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Haitian Women's Role in Sexual Decision-Making: The Gap Between AIDS Knowledge and Behavior Change

by Priscilla R. Ulin, Ph.D., FHI ; Michel Cayemittes, MD and Elisabeth Metellus, Institut Ha�tien de l'Enfance, Haiti
February 1993

Partial support for this study was provided by the AIDSTECH Division of Family Health International (FHI) with funds from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect those of FHI or USAID.

This qualitative study discusses how Haitian women's capacity to negotiate safe sex may be related less to their knowledge of the disease than to their customary role in sexual relationships.

Executive Summary

I. Background

1. Introduction

2. Research Problem and Objectives

3. The Focus Group Method

4. Research Procedures

5. Data Analysis

6. Validity of the Data

II. Presentation of Findings

1. Introduction to the Findings

2. Causes of AIDS: Knowledge of Transmission

3. Women's Beliefs about Vulnerability

4. AIDS Prevention and Women's Rights

5. Men's Perspectives on Women's Rights

6. Communicating Aids Prevention to Others

7. Summary and Discussion of Study Objectives

III. Conclusions and Recommendations

1. Implications for Intervention: Translating Research to Action

2. Implications for Planning

3. Implications for Applied Research

References

Appendices

Appendix A: Demographic Characteristics

Appendix B: Focus Group Guide