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Views and experiences of young women from a migrant or refugee background regarding the contraceptive implant in Australia Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Gianna M. L. Robbers, Natalie Cousins, Yen Li Lim, Jane Estoesta, Jessica R. Botfield
Young people comprise a significant proportion of migrants and refugees in Australia. Many encounter challenges in accessing contraception information and services. This study explored the views an...
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Healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards the termination of pregnancy: a qualitative analysis of survey data in Northern Ireland Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Nóirín MacNamara, Fiona Bloomer, Leanne Morgan, Ralph Roberts
Abortion was decriminalised in Northern Ireland in October 2019. Following decriminalisation, the new regulations set out legal provision for abortion up until 12 weeks, with conditions thereafter....
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Navigating cultural and gender aspects of stigma among women living with HIV in Vietnam Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Chunqing Lin, Diep Bich Nguyen, Lynn Nguyen, Trang Thu Nguyen, Li Li, Le Minh Giang
Women living with HIV often face intersecting challenges of stigma and gender inequality. In Vietnam, this issue is potentially exacerbated by the patriarchal culture. From December 2021 to March 2...
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Girls’ experiences of cellphone porn use in South Africa and their accounts of sexual risk in the classroom Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Emmanuel Mayeza, Ndumiso Daluxolo Ngidi, Deevia Bhana, Raksha Janak
Violence remains a persistent challenge in South African schools, prompting investigations into underlying risk factors and mitigation strategies. However, an under-explored aspect of this violence...
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(In)visibilising pregnancy loss in Southern Malawi Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Bregje de Kok, Marion Chirwa Kajombo, Priscilla Matinga, Blessings Kaunda
Miscarriages, stillbirths and neonatal deaths have received limited attention in global health programmes and research, even though pregnancy loss is common, traumatic and stigmatised. This paper s...
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Migrants facing intersectional vulnerability to HIV and AIDS in Switzerland: an exploratory study Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Laura Mellini, Francesca Poglia Mileti, Marc Tadorian
An emerging body of evidence suggests that a significant number of HIV-positive migrants to Europe acquire HIV after arriving in their host country. There is an urgent need to rethink HIV and AIDS ...
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Population politics, reproductive governance and access to abortion in Turkey Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2024-02-25 Mary Lou O’Neil, Amrutha Ramaswamy, Deniz Altuntaş
Turkey currently pursues an aggressive pronatalist population politics which has created wide-reaching reproductive governance regulating reproductive health care and family planning choices. One a...
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Stepping out of secrecy: heterosexuality, quality of life, and experiences of HIV peer navigation in Australia Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Timothy Krulic, Graham Brown, Sara Graham, Anthony McCarthy, Adam Bourne
Heterosexual people make up a small, but growing proportion of people living with HIV in Australia. This article draws on semi-structured interviews with thirteen heterosexual men and women living ...
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The end point of it is abstinence: a qualitative analysis of underlying factors influencing Christian leaders’ adoption and implementation of sex and sexuality education in Bolgatanga, Ghana Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Augustina Dechegme Achigibah, Melody AmdjadFar, John K. Krugu, Robert A. C. Ruiter, Fraukje E. F. Mevissen
Adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health challenges are of global public health concern and good quality sexual and reproductive health (SRH) education has an important role to play in addressin...
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The experience of abortion for Cook Islands women: exploring the socio-cultural dimensions of abortion safety Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Kate Burry, Kristen Beek, Lisa Vallely, Heather Worth, Bridget Haire
Abortion is significantly restricted by law in most Pacific Island countries, impacting the rights, health and autonomy of people who experience pregnancy. We undertook qualitative research between...
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‘You have a lot of mirrors’: structural and socioecological factors impacting adolescent pregnancy and reproductive health in the Amazon basin, Peru, a qualitative study Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Lisa Labita Woodson, Adriana Garcia Saldivar, Heidi E. Brown, Priscilla A. Magrath, Leslie V. Farland, Magaly M. Blas, Purnima Madhivanan
Loreto, in the Peruvian Amazon, has one of the highest adolescent pregnancy rates in the country. However, underlying causes of adolescent pregnancy are not fully understood as data are limited in ...
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Between ‘block course relationships’ and abstinence: cultures of sexuality among students at Addis Ababa University Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Mulumebet Zenebe, Haldis Haukanes, Astrid Blystad
Inspired by African and other feminist scholarship on gender, sexuality and agency, this article studies narrations of norms and practices in sexual relationships between university students. A mai...
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Unintended pregnancies in the lives of young people in Luwero, Uganda: a narrative analysis Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Jenny Parkes, Simone Datzberger, Rehema Nagawa, Junior Brian Musenze, Joan Ritar Kasidi, Amiya Bhatia, Dipak Naker, Karen Devries
Using a feminist narrative approach, this article explores how unintended pregnancy can rupture young lives, and how young people respond to and navigate these ruptures. We analyse qualitative data...
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‘Parents are gudlists!’ Experiences of puberty and parent-child sexual communication in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Nompumelelo Gloria Mfeka-Nkabinde, Relebohile Moletsane, Anna Voce
This paper explores young people’s experiences of puberty and their perspectives on parent-child sexual communication in rural northern KwaZulu-Natal. In-depth individual interviews, focus group di...
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Addressing sexual health concerns in Tanzania: perceived barriers among healthcare professionals and students in the “training for health professionals” study Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Agnes F. Massae, Lucy R. Mgopa, Zobeida E. Bonilla, Inari Mohammed, B. R. Simon Rosser, Stella E. Mushy, Michael W. Ross, Dorkasi L. Mwakawanga, Ever Mkonyi, Gift G. Lukumay, James Wadley, Dickson A. Mkoka, Maria Trent
Little is known about the factors that may prevent healthcare professionals as key stakeholders from exploring sexual health issues in Tanzania. This study examined healthcare professionals’ perspe...
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Reproductive health service access and utilisation among migrant women in Dhaka’s urban slums: a qualitative study Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2024-01-27 Ishrat Jahan, Myriam Vuckovic, Selima Sara Kabir, Sabina Faiz Rashid, Jennifer Bouey
This study explores the impact of migration on the access and utilisation of sexual and reproductive health services by women living in an informal settlement in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A total of 16 in...
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The intersectional social patterning of early-COVID-era digital intimacies among transgender and gender-diverse young adults: effects on peri-pandemic sexual decision-making Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Simone J. Skeen, Demetria Cain, Kripa Mehta, Joshua A. Rusow, Keith J. Horvath, Cathy J. Reback
Interactive communications technologies facilitate identity formation and socio-sexual connection among transgender and gender-diverse young people. However, within their communities, variations in...
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Mental health and societal challenges among forced migrants of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions: health professionals’ descriptions and interpretations Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Maria Gottvall, Rogers Kissiti, Ronah Ainembabazi, Hannah Bergman, Anna Eldebo, Rummage Isaac, Sumera Yasin, Maria Jirwe, Tommy Carlsson
The aim of this study was to explore health professionals’ descriptions and interpretations of post-migration mental health and societal challenges among forced migrants with diverse sexual orienta...
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An examination of the independent and intersectional effects of racial and heterosexist medical mistrust on timing of sexual/reproductive health care visits among Black sexual minority women in the USA Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Aaliyah Gray, Celia B. Fisher
Experiences of racism and heterosexism in medical settings are social and systemic barriers to ‘on-time’ receipt of sexual and reproductive health services among women with both racial and sexual m...
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‘It would be a problem for the family’: queerness, family honour and familism in Chile Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Alejandra Ramm, Pablo Astudillo, Daniel Venegas, Consuelo Dinamarca, Viviana Salinas
Family honour, protecting and upholding the family name, is central to familism. Yet, it has been somewhat neglected by scholarship on Latin American and Latino families. Familism involves prioriti...
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‘We had that abortion together’: abortion networks and access to il/legal abortions in Turkey Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Sinem Esengen
Abortion was legalised in Turkey in 1983 with a 10-week limit, restrictions on who could provide abortions, and spousal or parental consent requirements. Currently, although abortion is legal, beca...
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A qualitative community health assessment of HIV prevention awareness in a semi-rural Latinx seasonal farm working community in South Florida Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 José F. Colón-Burgos, Patria Rojas, Vicky Vazquez, Maria Antonina Khalona, Marisabel Canedo, María C. Pinzón Iregui, Beatriz Macías Gómez-Estern, Mario De La Rosa, Mariana Sánchez, Miguel Ángel Cano, Gira J. Ravelo, Ashly Westrick, Victoria Behar-Zusman
This article explores HIV awareness and prevention in a Latinx seasonal farmworker community of south Miami-Dade County in the USA. The study took place as part of a larger community assessment tha...
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‘Keep your eyes open’: HBCU women’s peer sexual advice and the (re)production of vigilance Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Mercedez Dunn-Gallier
Discursive practices position Black women as racial, gendered, and sexual others. There remains a need to understand how Black women craft sexualities given this backdrop. This paper draws on sexua...
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The pleasure, joy and positive emotional experiences of abortion accompaniment after 17 weeks’ gestation Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Katrina Kimport, Julia McReynolds-Pérez, Chiara Bercu, Carolina Cisternas, Emily Wilkinson Salamea, Ruth Zurbriggen, Heidi Moseson
Research documents how abortion can be emotionally difficult and stigmatising, but generally has not considered whether and how involvement in abortion may be a source of positive emotions, includi...
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Peer advice for women living with HIV in the Southern USA Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Sadie B. Sommer, Julie V. Barroso, Sarah B. Bass, Marianne R. Congema, Alexander M. Schoemann, Courtney E. Caiola
Peer advice can provide emotional, social and practical assistance for the sustained self-management of chronic conditions. For stigmatised diseases such as HIV, finding support can be challenging....
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Navigating through menstrual health experiences of educated urban individuals who menstruate during the COVID-19 lockdown: a study from India Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Karan Babbar, S. S. Swathysree, Kranthi Nanduri
Literature on the challenges faced by those who menstruate to maintain menstrual health and hygiene during a crisis like COVID-19 is still developing. To address this gap, we conducted an online su...
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Survivor strategies: rebuilding intimate relationships and sexual wellbeing following sexual violence Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Pauline Oosterhoff, Saakshi Saxena, Sujith Kumar Prankumar, Peter Aggleton
Published in Culture, Health & Sexuality: An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care (Vol. 25, No. 12, 2023)
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Gender diversity and social change: transgressions, translations, transformations Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Christy E. Newman, Anthony K. J. Smith, Shannon Harvey, Elizabeth Duck-Chong
Published in Culture, Health & Sexuality: An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care (Vol. 25, No. 12, 2023)
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Asked to be a sperm donor: disclosure dilemmas of gay men living with HIV Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Robert Pralat, Jane Anderson, Fiona Burns, Tristan J. Barber
Previous research has documented the various challenges people living with HIV face as they navigate intimate relationships, including what is often referred to as disclosure. In studies of gay, bi...
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights decision-making among Australian migrant and refugee youth: a group concept mapping study Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Sharanya Napier-Raman, Syeda Zakia Hossain, Elias Mpofu, Mi-Joung Lee, Pranee Liamputtong, Tinashe Dune
Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is a human right. Young people, particularly from marginalised groups such as migrant and refugees, are vulnerable to compromised sexual and reproductive health...
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Developing critical HIV health literacy: insights from interviews with priority migrant communities in Queensland, Australia Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Satrio Nindyo Istiko, Simeon Remata, Aimable Ndayizeye, Miguel Eduardo Valencia Moreno, Vanessa Kirunda, Olivia Hollingdrake, Richard Osborne, Jenny Zhengye Hou, Bridget Abell, Amy B. Mullens, Zhihong Gu, Joseph Debattista, Daniel Vujcich, Roanna Lobo, Gianna Parma, Chris Howard, Jo Durham
In Australia, surveillance data establish that there are higher rates of late HIV diagnoses among heterosexual migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa and new HIV diagnoses among gay and bisexual men (GBM...
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Reconciling intimacy and safety: a qualitative systematic review of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis implementation among gay and bisexual men Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 Tien Ee Dominic Yeo
This review synthesises qualitative research on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake by sexual minority men to provide an overarching conceptualisation of the implementation processes involved. T...
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Social connectedness and supported self-management of early medication abortion in the UK: experiences from the COVID-19 pandemic and learning for the future Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Lesley Hoggart, Carrie Purcell, Fiona Bloomer, Victoria Newton, Ayomide Oluseye
Medication abortion has been established globally as safe and effective. This modality has increased accessibility and the opportunity to centre individual autonomy at the heart of abortion care, b...
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Men who have sex with men experience low anxiety and few barriers to performing anal self or companion examinations: a qualitative study of the Prevent Anal Cancer Palpation Study Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Rey A. Flores, J. Michael Wilkerson, Andrew Travis, Ellen Almirol, DeJuan Washington, Lou Weaver, Cameron Liebert, Elizabeth Chiao, Aniruddha Hazra, Alan G. Nyitray
While rare in the larger population, anal cancer incidence is significantly higher in groups such as sexual minority men and people living with HIV. This qualitative analysis examined participants’...
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Sex on screens: the language of sexting and amateur pornography Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Alexandra James, Andrea Waling, Gary W. Dowsett, Jennifer Power
Frequently referred to as ‘sexting’ or ‘amateur pornography’, digital sexual images and videos form an increasingly common part of adult sexual relationships. However, the vocabulary available to s...
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Fertility intentions and family size among married men in Khartoum, Sudan Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Dina Badri, Anja Krumeich, H. W. van den Borne
Numerous factors contribute to high fertility within a specific context some of which are related to women’s fertility practices. What has been less frequently examined, however, is how men’s prefe...
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Experience of menstruation with the use of reusable menstrual products: a qualitative study among menstruators in Israel Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-10-02 Anna Kubovski, Sara Cohen Shabot
Menstruation is an embodied experience that influences menstruators’ perceptions of the self and body. The stigma surrounding menstruation and its negative representation in popular culture has con...
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Sexual and reproductive health literacy of culturally and linguistically diverse young people in Australia: a systematic review Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Alison Lirios, Amy B. Mullens, Kirstie Daken, Claire Moran, Zhihong Gu, Yibeltal Assefa, Judith A. Dean
Young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds experience barriers accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and care. This systematic review, utilising a pre-...
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Fertility preservation and protection: young women’s decision-making about contraceptive use in Zimbabwe Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Constancia V. Mavodza, Constance R. S. Mackworth-Young, Rangarirayi Nyamwanza, Portia Nzombe, Ethel Dauya, Chido Dziva Chikwari, Mandikudza Tembo, Rashida A. Ferrand, Sarah Bernays
The study explored social and health system influences on young women’s decision-making about family planning in a community setting with low uptake. Seventy-two semi-structured interviews were con...
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Yarning as a method for building sexual wellbeing among urban Aboriginal young people in Australia Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-09-23 Joanne Bryant, Reuben Bolt, Kacey Martin, Mitchell Beadman, Michael Doyle, Carla Treloar, Stephen Bell, Dean Murphy, Christy Newman, Annette Browne, Peter Aggleton, Karen Beetson, Megan Brooks, Jessica Wilms, Bronwyn Leece, Linda Stanbury, Jessica Botfield, Ben Davis, Simon Graham
This paper describes the strategies used by Aboriginal young people to build positive relationships and sexual wellbeing. It does so to counter the risk-focussed narratives present in much existing...
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The queers are all right: a content analysis of LGBTQIA + mental health on TikTok Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Rigel Paciente, Emmanuel Philip Pranoto, Alix Woolard, Emily Munro, Karen Lombardi
The formation of online communities instils a sense of connectedness which can ameliorate the mental health concerns that result from minority stressors for lesbian, gay, queer, intersex, asexual, ...
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‘It feels meaningful’: How informal mental health caregivers in an LGBTQ community interpret their work and their role Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Shane Worrell, Andrea Waling, Joel Anderson, Anthony Lyons, Christopher A. Pepping, Adam Bourne
Abstract Many members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, and queer (LGBTQ) communities provide informal mental health support to peers. This type of support is valuable for people who receive it – even helping to prevent suicide. It is also meaningful to those who provide it. In this article, we focus on how LGBTQ people derive meaning from their experiences of supporting peers. In-depth
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Money, chores and emotional support: Kenyan and Zambian fathers’ perceptions of male partner involvement in maternal and infant health within the context of HIV Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Karen Hampanda, Jean Scandlyn, Marcella Fasano, Tulani Francis L. Matenga, Maricianah Onono, Tobias O. Odwar, Wilbroad Mutale, Perfect Shankalala, Benjamin H. Chi, Janet M. Turan, Lisa L. Abuogi
Abstract In sub-Saharan Africa, involving male partners in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV improves maternal and infant outcomes. Male involvement is typically conceptualised as male partners attending antenatal care, which is difficult for many men. Little is known about how men view their involvement in family health within the context of HIV, particularly outside of clinic
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Prostate cancer-related sexual dysfunction – the significance of social relations in men’s reconstructions of masculinity Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Anna-Maija Talvitie, Hanna Ojala, Teuvo Tammela, Ilkka Pietilä
Abstract Narrating illness experiences in a culturally acceptable manner is essential for retaining quality of life after the disruptive event of being diagnosed for prostate cancer. Psychological pressures caused by treatment side-effects such as erectile dysfunction require reinterpretation of the meanings and impacts of these side-effects on masculinity. This helps maintain coherence in men’s lives
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Dissolution of transactional sex relationships during COVID-19: a qualitative study of Ugandan men’s experiences during COVID-19 lockdowns Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 Holly M. Nishimura, Neema Nakyanjo, William Ddaaki, Anne C. Kiyingi, Emmanuel Mukwana, Fred Nalugoda, Charles Ssekyewa, Julie Denison, M. Kate Grabowski, Joseph Kagaayi, Caitlin E. Kennedy
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent mitigation measures led to social disruption and negative economic shocks for a large proportion of Uganda’s population. The social and economic consequences of COVID-19 on Ugandan men’s sexual behaviours, including transactional sex relationships, are unclear. We conducted in-depth interviews between November 2021–February 2022 with 26 men in a high HIV
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Relationship impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions on young women and men in Durban and Soweto, South Africa Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Kalysha Closson, Campion Zharima, T. Michelle Kuchena, Janan J. Dietrich, Gina Ogilvie, Anita Raj, Mags Beksinska, Angela Kaida
Abstract To deepen our understanding of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on intimate and/or sexual relationships, we conducted a qualitative study among 26 South African women and men aged 21–30 years in Durban and Soweto between September 2020 and March 2021. Overall, 13 women and 12 men who had been in an intimate and/or sexual relationship since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic were asked about
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An ecological analysis of hope amongst Asian rainbow young people in Aotearoa New Zealand Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-08-11 Kyle Tan, Rituparna Roy, Alex Ker, John Fenaughty
Abstract Rainbow research tends to prioritise gender and sexuality experiences over the racialised experiences of Asian rainbow young people. Informed by an intersectional lens, we employed a hope-based ecological framework to examine how multiple overlapping axes of oppression (e.g. cisgenderism, heterosexism and racism) shape the aspirations of these youth. We drew on the voices of Asian participants
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‘I could see myself doing something like that’: US women’s engagement with characters who experience abortion, adoption and surrogacy on Little Fires Everywhere Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Stephanie Herold, Gretchen Sisson
Abstract Building on existing scholarship examining how audiences interpret reproductive experiences on film and television, we investigate how viewers make meaning of representations of motherhood, abortion, adoption, and surrogacy on the Hulu television miniseries Little Fires Everywhere. We recruited twenty-one participants to watch the series and conducted three virtual focus groups of seven women
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Boys’ perspectives on girls’ marriage and school dropout: a qualitative study revisiting a structural intervention in Southern India Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Ashwini Pujar, Lottie Howard-Merrill, Ben Cislaghi, Kavitha Lokamanya, Ravi Prakash, Prakash Javalkar, Thalinja Raghavendra, Tara Beattie, Shajy Isac, Mitzy Gafos, Lori Heise, Parinita Bhattacharjee, Satyanarayana Ramanaik, Martine Collumbien
Abstract Girls’ education has for many decades been central to the global development agenda, due to its positive impact on girls’ health and wellbeing. In this paper, the authors revisit boys’ attitudes, behaviours and norms related to girls’ education, following the Samata intervention to prevent girls’ school dropouts in Northern-Karnataka, South India. Data were collected from 20 boys in intervention
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Experiences of gender-based violence among Somali refugee women: a socio-ecological model approach Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-07-30 Comfort Tosin Adebayo, Oluwatoyin V. Olukotun, Mary Olukotun, Jackline Kirungi, Kaboni Whitney Gondwe, Natasha K. Crooks, Randi B. Singer, Shukri Adams, Faten Yahya Alfaifi, Anne Dressel, Laila Fahmy, Peninah Kako, Julia Snethen, Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu
Abstract Gender-based violence (GBV) is an all-encompassing term that speaks to acts or threats that may lead to physical, sexual or emotional harm to an individual based on their gender. This paper provides a scoping review of research on gender-based violence among Somali refugee women in different parts of the world. Using the socio-ecological model as a framework, we reviewed 30 empirical studies
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Safe abortion in Latin America: a look at abortion accompaniment collectives from the perspective of their activists Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-07-28 Erika E. Atienzo, Verónica Cruz, Sofía Garduño, Stephanie Lomelí, Milena Meza, Ruth Zurbriggen, Sofía L. Carbone, Alexandra Wollum
Abstract Over the last decade, activists in Latin America have expanded access to safe abortion through processes of accompaniment. Abortion accompaniment is characterised by activism and community-based strategies to facilitate access to, and safe use of, medication abortion, mainly outside clinical contexts. Drawing on findings from a survey of 515 activists who were part of Accompaniment Collectives
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Coming across a hidden problem in an excluded population in Sweden: professionals’ experiences of young migrants’ disclosures of sexual violence Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Tanya Andersson Nystedt, Pia Svensson, Tobias Herder, Benedict Oppong Asamoah, Pernilla Ouis, Anette Agardh
Abstract Growing evidence suggests that young migrants are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence. As young migrants often lack family and social networks, professionals are often the recipients of disclosures of sexual violence. This study aimed to explore how professionals experience young migrants’ disclosures of sexual violence. A qualitative design was used, based on 14 semi-structured interviews
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Transgender migration and displacement: the experience of khwaja sira sex workers in Lahore Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-07-22 Shermeen Bano
Abstract This study uses an aspirations-capabilities framework to provide insight into transgender mobility based on in-depth interviews with 30 khwaja sira sex workers in Lahore. Respondents narrated mobility as a defining and persistent feature of their lives linked to their gender variance and experience of everyday violence and discrimination. Mobilities were experienced as oppressive or liberating
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‘Remember there is that thing called confidentiality’: experiences of institutional discrimination in the health system among adolescent boys and young men living with HIV in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-07-22 Lesley Gittings, Rebecca Hodes, Phakamani Kom, Sinebhongo Mbula, Marija Pantelic
Abstract Adolescents and men are two populations that perform poorly within the HIV cascade of care, having worse AIDS-related health outcomes, and experiencing higher levels of HIV-related stigma. This paper explores institutional health system discrimination as experienced by adolescent boys with perinatally-acquired HIV, situating them within the social and gendered contexts of the Eastern Cape
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Experiences of interpersonal violence among a diverse sample of male sex workers Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-07-22 Karolynn Siegel, María Cabán, Courtney J. Brown-Bradley, Eric W. Schrimshaw
Abstract A notable portion of men who have sex with men engage in exchange sex—i.e. the trading of sex for money, drugs, shelter or other material goods. Despite the risks for physical and sexual violence, threatening behaviour and robbery that male sex workers confront, very little is known about their experiences of such actions by clients. To gain more insight into male sex workers’ experiences
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ʻThey’re not as MSM, they’re a buftaʼ: using the categories ʻmen who have sex with menʼ and ʻtransgenderʼ as technologies in Vanuatu Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Alice Servy
Abstract In Vanuatu, the use of the terms such as ʻmen who have sex with menʼ (MSM) and ʻtransgenderʼ has increased over the past decade. This paper draws on twenty months ethnographic research in Port Vila, the country’s capital, to analyse what happens on the ground when MSM and transgender categories are taken up to identify people or to narrate the self. The focus is on who uses these terms, in
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Narrative strategies to re-signify sexual violence among gender and sexuality diverse Central American migrants in Tijuana Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Nathaly Llanes-Díaz, Olga Odgers-Ortiz, Ietza Bojórquez-Chapela, José Francisco Valenzuela-Barreras
This study discusses how gender and sexuality diverse Central American migrants, currently staying at shelters in Tijuana, reconstruct experiences of sexual violence in their lives, both during chi...
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Community connection is associated with lower psychological distress for sexual minority women who view community connection positively Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-07-15 Gene Lim, Adam Bourne, Adam Hill, Ruth McNair, Anthony Lyons, Natalie Amos
Abstract We examined factors associated with sexual minority women’s evaluations of belonging to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community in Australia, and assessed whether a positive view of community participation impacted levels of psychological distress. 2424 cisgender sexual minority women participated in a national, online, cross-sectional survey of LGBTIQ adult Australians’
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Prep-Tok: a queer critical discourse analysis of TikToks regarding HIV-related pre-exposure prophylaxis Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-07-12 Joseph Lewis, G. J. Melendez-Torres
Abstract Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to present a public health problem, and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) offers a promising preventative intervention; however, its uptake remains low, so investigating determinants of use is essential. This article applies queer critical discourse analysis to a corpus of 121 TikToks sampled via the TikTok algorithm, coded and refined into three
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‘My safety depends on everyone else feeling safe and good’: emotion work among transgender and gender diverse Texans Culture, Health & Sexuality (IF 2.154) Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Jacob Goffnett, Kelly L. Clary, Rylee Kitchen, Angela Matijczak, Marley King
Abstract Emotion work is a regulatory method used to change the degree or quality of one’s own or another’s emotions. Among sexual minority people, emotion work is a regulatory method utilised to maximise identity expression while maintaining harmony in interpersonal connections. However, little is known about the utilisation of emotion work among transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people. We sought