AEGiS-10IAC: Modes of articulation of quantitative and qualitative methods in AIDS and sexuality research.

10th International AIDS Conference


Yokohama, Japan — Aug 7-12, 1994

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Modes of articulation of quantitative and qualitative methods in AIDS and sexuality research.

Int Conf AIDS 1994 Aug 7-12; 10:404 (abstract no. PD0796)
Agrafiotis D, Avgeridis K, Koulierakis G, Manti P, Pantzou P, Siontorou V, Tselepi C; Department of Sociology, Athens School of Public Health, Greece.

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OBJECTIVES: Between 1988-1993 in the framework of WHO/GPA programme, National Research Programme of Greece, and EC Concerted Research Action on AIDS, a series of research projects have been conducted focusing on the social perception of AIDS, cross-cultural dimensions of perceptions of AIDS-related risks, social representations of sexuality, sexual life, and cultural patterns in modern Greece. These studies have been implemented in different socio-cultural environments. B.

METHODS: Quantitative methods from sociology, social psychology and psychology (questionnaires, "classical" statistical analysis, multivariate analysis) as well as qualitative methods from psychology, social psychology, sociology and social anthropology (interviews, content analysis) have been employed. C.

RESULTS: The quantitative methods permitted the main factors which influence the AIDS-related socio-cultural phenomena to be identified, and issues of conflicts and consensus to be indicated, but they didn't permit to investigate the nature of their socio-cultural or psychological determinations. The qualitative methods permitted to analyse the line texture of AIDS related phenomena, by obtaining more precise meanings, images and differentiations. D.

CONCLUSIONS: Quantitative and qualitative methods can be combined in the area of AIDS and sexuality in complementary and mutual elucidation. Their simultaneous use demonstrates the limits of each method and technique.

Keywords: AEGIS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Sexuality, Psychology, Social, Anthropology, Cultural, Sociology, Data Collection, Greece, methods, psychology, ethnology, ICA10KWDaegis,acquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome,sexuality,psychology,social,anthropology,cultural,sociology,datacollection,greece,methods,psychology,ethnology,ica10
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