Multiple Perceptions and Practices of HIV Prevention among Northern Thai Female Factory Workers: Implications for Alternative HIV Prevention

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  • 社会 Multiple Perceptions and Practices of HIV Prevention among Northern Thai Female Factory Workers: Implications for Alternative HIV Prevention
  • シャカイ Multiple Perceptions and Practices of HIV Prevention among Northern Thai Female Factory Workers Implications for Alternative HIV Prevention

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Objective: This article examines the ideas and practices of HIV prevention amongyoung factory women in northern Thailand. In doing so, it questions the ways that those who structure HIV prevention programs have defined and approached the emergent risk of HIV infection among the factory women. The article specifically examines the ways these women interpret HIV risk and take HIV prevention measures consistent with their selfimages of gender and sexuality, feeling of trust, and the state of self-reliance in relation to their partners and men in general.<BR>Materials & Methods: Sixty factory women aged from 17 to 34 from an industrial estate in Lamphun were interviewed.<BR>Results: The results illustrate the existence of diverse and often transformative preventative methods. The way they used or intended to use particular methods depended on how they developed their self-images, trust and self-reliance and how the three thingswere correlated. Actually the state and correlation of the three were dynamic, and “ soft strategies ” paved the way for them to find a compromise between their conflicting selfimages, feelings and attitudes towards their partners and men in general.<BR>Conclusion: The study results challenge HIV prevention policy makers to develop programs that consider the factory women's various desires and difficulties as well as social and emotional needs for respect and self-esteem, and that positively integrate their knowledge and practices into mainstream AIDS education.

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