HIV/AIDS among Adolescents in Eastern Europe: Knowledge of HIV/AIDS, Social Representations of Risk and Sexual Activity among School Children and Homeless Adolescents in Russia, Georgia and the Ukraine

The two studies reported here focus on knowledge and representations of HIV/AIDS (study 1) plus sexual behaviour and hedonistic values (study 2) among 14–17-year-old school children and similar aged shelter children. Results indicate that shelter children are more sexually active, less knowledgeable...

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Published in:Journal of health psychology 2004-05, Vol.9 (3), p.381-396
Main Authors: Goodwin, Robin, Kozlova, Alexandra, Nizharadze, George, Polyakova, Galina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior - ethnology
Adolescent Behavior - psychology
Age Distribution
Analysis of Variance
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Eastern Europe
Female
Georgia (Republic)
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
HIV
HIV Infections - ethnology
HIV Infections - psychology
HIV Infections - transmission
Homeless young people
Homeless Youth - psychology
Homeless Youth - statistics & numerical data
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Knowledge
Male
Philosophy
Risk-Taking
Russia
Secondary schools
Sex Distribution
Sexual Behavior - ethnology
Sexual Behavior - psychology
Sexual Behavior - statistics & numerical data
Social Perception
Social representation
Students
Students - psychology
Students - statistics & numerical data
Ukraine
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Summary:The two studies reported here focus on knowledge and representations of HIV/AIDS (study 1) plus sexual behaviour and hedonistic values (study 2) among 14–17-year-old school children and similar aged shelter children. Results indicate that shelter children are more sexually active, less knowledgeable about means of HIV transmission and are more likely to hold stereotyped representations of those most at risk of infection. Russian respondents were the most sexually active, a finding which could at least be partly explained by their higher levels of hedonistic values. These findings are discussed in the context of a climate of continuing social change in this region.
ISSN:1359-1053
1461-7277
DOI:10.1177/1359105304042348