In this book, the authors provide a much-needed general theory of interdisciplinarity and
relate it to health/wellbeing research and professional practice. In so doing they make it …

How do modern women in developing countries experience sexuality and love? Drawing on
a rich array of interview, ethnographic, and survey data from her native country of Kenya …

Polygyny is cross-culturally common and a topic of considerable academic and policy
interest, often deemed a harmful cultural practice serving the interests of men contrary to …

This book presents a comprehensive discussion of classical ideas, core topics, currents and
detailed theoretical underpinnings in medical sociology. It is a globally renowned source …

This article explores three critical topics discussed in the recent debate over concurrency
(overlapping sexual partnerships): measurement of the prevalence of concurrency …

Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is undergoing rapid transformations in the realm of union
formation in tandem with significant educational expansion and rising labor force …

Socially imposed monogamy in humans is an evolutionary puzzle because it requires costly
punishment by those who impose the norm. Moreover, most societies were—and are …

Background Significant health disparities persist regarding new and late Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) diagnoses among sub-Saharan African (SSA) communities in …

Objective: This article explores the association between polygyny and intimate partner
violence (IPV) in Nigeria, with attention to selection into polygyny. Background: Although IPV …

Culture is often problematised as a key structural driver of HIV transmission in Papua New
Guinea. Official HIV programmes, as well as church teachings, tend to focus on customary …