Intimacy revealed: Sexual experimentation and the construction of risk among young people in Mozambique

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 279-292

  Karlyn, A S ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; HIV AIDS; Mozambique; Prevention; Risk; Sexuality; Social construction; Young people

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFE SEX; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; COITUS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; NARRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 17244375722     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050412331334362     Document Type: Article

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