de publicación2008-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAIDS Care (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0954-0121 • E-ISSN: 1360-0451
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09540120701473831
PMID18293126
OpenAlexW2096974896
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas19

The proportion of Thai women infected with HIV is rising. More than 60% of the estimated 70,000 young adults from ages 15 to 24 years who are infected with HIV are females. Furthermore, the ratio of adolescent females aged 15 to 19 years who are infected with HIV is twice that of adolescent males in the same age group (Thai Ministry of Public Health, 2005). A cross-sectional descriptive study identified the specific behaviours and situations placing Thai adolescent females at risk from HIV as perceived by Thai adolescent females aged between 12 and 14 years from public middle schools in Bangkok, Thailand and their mothers. Data were obtained from a demographic questionnaire and four different focus groups (n=40); two focus groups with Thai adolescents (n=20) and two focus groups with their mothers (n=20). Content analysis suggested that the behaviours considered most likely to result in HIV infection of Thai adolescent females were having sex without protection and drug use, and the most likely situations placing them at HIV risk were pubs/bars and boyfriends' or friends' houses when there is no parental or adult supervision. The mothers and daughters reported that HIV/AIDS-prevention programmes should provide education about the causes and dangers of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS and prevention strategies. These data laid the foundation for the development of a culturally relevant HIV risk-reduction programme for Thai adolescent females

Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Family medicine · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology