Sexual Health and Risk Factors: Ethnographic Contributions of Young People from Costa Rica´s Caribbean South

Sexual Health and Risk Factors: Ethnographic Contributions of Young People from Costa Rica´s Caribbean South

Authors

  • Mauricio López Ruiz Universidad de Costa Rica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22458/rr.v1i1.1129

Keywords:

Risk, reproductive and sexual health, Adolescence and youth, Costa Rica´s Caribbean South

Abstract

The article summarizes data from field notes and in-depth interviews on the subject of sexual health and risk with young people in the tourist community of Puerto Viejo -located in Costa Rica’s South Caribbean. It is argued that their views about the body, intimacy, and foreigners, are not only key to distinguishing the care they should have regarding their sexual relations, but also constitute reasons differentiated by class, gender and race. Besides, taking as example their assessment about the use of male condos, it is shown how the use of qualitative-based analysis can provide input to the traditional debate developed in the field of public health about risk factors.

Author Biography

Mauricio López Ruiz, Universidad de Costa Rica

Costarricense. Obtuvo su Doctorado en Sociología por la Universidad de Windsor, Canadá. Se desempeña como profesor de la Escuela de Sociología de la Universidad de Costa Rica, donde imparte cursos sobre sociología de la salud y análisis de políticas públicas. Además, es investigador del Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales (IIS) en esta misma universidad.

Published

2016-01-03

How to Cite

López Ruiz, Mauricio. 2016. “Sexual Health and Risk Factors: Ethnographic Contributions of Young People from Costa Rica´s Caribbean South”. Revista Rupturas 1 (1):125-46. https://doi.org/10.22458/rr.v1i1.1129.

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