Sexual Interactions and Hiv Risk - New Conceptual Perspectives in European Research

Informationen zum Autor Mitchell Cohen, Gustavo Guizzardi, Dominique Hausser, Luc Van Campenhoudt Klappentext How sexual risk is negotiated betwen partners is an area of considerable theoretical interest, with the dominant models of analysis focusing on individual decisions to engage in sexual behaviour and relying on "rational" decision-making. This work, based on the findings from work coordinated by the Centre d'Etudes Sociologiques in Brussels, offers a social critique of the theories and perspectives which have currently been brought to bear in the study of sexual risk behaviour and HIV. Leading European researchers offer a conceptual framework for analysis based on sexual interactions and their social context. The practical relevance of new perspectives on sexual behaviour in the context of HIV/AIDS prevention is also discussed. Zusammenfassung This work examines the theories and perspectives involved in the study of sexual risk behaviour and HIV. It provides a framework for analysis based on sexual interactions and their social context. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 New Conceptual Perspectives: Understanding HIV-Related Risk Behaviour; Towards an Alternative Model of Sexual Behaviour; Rationality and Preventive Norms; Ambivalence in the Social Discourse on AIDS; Social Network and Normative Tensions. Part 2 Operationalising Theories for HIV/AIDS Prevention: Social Interaction and Risk-Related Behaviour; The Rational and the Non-Rational; New Perspectives for HIV/AIDS Prevention.

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• Authors: Luc Van Etc. Cohen Campenhoudt, Mitchell Guizzardi Cohen
• Assisted by: Luc van Campenhoudt (Editor), Mitchell Cohen (Editor), Cohen Mitchell (Editor), Gustavo Guizzardi (Editor), Guizzardi Gustavo (Editor), Dominique Hausser (Editor), Hausser Dominique (Editor), Luc Van Campenhoudt (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.01.1997
• EAN: 9780748403455
• ISBN: 978-0-7484-0345-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Social Aspects of AIDS; Social Aspects of AIDS
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality, MEDICAL / AIDS & HIV, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Psychology: sexual behaviour, Sexual Behaviour, Hiv / Aids: Social Aspects, HIV / AIDS, Medicine: HIV/AIDS, retroviral diseases