Young people's lives and sexual relationships in rural Africa
Subtitle: findings from a large qualitative study in Tanzania
By: Mary Louisa Plummer & Daniel Wight
Contributors: Wight, Daniel
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9780739135785; 9780739135808
Subjects: Sexual behavior; Rural youth; Intergenerational relations; HIV infections; Teenagers; Sex customs
Description: New infections with HIV remain an urgent problem among young people in Africa, but many young Africans pursue sexual relationships with little thought about the epidemic. This book examines young people's sexual relationships in a region typical of ruralsub-Saharan Africa and investigates why the risk of HIV infection generally was not a salient concern for them. It is based on an extraordinarily large and representative qualitative study that was affiliated with an adolescent sexual health intervention trial and included three person-years of participant observation conducted by young East Af.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.