SEX AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS: EXPERIENCES OF MALE STREET YOUTH IN MEDAN, INDONESIA
ABSTRACT: Street youth all
over the world have been identified as the group suffering most from Sexually
Transmitted Infections (STis) including HIV/AIDS. Nevertheless as they are very
difficult to reach, this group has remained an underserved population. Based on
a survey of 53 male street youth aged 15-24 years, seven open-ended interviews
and one FGD, this study aims to explore sexual lives and risk of sexually
transmitted infections including HIV infection among street youth in Medan.
These include their views and experiences of sex, pornography, condom use and
STis including HIV/AIDS. The study found that two thirds of respondents are sexually
active and the majority of them reported having had sex with prostitutes.
Openended interviews and FGD revealed that none of respondents use condom
consistently. Many of them had been infected with STis, which they cured
themselves.
Penulis: Augustina Situmorang
Kode Jurnal: jpsosiologidd060070
