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"And let me see them damn papers!" The role of STI/AIDS screening among urban African American and Puerto Rican youth in the transition to sex without a condom.
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AIDS and behavior [AIDS Behav] 2011 Oct; Vol. 15 (7), pp. 1359-71. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Common strategies employed in preventing STI/AIDS transmission among young adults in America include abstinence, monogamy and safer sex. These strategies require a high level of vigilance and responsibility and, according to inner city participants in Project PHRESH.comm, neither option is always desirable, available, or rational in the context of their lived experiences. This article reports findings from Project PHRESH.comm, a mixed-method, ethnographic study incorporating data from focus group discussions, semi-structured interviews, coital diaries, systematic cultural assessments and a structured survey designed to explore concepts of risk and decision making about condom use among at risk African American and Puerto Rican young adults aged 18-25 years in Hartford, CT. We found that many young adults from our study population rely on a strategy of using clinic-sponsored STI/AIDS screening when wanting to discontinue condom use with a partner. While our data suggest that screening is a common strategy used by many couples to transition to having sex without a condom, the data also show that most youth do not maintain monogamy even in long-term, serious relationships. Thus, sharing test results may provide a false sense of security in the sexual culture of inner city, minority youth.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Black or African American psychology
Black or African American statistics & numerical data
Connecticut
Decision Making
Female
HIV Infections diagnosis
HIV Infections prevention & control
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Hispanic or Latino psychology
Hispanic or Latino statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Mass Screening
Middle Aged
Puerto Rico ethnology
Qualitative Research
Risk-Taking
Sexually Transmitted Diseases diagnosis
Sexually Transmitted Diseases prevention & control
Urban Population
Young Adult
Condoms statistics & numerical data
HIV Infections ethnology
Sexual Behavior ethnology
Sexual Partners psychology
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ethnology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1573-3254
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- AIDS and behavior
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20844945
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-010-9811-z