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Special Issue: Gender and Health

Special Issue: Gender and health

Editorial
Gender and health – aspects of importance for understanding health and illness in the world
Ann Öhman, Malin Eriksson & Isabel Goicolea

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 8, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2015)

Article: 26908
Published online: 22 Jan 2015
First Page PreviewforGender and health – aspects of importance for understanding health and illness in the world | Full Text | References | PDF (271.4 KB)
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Impact of HIV on and the constructions of masculinities among HIV-positive men in South Africa: implications for secondary prevention programs
Yandisa M. Sikweyiya, Rachel Jewkes & Kristin Dunkle

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 7, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2014)

Article: 24631
Published online: 01 Oct 2014
AbstractforImpact of HIV on and the constructions of masculinities among HIV-positive men in South Africa: implications for secondary prevention programs | Full Text | References | PDF (219.7 KB)
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Risk factors for unplanned and unwanted teenage pregnancies occurring over two years of follow-up among a cohort of young South African women
Nicola J. Christofides, Rachel K. Jewkes, Kristin L. Dunkle, Frances McCarty, Nwabisa Jama Shai, Mzikazi Nduna & Claire Sterk

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 7, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2014)

Article: 23719
Published online: 21 Aug 2014
AbstractforRisk factors for unplanned and unwanted teenage pregnancies occurring over two years of follow-up among a cohort of young South African women | Full Text | References | PDF (178.2 KB)
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Whose problem is it anyway? Crimes against women in India
B. L. Himabindu, Radhika Arora & N. S. Prashanth

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 7, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2014)

Article: 23718
Published online: 21 Jul 2014
AbstractforWhose problem is it anyway? Crimes against women in India | Full Text | References | PDF (175.5 KB)
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A cross-sectional study on attitudes toward gender equality, sexual behavior, positive sexual experiences, and communication about sex among sexually active and non-sexually active adolescents in Bolivia and Ecuador
Sara De Meyer, Lina Jaruseviciene, Apolinaras Zaborskis, Peter Decat, Bernardo Vega, Kathya Cordova, Marleen Temmerman, Olivier Degomme & Kristien Michielsen

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 7, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2014)

Article: 24089
Published online: 11 Jul 2014
AbstractforA cross-sectional study on attitudes toward gender equality, sexual behavior, positive sexual experiences, and communication about sex among sexually active and non-sexually active adolescents in Bolivia and Ecuador | Full Text | References | PDF (197.2 KB)
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Empowerment evaluation of a Swedish gender equity plan
Georgios Gavriilidis, Nivetha Natarajan Gavriilidou, Erika Pettersson, Eva Renhammar, Anna Balkfors & Per-Olof Östergren

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 7, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2014)

Article: 23710
Published online: 02 Jul 2014
AbstractforEmpowerment evaluation of a Swedish gender equity plan | Full Text | References | PDF (319.5 KB)
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Gender equity and sexual and reproductive health in Eastern and Southern Africa: a critical overview of the literature
Eleanor E. MacPherson, Esther Richards, Ireen Namakhoma & Sally Theobald

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 7, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2014)

Article: 23717
Published online: 26 Jun 2014
AbstractforGender equity and sexual and reproductive health in Eastern and Southern Africa: a critical overview of the literature | Full Text | References | PDF (278.8 KB)
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The first 500 days of life: policies to support maternal nutrition
John B. Mason, Roger Shrimpton, Lisa S. Saldanha, Usha Ramakrishnan, Cesar G. Victora, Amy Webb Girard, Deborah A. McFarland & Reynaldo Martorell

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 7, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2014)

Article: 23623
Published online: 06 Jun 2014
AbstractforThe first 500 days of life: policies to support maternal nutrition | Full Text | References | PDF (180.5 KB)
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Intimate partner sexual and physical violence among women in Togo, West Africa: Prevalence, associated factors, and the specific role of HIV infection
Juan Burgos-Soto, Joanna Orne-Gliemann, Gaëlle Encrenaz, Akouda Patassi, Aurore Woronowski, Benjamin Kariyiare, Annette K. Lawson-Evi, Valériane Leroy, François Dabis, Didier K. Ekouevi & Renaud Becquet

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 7, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2014)

Article: 23456
Published online: 26 May 2014
AbstractforIntimate partner sexual and physical violence among women in Togo, West Africa: Prevalence, associated factors, and the specific role of HIV infection | Full Text | References | PDF (208.7 KB)
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Thai men's experiences of alcohol addiction and treatment
Kulnaree Hanpatchaiyakul, Henrik Eriksson, Jureerat Kijsompon & Gunnel Östlund

