Employment and contextual impact of safe and unsafe sexual practices for STI and HIV: the situation in China.
Int J STD AIDS
; 11(8): 536-44, 2000 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
China's dual employment system plays a crucial role in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV-related safe and unsafe sexual practices among young Chinese people. Social and psychological determinants of safe and unsafe sexual practices for HIV infection among young people in Sichuan, China were examined. Our findings indicate that changes in China's social structure and employment system impact upon the social contextual involvement and socio-sexual practice of young Chinese people. The findings in the study suggest that the employment-related contextual involvement was a major predictor in the relationships between demography, information, and psychological risk-taking factors on one hand and the people's safe and unsafe sexual practices on the other. Self-employed people (officially called 'getihu') were more likely than the state-employed people to engage in unprotected sex with casual sexual partners. As China undergoes social restructuring and many state-employed people are laid off, the risk may also extend into the broader non-self-employed population as more state-employed people become involved not only in the self-employed getihu's socioeconomic activities but also in their unconventional socio-sexual practices. Collective vulnerability to STI and HIV, due to the current socio-sexual practices of the getihu young people, has created a new frontier for STI and HIV prevention in today's China, as well as demonstrating the importance of collective action with STI and AIDS prevention strategies within relevant social and sub-cultural contexts.
Palabras clave
Age Factors; Asia; Behavior; China; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; Eastern Asia; Economic Factors; Employment Status; Hiv Infections--prevention and control; Infections; Population; Population Characteristics; Reproductive Tract Infections; Research Methodology; Research Report; Risk Behavior--determinants; Sampling Studies; Sex Behavior--determinants; Sexually Transmitted Diseases--prevention and control; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Studies; Surveys; Viral Diseases; Youth
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Actitud Frente a la Salud
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Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual
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Infecciones por VIH
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Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud
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Sector Público
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Sector Privado
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Sexo Seguro
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Empleo
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J STD AIDS
Asunto de la revista:
SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS)
Año:
2000
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Australia