[Influence of socio-cultural context on risk perception and negotiation of protection among poor homosexual males on the Peruvian coast].
This paper focuses on risk, conceived not as an individual action, but considering its social dimension, analyzing the various forms in the socio-cultural context related to internalized homophobia and hegemonic gender norms that allow barriers to be constructed in risk perception. Such barriers hinder negotiation and protection among homosexual men that have adopted a female gender identity, living in low-income barrios of Lima and Trujillo, Peru. Risk perception is analyzed on the socio-cultural plane, allowing one to explain the limited negotiating capacity of this population, even though they have extensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS and its consequences.
Salazar
Ximena
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Facultad de Salud Pública y Administración, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú. 16570@upch.edu.pe
Cáceres
Carlos
C
Maiorana
André
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Rosasco
Ana M
AM
Kegeles
Susan
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Coates
Thomas
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005783:Gender Identity; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D017008:Negotiating / Q000523:psychology; D010568:Peru; D011203:Poverty; D011287:Prejudice; D012309:Risk-Taking; D021841:Safe Sex / Q000523:psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D012924:Social Conditions