Navigating cultural and gender aspects of stigma among women living with HIV in Vietnam
Cult Health Sex. 2024 Mar 13:1-17. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2318428. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWomen 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 2022, we conducted in-depth interviews with 30 women living with HIV in Hanoi to better understand their experiences and the coping mechanisms to navigate HIV stigma, cultural beliefs and gender norms. The interviews explored various topics including women's social and family roles in Vietnam, HIV-related beliefs, stigma and its im...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Chunqing Lin Diep Bich Nguyen Lynn Nguyen Trang Thu Nguyen Li Li Le Minh Giang Source Type: research
Healthcare professionals' attitudes towards the termination of pregnancy: a qualitative analysis of survey data in Northern Ireland
This article provides a thematic analysis of answers to narrative questions from the online survey, and identifies priority areas of engagement with healthcare professionals. We assess how healthcare professional roles and responsibilities, abortion procedures, the foetus, and women and pregnant people were discursively constructed by respondents who are willing or unwilling to provide abortion services in Northern Ireland. We identify a narrow understanding of 'harm', and gendered norms of women as irresponsible or duplicitous, as inhibitory factors to the normalisation of abortion services in Northern Ireland.PMID:384783...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: N óirín MacNamara Fiona Bloomer Leanne Morgan Ralph Roberts Source Type: research
Girls' experiences of cellphone porn use in South Africa and their accounts of sexual risk in the classroom
Cult Health Sex. 2024 Mar 13:1-15. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2326846. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTViolence 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 is the potential link between the consumption of Internet porn via cellphones among girls and boys, and girls' risks to sexual violence inside the classroom. To address this gap, we used focus group discussions with 14-17-year-old South African girls to examine their experiences of porn access via cellphones and their accounts of...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Emmanuel Mayeza Ndumiso Daluxolo Ngidi Deevia Bhana Raksha Janak Source Type: research
Navigating cultural and gender aspects of stigma among women living with HIV in Vietnam
Cult Health Sex. 2024 Mar 13:1-17. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2318428. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWomen 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 2022, we conducted in-depth interviews with 30 women living with HIV in Hanoi to better understand their experiences and the coping mechanisms to navigate HIV stigma, cultural beliefs and gender norms. The interviews explored various topics including women's social and family roles in Vietnam, HIV-related beliefs, stigma and its im...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Chunqing Lin Diep Bich Nguyen Lynn Nguyen Trang Thu Nguyen Li Li Le Minh Giang Source Type: research
Healthcare professionals' attitudes towards the termination of pregnancy: a qualitative analysis of survey data in Northern Ireland
This article provides a thematic analysis of answers to narrative questions from the online survey, and identifies priority areas of engagement with healthcare professionals. We assess how healthcare professional roles and responsibilities, abortion procedures, the foetus, and women and pregnant people were discursively constructed by respondents who are willing or unwilling to provide abortion services in Northern Ireland. We identify a narrow understanding of 'harm', and gendered norms of women as irresponsible or duplicitous, as inhibitory factors to the normalisation of abortion services in Northern Ireland.PMID:384783...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: N óirín MacNamara Fiona Bloomer Leanne Morgan Ralph Roberts Source Type: research
Girls' experiences of cellphone porn use in South Africa and their accounts of sexual risk in the classroom
Cult Health Sex. 2024 Mar 13:1-15. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2326846. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTViolence 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 is the potential link between the consumption of Internet porn via cellphones among girls and boys, and girls' risks to sexual violence inside the classroom. To address this gap, we used focus group discussions with 14-17-year-old South African girls to examine their experiences of porn access via cellphones and their accounts of...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Emmanuel Mayeza Ndumiso Daluxolo Ngidi Deevia Bhana Raksha Janak Source Type: research
Navigating cultural and gender aspects of stigma among women living with HIV in Vietnam
Cult Health Sex. 2024 Mar 13:1-17. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2318428. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWomen 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 2022, we conducted in-depth interviews with 30 women living with HIV in Hanoi to better understand their experiences and the coping mechanisms to navigate HIV stigma, cultural beliefs and gender norms. The interviews explored various topics including women's social and family roles in Vietnam, HIV-related beliefs, stigma and its im...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Chunqing Lin Diep Bich Nguyen Lynn Nguyen Trang Thu Nguyen Li Li Le Minh Giang Source Type: research
Healthcare professionals' attitudes towards the termination of pregnancy: a qualitative analysis of survey data in Northern Ireland
