ABSTRACT
Progress has been made in the past few years in moving from individualoriented to interactional-oriented perspectives for the purpose of explaining sexual behaviour related to the risk of HIV infection. The authors in this book have contributed to this effort and have noted the importance of the relationship, social networks and cultural and contextual influences on sexual behaviour. A number of recent investigations from which the contributors to this book have drawn inspiration show that these perspectives can be used in specific research to yield useful information about sexual behaviour. It might be possible to use them even more quickly, more often, and with better results under certain conditions that will be explored in this chapter.