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 7, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2014)

Article: 23712
Published online: 19 May 2014
AbstractforThai men's experiences of alcohol addiction and treatment | Full Text | References | PDF (186.3 KB)
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Women and NCDs: Overcoming the neglect
Ruth Bonita & Robert Beaglehole

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 7, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2014)

Article: 23742
Published online: 05 May 2014
AbstractforWomen and NCDs: Overcoming the neglect | Full Text | References | PDF (140.3 KB)
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Inconsistent condom use among Ugandan university students from a gender perspective: a cross-sectional study
Devika Mehra, Per-Olof Östergren, Björn Ekman & Anette Agardh

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 7, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2014)

Article: 22942
Published online: 10 Apr 2014
AbstractforInconsistent condom use among Ugandan university students from a gender perspective: a cross-sectional study | Full Text | References | PDF (193 KB)
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‘Men value their dignity’: securing respect and identity construction in urban informal settlements in South Africa
Andrew Gibbs, Yandisa Sikweyiya & Rachel Jewkes

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 7, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2014)

Article: 23676
Published online: 08 Apr 2014
Abstractfor‘Men value their dignity’: securing respect and identity construction in urban informal settlements in South Africa | Full Text | References | PDF (196.9 KB)
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Gender inequalities in health: exploring the contribution of living conditions in the intersection of social class
Davide Malmusi, Alejandra Vives, Joan Benach & Carme Borrell

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 7, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2014)

Article: 23189
Published online: 14 Feb 2014
AbstractforGender inequalities in health: exploring the contribution of living conditions in the intersection of social class | Full Text | References | PDF (371 KB) | Supplemental
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Between desire and rape – narratives about being intimate partners and becoming pregnant in a violent relationship
Kerstin Edin & Bo Nilsson

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 20984
Published online: 05 Dec 2013
AbstractforBetween desire and rape – narratives about being intimate partners and becoming pregnant in a violent relationship | Full Text | References | PDF (126.4 KB)
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Access to and use of sexual and reproductive health services provided by midwives among rural immigrant women in Spain: midwives’ perspectives
Laura Otero-Garcia, Isabel Goicolea, Montserrat Gea-Sánchez & Belen Sanz-Barbero

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 22645
Published online: 08 Nov 2013
AbstractforAccess to and use of sexual and reproductive health services provided by midwives among rural immigrant women in Spain: midwives’ perspectives | Full Text | References | PDF (112.6 KB)
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Performing masculinity, influencing health: a qualitative mixed-methods study of young Spanish men
Jorge Marcos Marcos, Nuria Romo Avilés, María del Río Lozano, Juan Palomares Cuadros & María del Mar García Calvente

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 21134
Published online: 16 Sep 2013
AbstractforPerforming masculinity, influencing health: a qualitative mixed-methods study of young Spanish men | Full Text | References | PDF (167.7 KB)
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‘Elastic band strategy’: women's lived experience of coping with domestic violence in rural Indonesia
Elli Nur Hayati, Malin Eriksson, Mohammad Hakimi, Ulf Högberg & Maria Emmelin

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 6, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2013)

Article: 18894
Published online: 02 Jan 2013
Abstractfor‘Elastic band strategy’: women's lived experience of coping with domestic violence in rural Indonesia | Full Text | References | PDF (315.1 KB)
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‘Expanding your mind’: the process of constructing gender-equitable masculinities in young Nicaraguan men participating in reproductive health or gender training programs
VirgilioMariano Salazar Torres, Isabel Goicolea, Kerstin Edin & Ann Öhman

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 5, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2012)

Article: 17262
Published online: 02 Aug 2012
Abstractfor‘Expanding your mind’: the process of constructing gender-equitable masculinities in young Nicaraguan men participating in reproductive health or gender training programs | Full Text | References | PDF (194.2 KB)
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Condemning violence without rejecting sexism? Exploring how young men understand intimate partner violence in Ecuador
Isabel Goicolea, Ann Öhman, Mariano Salazar Torres, Ione Morrás & Kerstin Edin

Originally published in Global Health Action, Volume: 5, Number: 1 (01 Dec 2012)

Article: 18049
Published online: 19 Jun 2012
AbstractforCondemning violence without rejecting sexism? Exploring how young men understand intimate partner violence in Ecuador | Full Text | References | PDF (147.5 KB)
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