Sexual practices and attitudes of street youth in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Street Youth Study Group.
Sexual practices and attitudes of street youth in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Street Youth Study Group.
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巴西贝洛奥里藏特街头青少年的性行为和态度。
DOI：
10.1016/0277-9536(93)90105-d
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1993
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Halsey,N
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Raffaelli,M;Campos,R;Merritt,AP;Siqueira,E;Antunes,CM;Parker,R;Greco,M;Greco,D;Halsey,N
全世界的街头青少年都面临感染艾滋病毒的风险。为了制定有效的预防策略，需要了解街头青少年性活动的意义和功能的信息。本文使用来自结构化问卷、焦点小组讨论、深入访谈和实地观察的数据来描绘巴西大城市街道上生活和/或工作的 9 至 18 岁青少年的性文化。研究结果表明，这些儿童和青少年的性行为使他们面临感染性传播疾病（包括艾滋病毒/艾滋病）的风险，并强调性行为是这一人群中一种由多因素决定的根深蒂固的行为。干预措施必须考虑到这样一个事实：对于街头青少年来说，性被用作确保生存、寻求安慰、寻找快乐和处理青春期出现的心理问题的一种手段。
Street youth are at risk of HIV infection worldwide. To develop effective prevention strategies, information about the meanings and functions of sexual activity for street youth is needed. In this paper data from structured questionnaires, focus group discussions, in-depth interviews and field observations are used to build up a picture of the sexual culture of 9-to-18-year-olds living and/or working on the streets of a large Brazilian city. The findings reveal that these children and adolescents engage in sexual behavior that puts them at risk of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, and reinforce that sex is a multi-determined and entrenched behavior in this population. Interventions must take into account the fact that for street youth, sex is used as a means of insuring survival, seeking comfort, finding pleasure, and dealing with psychological issues that arise during adolescence.