Transactional sex among youths in post-conflict Liberia.
Transactional sex among youths in post-conflict Liberia.
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冲突后利比里亚的年轻人之间的交易性行为。
DOI：
10.3329/jhpn.v29i2.7853
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2011-04
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Sosu F
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Atwood KA;Kennedy SB;Barbu EM;Nagbe W;Seekey W;Sirleaf P;Perry O;Martin RB;Sosu F
本文介绍了利比里亚青年的性风险行为的基础上进行的五个焦点小组讨论的第六和第七年级学生（n=36）参加小学/中学在蒙罗维亚，利比里亚。重点小组讨论的目的是了解利比里亚在校青少年的性行为。焦点小组讨论是一项更大的研究的一部分，该研究旨在采用基于证据的艾滋病毒预防干预措施-做出自豪的选择！为在校青少年。讨论了冲突后局势，认为这是促成高风险性行为出现的因素，包括性交易、性暴力和不使用安全套。焦点小组的参与者经常将变性描述为发生在年轻女性和年长的、经济上更有保障的男性之间，以获得现金、食物、衣服、西方商品和学费，并且经常受到父母的鼓励和同龄人的推动。调查结果还表明，少女选择从事性交易，以获得连续的物质和消费需求。这些研究结果表明，个人的冒险行为是复杂的性经济的一部分，应考虑利用女性的能动性和控制力采取预防艾滋病毒的干预措施。
This paper presents findings on sexual risk behaviours of Liberian youths based on five focus-group discussions conducted with 6th and 7th graders (n=36) attending an elementary/middle school in Monrovia, Liberia. The purpose of the focus-group discussions was to gain an understanding of the sexual behaviours of in-school Liberian adolescents. The focus-group discussions were part of a larger study to adapt an evi-dence-based HIV-prevention intervention—Making Proud Choices!—for in-school youths. Post-conflict conditions were discussed as a contributor to the emergence of high-risk sexual behaviours, including transactional sex, sexual violence, and lack of condom-use. Transactional sex was often described by the focus-group participants as occurring between young females and older, more financially-secure males to obtain cash, food, clothing, western commodities, and school-fees and was often encouraged by parents and promoted by peers. The findings also indicate that female adolescents make choices to engage in transactional sex to gain access to a continuum of material and consumer needs. These findings suggest that individual risk-taking behaviours are nested within complex sexual economies and that HIV-prevention interventions should be considered that leverage females’ agency and control.