Open AccessReview of qualitative studies related to safer sex among college students and adolescents
Author(s) -
Amar Kanekar,
Manoj Sharma,
Janet N. Wray
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
californian journal of health promotion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1545-8725
pISSN - 1545-8717
DOI - 10.32398/cjhp.v7i1.1324
Subject(s) - qualitative research , inclusion (mineral) , safer , human sexuality , safer sex , medical education , psychology , qualitative property , inclusion and exclusion criteria , inclusion–exclusion principle , english language , sexual behavior , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , family medicine , social psychology , mathematics education , alternative medicine , gender studies , condom , social science , sociology , computer security , law , pathology , computer science , syphilis , machine learning , political science , politics
Objective: To review various published peer-reviewed literature conducted in the arena of qualitative studies concerned with HIV related sexual practice among adolescents and college students and discuss implications for research. Data source: An extensive search of five databases was completed. The inclusion criteria for all researches consisted of all qualitative peer-reviewed research articles pertaining to adolescents and college students published in the English language since 1981. The exclusion criteria were all peer-reviewed articles related to qualitative research published in languages other than English and articles related to populations other than adolescents and college students. Data synthesis: An instrument developed by the McMaster University Occupational Therapy Evidence-Based Practice Research Group called Guidelines for Critical Review Form was used to synthesize collected articles. Results: Important findings were: support of participants for sexuality education, attitudes towards safer sex, parents support for safer sex messages in schools, and sexual risk behaviors being due to gender power differentials. Conclusions: Qualitative research methodologies enable researchers to explore how and why persons think, feel and behave as they do in sexual behaviors.