“Eyes Wide Shut” — Sexuality and risk in HIV-positive youth in Sweden: A qualitative study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-61

  Christianson, Monica ^a   Westman, Göran ^a   Johansson, Eva E ^a   Lalos, Ann ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agency; gender; HIV positive youth; public health; qualitative study; risk; sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUNDED THEORY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; LOVE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NARRATION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALITY; SWEDEN; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 33847327884     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940600812943     Document Type: Article

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