Document 0561
 DOCN  M9490561
 TI    Making sex safer for people with learning disabilities.
 DT    9411
 AU    Landman R
 SO    Nurs Times. 1994 Jul 13-19;90(28):35-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94344811
 AB    The author argues that HIV prevention work should be targeted, not
       according to outdated and prejudiced notions of 'high-risk' groups, but
       according to an analysis of those affected by a number of identifiable
       risk factors. These factors occur within populations that are
       marginalised and socially devalued. Similarities are drawn between the
       perceived sexualities of two of these population groups: gay men and
       people with learning disabilities. The construction of these
       sexualities, it is argued, pose a direct threat to people with learning
       disabilities. The implications for services are highlighted, and action
       urged in the key areas of staff training, sex education, sexual health
       service accessibility and equal opportunities. The article concludes by
       suggesting that people with learning disabilities are at risk of HIV
       infection precisely because it is perceived that they are not.
 DE    *Education of Mentally Retarded  Female  Human  HIV
       Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PREVENTION & CONTROL  HIV Seropositivity  Male
       Risk Factors  *Sex Education  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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