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Transactional Sex among Youths in Post-conflict Liberia

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...

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Autores principales: Atwood, Katharine A., Kennedy, Stephen B., Barbu, Ernlee M., Nagbe, Wede, Seekey, Wede, Sirleaf, Prince, Perry, Oretha, Martin, Roland B., Sosu, Fred
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3126983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21608420
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author Atwood, Katharine A.
Kennedy, Stephen B.
Barbu, Ernlee M.
Nagbe, Wede
Seekey, Wede
Sirleaf, Prince
Perry, Oretha
Martin, Roland B.
Sosu, Fred
author_facet Atwood, Katharine A.
Kennedy, Stephen B.
Barbu, Ernlee M.
Nagbe, Wede
Seekey, Wede
Sirleaf, Prince
Perry, Oretha
Martin, Roland B.
Sosu, Fred
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-31269832011-08-16 Transactional Sex among Youths in Post-conflict Liberia Atwood, Katharine A. Kennedy, Stephen B. Barbu, Ernlee M. Nagbe, Wede Seekey, Wede Sirleaf, Prince Perry, Oretha Martin, Roland B. Sosu, Fred J Health Popul Nutr Original Papers 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. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh 2011-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3126983/ /pubmed/21608420 Text en © INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH, BANGLADESH http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Atwood, Katharine A.
Kennedy, Stephen B.
Barbu, Ernlee M.
Nagbe, Wede
Seekey, Wede
Sirleaf, Prince
Perry, Oretha
Martin, Roland B.
Sosu, Fred
Transactional Sex among Youths in Post-conflict Liberia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3126983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21608420
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