Abstract

TORRES LOPEZ, Teresa Margarita  and  ARANZAZU MUNGUIA CORTES, Jazmín. HIV/AIDS cultural conceptions of youth people belong of cultural youth groups from Guadalajara, Mexico. CES Psicol [online]. 2012, vol.5, n.2, pp.119-133. ISSN 2011-3080.

The goal was to analyze the HIV/Aids cultural conceptions of youth people belong of cultural youth groups from Guadalajara, Mexico. A cultural anthropological study was done, 80 participants were selected by purposeful sampling. Free association lists and pile sorts were utilized. Consensus analysis was performed and dimensional analysis through hierarchical clusters and multidimensional scales. The youths agreed a HIV/Aids concept like an illness caused by a virus, which conducted to the dead. It was associated to sexual practices, contact with risk groups (homosexuals and prostitutes) and general population (friends, partner, children, etc.), injecting drugs consumption and infected blood. The main protection cited was de condom use in sexual intercourse.

Keywords : HIV/AIDS; Youth; Sociocultural Context; Sociocultural Factors; Collective Culture; Health Concepts; Prevention; AIDS Prevention.

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