This article provides a thematic analysis of answers to narrative questions from the online survey, and identifies priority areas of engagement with healthcare professionals. We assess how healthcare professional roles and responsibilities, abortion procedures, the foetus, and women and pregnant people were discursively constructed by respondents who are willing or unwilling to provide abortion services in Northern Ireland. We identify a narrow understanding of 'harm', and gendered norms of women as irresponsible or duplicitous, as inhibitory factors to the normalisation of abortion services in Northern Ireland.PMID:384783...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: N óirín MacNamara Fiona Bloomer Leanne Morgan Ralph Roberts Source Type: research
Girls' experiences of cellphone porn use in South Africa and their accounts of sexual risk in the classroom
Cult Health Sex. 2024 Mar 13:1-15. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2326846. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTViolence 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 is the potential link between the consumption of Internet porn via cellphones among girls and boys, and girls' risks to sexual violence inside the classroom. To address this gap, we used focus group discussions with 14-17-year-old South African girls to examine their experiences of porn access via cellphones and their accounts of...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Emmanuel Mayeza Ndumiso Daluxolo Ngidi Deevia Bhana Raksha Janak Source Type: research
Navigating cultural and gender aspects of stigma among women living with HIV in Vietnam
Cult Health Sex. 2024 Mar 13:1-17. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2318428. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWomen 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 2022, we conducted in-depth interviews with 30 women living with HIV in Hanoi to better understand their experiences and the coping mechanisms to navigate HIV stigma, cultural beliefs and gender norms. The interviews explored various topics including women's social and family roles in Vietnam, HIV-related beliefs, stigma and its im...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Chunqing Lin Diep Bich Nguyen Lynn Nguyen Trang Thu Nguyen Li Li Le Minh Giang Source Type: research
Healthcare professionals' attitudes towards the termination of pregnancy: a qualitative analysis of survey data in Northern Ireland
This article provides a thematic analysis of answers to narrative questions from the online survey, and identifies priority areas of engagement with healthcare professionals. We assess how healthcare professional roles and responsibilities, abortion procedures, the foetus, and women and pregnant people were discursively constructed by respondents who are willing or unwilling to provide abortion services in Northern Ireland. We identify a narrow understanding of 'harm', and gendered norms of women as irresponsible or duplicitous, as inhibitory factors to the normalisation of abortion services in Northern Ireland.PMID:384783...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: N óirín MacNamara Fiona Bloomer Leanne Morgan Ralph Roberts Source Type: research
Girls' experiences of cellphone porn use in South Africa and their accounts of sexual risk in the classroom
Cult Health Sex. 2024 Mar 13:1-15. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2326846. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTViolence 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 is the potential link between the consumption of Internet porn via cellphones among girls and boys, and girls' risks to sexual violence inside the classroom. To address this gap, we used focus group discussions with 14-17-year-old South African girls to examine their experiences of porn access via cellphones and their accounts of...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Emmanuel Mayeza Ndumiso Daluxolo Ngidi Deevia Bhana Raksha Janak Source Type: research
Navigating cultural and gender aspects of stigma among women living with HIV in Vietnam
Cult Health Sex. 2024 Mar 13:1-17. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2318428. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWomen 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 2022, we conducted in-depth interviews with 30 women living with HIV in Hanoi to better understand their experiences and the coping mechanisms to navigate HIV stigma, cultural beliefs and gender norms. The interviews explored various topics including women's social and family roles in Vietnam, HIV-related beliefs, stigma and its im...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Chunqing Lin Diep Bich Nguyen Lynn Nguyen Trang Thu Nguyen Li Li Le Minh Giang Source Type: research
(In)visibilising pregnancy loss in Southern Malawi
Cult Health Sex. 2024 Mar 12:1-16. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2324001. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMiscarriages, 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 seeks to illuminate lived experiences of pregnancy loss in southern Malawi, drawing on findings from semi-structured interviews and focus groups with women who have experienced loss, health professionals and community members, and observations of maternity care. Combining thematic and discourse analysis, we show how societal and me...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Bregje de Kok Marion Chirwa Kajombo Priscilla Matinga Blessings Kaunda Source Type: research
(In)visibilising pregnancy loss in Southern Malawi
Cult Health Sex. 2024 Mar 12:1-16. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2324001. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMiscarriages, 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 seeks to illuminate lived experiences of pregnancy loss in southern Malawi, drawing on findings from semi-structured interviews and focus groups with women who have experienced loss, health professionals and community members, and observations of maternity care. Combining thematic and discourse analysis, we show how societal and me...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - March 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Bregje de Kok Marion Chirwa Kajombo Priscilla Matinga Blessings Kaunda Source Type: research
