Gender role conflict and sexual health and relationship practices amongst young men living in urban informal settlements in South Africa

K Closson, A Hatcher, Y Sikweyiya… - Culture, health & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Qualitative research suggests that men's inability to achieve dominant forms of masculinity
may be related to HIV-risk behaviours and intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration …

Gender norms, gender role conflict/stress and HIV risk behaviors among men in Mpumalanga, South Africa

A Gottert, C Barrington, HL McNaughton-Reyes… - AIDS and Behavior, 2018 - Springer
Men's gender role conflict and stress (GRC/S), the psychological strain they experience
around fulfilling expectations of themselves as men, has been largely unexplored in HIV …

Measuring men's gender norms and gender role conflict/stress in a high HIV-prevalence South African setting

A Gottert, C Barrington, A Pettifor… - AIDS and Behavior, 2016 - Springer
Gender norms and gender role conflict/stress may influence HIV risk behaviors among men;
however scales measuring these constructs need further development and evaluation in …

Gender role and relationship norms among young adults in South Africa: measuring the context of masculinity and HIV risk

A Harrison, LF O'Sullivan, S Hoffman, C Dolezal… - Journal of urban …, 2006 - Springer
In the global literature on HIV/AIDS, much attention has been paid to the role of gender
inequalities in facilitating the transmission of HIV. For women, gender inequality may be …

The relational dynamics of hegemonic masculinity among South African men and women in the context of HIV

E Stern, R Buikema - Culture, health & sexuality, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
In South Africa, the frequent positioning of men's sexual behaviours as a prime driver of the
HIV epidemic has generated much interest in men's sexuality. However, the relational nature …

Mental health, coping and resilience among young men who have sex with men in Zambia

R Armstrong, A Silumbwe, JM Zulu - Culture, Health & Sexuality, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Current law in Zambia criminalises same-sex sexual contact while strong socio-cultural
values drive a profoundly negative view of the moral status of gender and sexual minorities …

The construction of an idealised urban masculinity among men with concurrent sexual partners in a South African township

A Ragnarsson, L Townsend, AM Ekström… - Global health …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The perspectives of heterosexual males who have large sexual networks
comprising concurrent sexual partners and who engage in high-risk sexual behaviours are …

Homophobic stigma, depression, self-efficacy and unprotected anal intercourse for peri-urban township men who have sex with men in Cape Town, South Africa: a …

A Tucker, J Liht, G de Swardt, G Jobson, K Rebe… - AIDS care, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
While research now highlights that men who have sex with men (MSM) in places such as
South Africa are at particular risk of HIV infection, left relatively unexplored are potential …

Peer norms moderate the association between mental health and sexual risk behaviors among young men living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

LM Hill, J Moody, NC Gottfredson, LJ Kajula… - Social Science & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Young men living in Dar es Salaam's informal settlements face environmental
stressors that may expose them to multiple determinants of HIV risk including poor mental …

'Men value their dignity': securing respect and identity construction in urban informal settlements in South Africa

A Gibbs, Y Sikweyiya, R Jewkes - Global health action, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background Urban informal settlements remain sites of high HIV incidence and prevalence,
as well as violence. Increasing attention is paid on how configurations of young men's …