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The Attitudes toward Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Scale: Development and Validation
(2019-04-14)
PrEP is a novel, clinically effective biomedical HIV prevention tool but it has not met with widespread public acceptance. In this article, the results of a study designed to develop a scale for measuring attitudes toward ...
Fecal microbiota transplants: Emerging social representations in the English-language print media
(Taylor and Francis, 2019-07-16)
This study investigates how English-language news sources have represented fecal microbiota transplants (FMT). FMT involves transferring stool from a healthy donor to a recipient with a dysfunctional intestinal flora in ...
HIV in men who have sex with men in Lebanon: Clinical & psychosocial aspects
(BMJ Publishing, 2019-04-15)
A concerted global effort to end HIV transmissions is necessary. In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), men who have sex with men (MSM) constitute a hard-to-reach population, due to the social stigma and criminalisation ...
A Structural Equation Model for Predicting Depressive Symptomatology in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual People in the UK
(Taylor and Francis, 2019-11-04)
This study identifies the predictors of depressive symptomatology in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people in the UK. 289 White and BAME LGB individuals participated in a cross-sectional ...
Sexual health perceptions among first-year students at a British university
(Taylor and Francis, 2019-12)
First-year undergraduate students in the United Kingdom undergo significant change in their lives as they embark upon their university experience. They may be exposed to various social and psychological factors that increase ...
A minority within a minority? Identity and Sexual Health in Black and Minority Ethnic Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United Kingdom
(Elsevier, 2019-11)
Identity refers to the individual’s self-construal. It is characterized by multiple elements, such as sexuality, ethnicity, and religion, and not all identity elements are simultaneously salient (Jaspal & Breakwell, 2014). ...
Social Representation, Identity and HIV Prevention: The Case of PrEP among Gay Men
(SAGE, 2019-06-14)
HIV remains a major public health challenges four decades after its first clinical observations. In the last few years, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has emerged as a significant biomedical tool for preventing HIV. ...
Religion, Male Bisexuality and Sexual Risk in Lebanon
(Routledge, 2019-05-10)
The social position of bisexual men in Lebanon and in other Arab Middle Eastern societies is complex – on the one hand, bisexuality as a practice is silently tolerated but, on the other hand, bisexuality as an identity is ...