“One-night stands” — risky trips between lust and trust: Qualitative interviews with Chlamydia trachomatis infected youth in north Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 44-50

  Christianson, Monica ^a   Johansson, Eva ^a   Westman, Göran ^a   Emmelin, Maria ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chlamydia Trachomatis; gender; Public health; qualitative interviews; sexual risk taking; youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COITUS; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GUILT; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTUITION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; TRUST; UTILIZATION REVIEW; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTRACEPTION; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COITUS; CONDOMS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTUITION; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STEREOTYPING; SWEDEN; TRUST;

EID: 0038386106     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940210134158     Document Type: Article

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