Constructing commonsense-young people's beliefs about Aids

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ID2265594
AutoresIan Warwick (0000-0001-5292-756X, At Bristol), Peter Aggleton (0000-0001-5966-4969, At Bristol), Hilary Homans, Hilary Yvonne Homans (At Bristol)
Ano1988
Volume10
Fascículo3
Páginas213-233
Data de publicação1988-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9566.1988.tb00007.x
OpenAlexW2101769042
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas19
Referências citadas20

There is growing interest amongst social researchers in enquiry related to lay beliefs about HIV infection and AIDS. Research of this kind is important not only theoretically, in that it may help us to understand more clearly the interface between professional and lay beliefs about health and illness, but also practically, in that it may lead to more effective policy interventions.This paper reports on findings from a series of in-depth interviews carried out with young people participating in local authority and voluntary sector youth provision and in youth training schemes. It identifies lay beliefs about the nature, causes and origins of AIDS amongst young people in lesbian and gay youth groups, and contrasts these with the beliefs of young people in undifferentiated forms of youth provision

Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Lesbian · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Sociology · Voluntary sector · Gender Studies · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Obesity and Health Practices · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology