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Is transactional sex exploitative? A social norms perspective, with implications for interventions with adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Although transactional sex is common in many sexual relationships, there has been little research into the degree to which the practice is considered exploitative in the settings in which it is practiced.
Joyce Wamoyi, Lori Heise, Rebecca Meiksin, Nambusi Kyegombe, Daniel Nyato, Ana Maria Buller   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the influence of user‐generated content on alcohol‐related attitudes and behaviours among young people: A systematic review

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Alcohol‐related content on social media, particularly user‐generated content (UGC), is an increasingly normal feature of young people's digital lives and has been linked to increased alcohol use; however, a critical gap remains in understanding how different subgroups of young people are exposed to and engage with such ...
Alessandro Crocetti, Nichole Lister, Jennifer Browne, Florentine Martino, Kathryn Backholer, Benjamin Riordan, Peter Miller, Matthew Dunn   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risky sexual behaviour and contraceptive use in contexts of displacement: insights from a cross-sectional survey of female adolescent refugees in Ghana

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019
Background Difficulty in accessing sexual and reproductive healthcare is one of the challenges young refugee women face worldwide, in addition to sexual exploitation, violence and abuse.
John Kuumuori Ganle, Doris Amoako, Leonard Baatiema, Muslim Ibrahim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

What exploitation is

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract We experimentally elicit views of what exploitation is from over 2,000 subjects. Our experimental design does not test existing theories of exploitation. Rather, it focuses on more fundamental properties that are the building blocks for these theories.
Benjamin Ferguson, Peter Hans Matthews, David Ronayne, Roberto Veneziani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transactional sex among Nigerian university students: The role of family structure and family support.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundThe reasons for the persistence of risky sexual behaviours among adolescents and young adults in sub-Saharan Africa despite the increasing knowledge about the associated risks continue to attract scholarly debates.
Anthony Idowu Ajayi, Oluwaseyi Dolapo Somefun   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Young women’s perceptions of transactional sex and sexual agency: a qualitative study in the context of rural South Africa

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Evidence shows that HIV prevalence among young women in sub-Saharan Africa increases almost five-fold between ages 15 and 24, with almost a quarter of young women infected by their early-to mid-20s.
Meghna Ranganathan, Catherine MacPhail, Audrey Pettifor, Kathleen Kahn, Nomhle Khoza, Rhian Twine, Charlotte Watts, Lori Heise   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Why Engage Communities in Biomedical Research?

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While community engagement in biomedical research is widely lauded, and many reasons to engage communities have been adduced, it is unclear whether all these reasons are equally important, and, if not, which are most important. Here, I argue that, outside of rare circumstances, community engagement should not be understood as seeking ...
Robert Steel
wiley   +1 more source

#Blessed

Namibian Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Communication Studies
This article explores the creative use of allusion as a literary device in the description of transactional sex relationships in the following selected literary texts; The Blessed Girl by Angela Makholwa (2018), Bare: #The Blesser Game by Jackie ...
Emelda Gawas, Jairos Kangira, Nelson Mlambo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

HIV fatalism and engagement in transactional sex among Ugandan fisherfolk living with HIV

SAHARA-J, 2019
HIV fatalism, or the belief that HIV acquisition and mortality is out of one's control, is thought to contribute to HIV risk in fishing populations in East Africa.
Katelyn M. Sileo, Laura M. Bogart, Glenn J. Wagner, William Musoke, Rose Naigino, Barbara Mukasa, Rhoda K. Wanyenze   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Don't Forget Me, I'm Important Too’: Amplifying Self‐Advocate Voice Through Disability Theatre

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Across Canada, people with an intellectual disability continue to face systemic barriers and inequities in employment. To raise awareness and promote change, a self‐advocate led participatory disability theatre project acted as both inquiry and advocacy.
Leyton Schnellert, Jennifer Christianson‐Barker, Nadia Galvan Hernandez, Belinda Chi, 14 Self‐Advocate Co‐Creators, Rachelle Hole   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source