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Author:   Vasu Reddy ,  Theo Sandfort ,  Laetitia Rispel
Publisher:   HSRC Press
Imprint:   HSRC Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.495kg
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9780796922762

ISBN 10:   0796922764
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   01 June 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Theory, methodology, context: Researching same-sex sexuality and HIV; sexuality research in South Africa: the policy context; same-sex sexuality and health - current psychosocial scientific research in South Africa; homosexual and bisexual labels - the need for clear conceptualisations, operationalisations and appropriate methodological designs; gender, same-sex sexuality and HIV/Aids in South Africa: practical research challenges and solutions; from social silence to social science - HIV research among township MSM in South Africa. History, memory, archive: Gay aids activism in South Africa prior to 1994; sexing women: young black lesbian women's reflections on sex and responses to safe(r) sex in Johannesburg; creating memory - documenting and disseminating life stories of lgbti people living with HIV perspectives from Sub-Saharan and Southern Africa; what we know about same-sex practicing people and HIV in Africa; same-sex sexuality and HIV/Aids: a perspective from Malawi; a bird's eye view of HIV and gay and lesbian issues in Zimbabwe; epidemiological disjunctures: a review of same-sex sexuality and HIV research in Sub-Saharan Africa. Needs, programming, policy and direction for future research: mobilising gay and lesbian organisations to respond to the political challenges of the South African HIV epidemic; are South African HIV policies and programmes meeting the needs of samesex practising individuals?; lessons learned from current South African HIV/Aids research among lesbian/gay/bisexual populations; observations on HIV and Aids in Cape Town's lgbt population; some personal and political perspectives on HIV/Aids in ethekwini; health for all? women who have sex with women (wsw) health needs and issues taking research-based prevention forward.

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Professor Vasu Reddy is a Chief Research Specialist at the Gender and Development Cross-cutting Research Unit within the Policy Analysis and Capacity Enhancement research programme of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC). He is also an Honorary Associate Professor of Gender Studies in the School of Anthropology, Gender & Historical Studies (University of KwaZulu-Natal) Dr Theo Sandfort is Associate Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences (in Psychiatry) at Columbia University and a Research Scientist at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University. He is on the editorial board on various major sexuality journals, including AIDS Care; Archives of Sexual Behavior; Culture, Health and Sexuality; Journal of Homosexuality; Sexualities and Sexuality Research and Social Policy. Dr Laetitia Rispel has been an Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Health Policy, School of Public Health at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, since February 2008 and is the current President of the Public Health Association of South Africa. Prior to 2008, she was the Executive Director of the Human Sciences Research Council's Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health (SAHA) research programme for two years.

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