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SUBMITTER: Ruark A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4877271 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ruark Allison A Kennedy Caitlin E CE Mazibuko Nonhlanhla N Dlamini Lunga L Nunn Amy A Green Edward C EC Surkan Pamela J PJ
Culture, health & sexuality 20160222 7
This paper uses a life-course approach to explore the sexual partnerships and HIV-related risk of men and women in Swaziland throughout their adolescence, 20s and 30s. Twenty-eight Swazi men and women between the ages of 20 and 39 discussed their life histories in 117 in-depth interviews, with an average follow-up of nine months. Many participants described painful childhood experiences, including a lack of positive role models for couple relationships. Women's first sexual partnerships often in ...[more]