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dc.contributor.authorFileborn, B.
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Graham
dc.contributor.authorLyons, A.
dc.contributor.authorHinchliff, S.
dc.contributor.authorHeywood, W.
dc.contributor.authorMinichiello, V.
dc.contributor.authorMalta, S.
dc.contributor.authorBarrett, C.
dc.contributor.authorCrameri, P.
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-18T08:00:22Z
dc.date.available2018-05-18T08:00:22Z
dc.date.created2018-05-18T00:22:52Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationFileborn, B. and Brown, G. and Lyons, A. and Hinchliff, S. and Heywood, W. and Minichiello, V. and Malta, S. et al. 2018. Safer Sex in Later Life: Qualitative Interviews With Older Australians on Their Understandings and Practices of Safer Sex. Journal of Sex Research. 55 (2): pp. 164-177.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67963
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00224499.2017.1280121
dc.description.abstract

Rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are increasing in older cohorts in Western countries such as Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, suggesting a need to examine the safer sex knowledge and practices of older people. This article presents findings from 53 qualitative interviews from the study Sex, Age, and Me: A National Study of Sex and Relationships Among Australians Aged 60+. Participants were recruited through an online national survey. We consider how participants understood “safer sex,� the importance of safer sex to them, the safer sex practices they used (and the contexts in which they used them), and the barriers to using safer sex. Older adults had diverse understandings, knowledge, and use of safer sex practices, although participants tended to focus most strongly on condom use. Having safer sex was strongly mediated by relationship context, trust, perceived risk of contracting an STI, concern for personal health, and stigma. Common barriers to safer sex included erectile difficulties, embarrassment, stigma, reduced pleasure, and the lack of a safer sex culture among older people. The data presented have important implications for sexual health policy, practice, and education and health promotion campaigns aimed at improving the sexual health and well-being of older cohorts.

dc.publisherCommon Ground Publishing LLC
dc.titleSafer Sex in Later Life: Qualitative Interviews With Older Australians on Their Understandings and Practices of Safer Sex
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume55
dcterms.source.number2
dcterms.source.startPage164
dcterms.source.endPage177
dcterms.source.issn0022-4499
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Sex Research
curtin.departmentSchool of Public Health
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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