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HIV/AIDS
Research findings from Federal University update understanding of HIV/AIDS
April 5th, 2008
According to recent research from Brazil, "To analyze the impact of a participatory sexual health promotion program implemented in a poor community and describe how the use of public and private spaces for sex is a factor that exacerbates vulnerability to HIV/Aids. This ethnographic study was conducted in a Rio de Janeiro shantytown in 2002." "Six thousand people live in precarious living conditions in which the lack of public policies, health posts, recreational activities, employment opportunities, and security consolidates power in criminal groups. Issues related to sexual health were addressed in addition to a participatory sexual health program implemented by a...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-04-05)
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