Gay Men's Knowledge of HIV Transmission and ‘Safe’ Sex
A Question of Accuracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11228261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Kippax (corresponding author), June Crawford, G W Dowsett (0000-0002-0841-3964), G Bond, Gregory G Bond (0009-0002-8628-4624), Vikki Sinnott (0000-0003-0879-5197), D Baxter (0009-0005-1497-7722), Rigmor C Berg (0000-0002-6915-0993), R Berg, R Connell (0000-0001-8001-2375), R W Connell, L Watson (0000-0003-4489-3093) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 199-219 |
| Publication date | 1990-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1990.tb00884.x |
| OpenAlex | W2263130926 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 11 |
The study described in this paper is part of a project assessing the impact of the HIV epidemic on 535 men who have sex with men. These men were surveyed about their knowledge of HIV, their sexual practices, other issues concerning the transmission of HIV, and AIDS. This paper focuses on these men's beliefs about HIV transmission, their perceptions of the safety of a number of sexual and social practices, and the factors influencing these perceptions. The findings indicate, in general, that the men surveyed were moderately well informed about HIV transmission. Some twenty percent of the men were well‐informed about both ‘safe’ and ‘unsafe’ sexual practices, a small number were ill‐informed and the remainder, the majority, were well‐informed about some aspects and ill‐informed about others. The data suggest that information from the mainstream and gay press is not only differentially available but that information is processed and interpreted by the men in different ways. Variables which influence the manner in which information is interpreted are place of residence (locale), awareness of gay community posters and pamphlets, and the men's sexual practice; these are associated with cautiousness or rashness in the men's judgments of safety and risk
Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Mainstream · Perception · Political science · Project commissioning · Publishing · Residence · Sociology · Transmission (telecommunications · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Computer Science · Demography · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2019 (28) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |