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1、GrahamHart,MaryBoulton,RayFitzpatrick,JohnMcLean,andJillDawson'Relapse'tounsafesexualbehaviouramonggaymen:acritiqueofrecentbehaviouralHIV/AIDSresearchAbstractRecentstudiesofgaymalesexualbehaviourhaveemployedaconceptnewtotheliteratureinthearea.Menwhoappearedtohaveadoptedsafers
2、exbehavioursandarenowhaving'unsafe'sexinrelationtopossibleinfectionwithHIVaredescribedashaving'relapsed'.Inthispaperwecriticallyevaluatethisconcept.Firstlyweundertakeamethodologicalcritique,lookinginsomedetailatstudieswhichhaveused'relapse'.Wethenprovideaconceptualcritique,su
3、ggestingthattheconstructionofhumansexualityimplicitintheuseofthistermisinappropriatetothestudyofsexualbehaviour.Finally,wesuggestwhyaconceptsuchasrelapseshouldappearintheliteratureontheHIV/AIDSepidemicatthistime.IntroductionDespitecriticismofgovernmentsinthedevelopedworldfora
4、lackofactionandfundingforresearchandservicesforthoseaffectedbyAIDS,mostnationalandlocalgovernmentshavedirectedspecificmoniestoAIDSresearch,servicesandtreatment.Manymedicalspecialitiessuchasepidemiology,genitourinarymedicineandthebio-medicalsciencesofvirologyandimmunologyhaveb
5、enefitedfromtheinjectionofapparently'new'resources.ForsocialscientistsinvolvedinbehaviouralstudiesofpopulationsatriskofHIVinfection-deemednecessaryforthepurposesofepidemiologicaisurveillanceandhealtheducation-therehavealsobeenresourcesavailabletoundertakelargesurveys,smallqua
6、litativestudiesandstudiesthatevaluatetheefficacyofparticularbehaviourandhealthinterventions.Asaresultamassiveamountofdatahasbeengeneratedinthedevelopedworldonhomosexualandbisexualmen,injectingdrugusersSociologyofHealth&Illnessvol.14No.21992ISSN0141-9889'Relapse'tounsafesexual
7、behaviour217and,toalesserextent,youngpeople.Fromasociologicalviewpoint,however,theproductionofsuchdatahasnotbeeninterpretedbyreferencetoanyparticulartheoreticalperspectiveorrelatedtothenowconsiderablebodyofknowledgeinthesociologyofhealthandillness.Theaimofthispaperistoattempt
8、asociologicalcritiqueofaconceptrecentlyintroducedtobehaviouralresear