Profiles

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Interview 42

At the age of seventeen she contracted Chlamydia and genital herpes. After that experience she insisted on her partners using a condom. (Played by an actor)

  • Background

    She is married with a small child and works full time. Her husband also works full-time and her in-laws help to take care of their child. (Played by an actor)

  • Age at interview 22
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Interview 41

    An ex-partner told her that he found out that an ex-sexual partner of his had been diagnosed with HIV. (Played by an actor)

  • Background

    At the time of the interview she was living in shared accommodation and working and studying at the same time. (Played by an actor)

  • Age at interview 21
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Interview 39

    As a patient she knows that she has a right to confidentiality. (Played by an actor)

  • Background

    Bangladeshi woman who lives on her own. She left home at the age of fifteen and was in the care of social services. At the time of the interview she...

  • Age at interview 20
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Interview 38

    She used oral contraception as a precaution when coming off the Depo provera injection. (Played by an actor)

  • Background

    Bangladeshi woman, mother of a two-year-old child. She and her partner had a religious ceremony and she works part-time for a children’s organisation. (Played by an actor)

  • Age at interview 21
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Interview 34

    She is a volunteer in a sexual health project for young people in an inner city area. (Played by an actor)

  • Background

    Works full time in the administrative sector and lives with her parents. She describes herself as ethnically mixed and she and her boyfriend have been together for five years. (Played...

  • Age at interview 22
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Interview 28

    Says that in Scandinavia using a condom when you are a teenager is seen as something 'normal'.

  • Background

    Lives with her husband and their eight-month-old baby. After finding out she was pregnant she decided to start her university studies and says that her husband has been very supportive.

  • Age at interview 22
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Interview 01

    She does not believe in sex before marriage.

  • Background

    Black African woman who lives with her mother, brother and sisters in the inner city. She has a university degree and described herself as being brought up in a loving...

  • Age at interview 23
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Interview 21

    She has tried different brands of oral contraceptives.

  • Background

    Student who lives in shared accommodation. Says that she was brought up in a rural area where there was not much to do for young people except to have sex...

  • Age at interview 22
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Interview 18

    In her culture the coming of age of a girl is at the time of the first menstruation and it is an occasion that it is celebrated by the whole family. (Played by an actor)

  • Background

    Defines herself as a Black African woman and a full-time mother. She lives with her partner and her fifteen-month-old daughter and says she enjoys the support of parents and in-laws....

  • Age at interview 21
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Interview 17

    Says that both young men and young women are experiencing pressures when it comes to sexual performance.

  • Background

    She works full time in the education sector and is involved in the A Pause sexual education programme in an inner city area. Lives with her mother and says that...

  • Age at interview 21
  • Sex/Gender Female