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TI Making sex safer for people with learning disabilities.
DT 9411
AU Landman R
SO Nurs Times. 1994 Jul 13-19;90(28):35-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/94344811
AB The author argues that HIV prevention work should be targeted, not
according to outdated and prejudiced notions of 'high-risk' groups, but
according to an analysis of those affected by a number of identifiable
risk factors. These factors occur within populations that are
marginalised and socially devalued. Similarities are drawn between the
perceived sexualities of two of these population groups: gay men and
people with learning disabilities. The construction of these
sexualities, it is argued, pose a direct threat to people with learning
disabilities. The implications for services are highlighted, and action
urged in the key areas of staff training, sex education, sexual health
service accessibility and equal opportunities. The article concludes by
suggesting that people with learning disabilities are at risk of HIV
infection precisely because it is perceived that they are not.
DE *Education of Mentally Retarded Female Human HIV
Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PREVENTION & CONTROL HIV Seropositivity Male
Risk Factors *Sex Education JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).