Investigating Australian Male Expatriate, Longer‐Term and Frequent Traveller Social Networks in Thailand to Determine Their Potential to Influence HIV and Other STI Risk Behaviour

Over the last decade, HIV infections have increased in Western Australia amongst Australian men travelling, living and working in Thailand. Using symbolic interaction as the theoretical lens, in-depth interviews, analysis of online forum posts and observational fieldwork led to a grounded theory exp...

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Main Author: Crawford, Gemma
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79886
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description Over the last decade, HIV infections have increased in Western Australia amongst Australian men travelling, living and working in Thailand. Using symbolic interaction as the theoretical lens, in-depth interviews, analysis of online forum posts and observational fieldwork led to a grounded theory explaining: 1) social network processes of male expatriates, longer-term or frequent travellers (ELoFTs); and 2) how ELoFT social networks may be harnessed for public health intervention, particularly via peer education and social influence.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-798862022-07-13T06:53:36Z Investigating Australian Male Expatriate, Longer‐Term and Frequent Traveller Social Networks in Thailand to Determine Their Potential to Influence HIV and Other STI Risk Behaviour Crawford, Gemma Over the last decade, HIV infections have increased in Western Australia amongst Australian men travelling, living and working in Thailand. Using symbolic interaction as the theoretical lens, in-depth interviews, analysis of online forum posts and observational fieldwork led to a grounded theory explaining: 1) social network processes of male expatriates, longer-term or frequent travellers (ELoFTs); and 2) how ELoFT social networks may be harnessed for public health intervention, particularly via peer education and social influence. 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79886 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Crawford, Gemma
Investigating Australian Male Expatriate, Longer‐Term and Frequent Traveller Social Networks in Thailand to Determine Their Potential to Influence HIV and Other STI Risk Behaviour
title Investigating Australian Male Expatriate, Longer‐Term and Frequent Traveller Social Networks in Thailand to Determine Their Potential to Influence HIV and Other STI Risk Behaviour
title_full Investigating Australian Male Expatriate, Longer‐Term and Frequent Traveller Social Networks in Thailand to Determine Their Potential to Influence HIV and Other STI Risk Behaviour
title_fullStr Investigating Australian Male Expatriate, Longer‐Term and Frequent Traveller Social Networks in Thailand to Determine Their Potential to Influence HIV and Other STI Risk Behaviour
title_full_unstemmed Investigating Australian Male Expatriate, Longer‐Term and Frequent Traveller Social Networks in Thailand to Determine Their Potential to Influence HIV and Other STI Risk Behaviour
title_short Investigating Australian Male Expatriate, Longer‐Term and Frequent Traveller Social Networks in Thailand to Determine Their Potential to Influence HIV and Other STI Risk Behaviour
title_sort investigating australian male expatriate, longer‐term and frequent traveller social networks in thailand to determine their potential to influence hiv and other sti risk behaviour
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79886