Relacionamentos, práticas sexuais e exposição ao risco de ITS e HIV: uma análise a partir de um grupo de jovens na cidade de Maputo

Abstract

The present study analyzes relationships, sexual practices and exposure to the risk of infection by STIs and HIV, among a group of young men and women. The results of the research allow us to conclude that young people are involved in three types of sexual relationships, namely saca-cena, intimate friendship and dating. In these relationships, young people alternately combine saca-cena, intimate friendship and courtship, each of which has a different set of sexual practices. Thus, in saca-cena and intimate friendship relationships, young people practice oral, vaginal and anal sex. In dating relationships, young people practice oral and vaginal sex. In these relationships, the condom after being used at an early stage during the practice of vaginal and anal sex, it is no longer used with the evolution of the relationship, this happens in a context marked by STI and HIV infection. The fact that these young people practice anal, vaginal and oral sex where they do not have an HIV test, without using condoms and having multiple sexual partners contributes to the increased exposure of these young people to the risk of STI and HIV infection . (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)