Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 17
Media coverage of Zika in Brazil: How a war frame masks social and gender equalities
(Elsevier, 2018-01-31)
Between 2015 and 2016, Zika became an epidemic of global concern and the focus of intense media coverage. Using a hybrid model of frame and social representations theory, we examine how the Zika outbreak was reported in ...
Coping with threatened faith identities: Insights from social psychology
(Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018)
Identity is neither singular nor static. It is characterised by multiple elements – group memberships, personality traits, physical characteristics and so on – each of which will be appended meaning and importance in ...
HIV and gay men in the era of antiretroviral therapy
(The British Psychological Society, 2018)
In the UK, HIV disproportionately affects gay men. Even in the era of antiretroviral therapy (ART), social stigma surrounding HIV has persisted, generating adverse consequences for both prevention and care. First, the ...
Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Trans Women: A Literature Review
(Mary Ann Liebert, 2018-12-28)
Trans women are a key, yet under-researched, population in the HIV epidemic. However, there remains a paucity of data on the health and wellbeing of trans women at risk of, or living with, HIV in the United Kingdom. This ...
Islam and Homosexuality: Identity, Threat and Sexual Health among Muslim Gay
(2018)
Our identities are multifaceted. Throughout the life course, we will join and leave
many different social groups. Some group memberships are transient, such as being
a university student as one eventually graduates and ...
Coping With Perceived Abusive Supervision: The Role of Paranoia
(SAGE, 2018-08-29)
Two studies (a cross-sectional survey of 90 UK workers and an experiment with 100
UK workers) examined the cognitive and behavioral effects of abusive supervision.
Both studies confirmed the hypothesis that workers who ...
Enhancing HIV prevention and care among men who have sex with men: insights from social psychology
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2018-07-21)
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a key population in the HIV epidemic in Western industrialised societies. Significant strides have been made in preventing HIV infection in MSM—indeed, a 60% decrease in HIV incidence ...
Social identity & attitudes towards HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis: a structural equation model
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-03-08)
This study focuses on the role of social identity and prejudice as causal variables in public attitudes toward pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in a UK sample. Two hundred and twenty-two individuals participated in an ...
Having children outside a heterosexual relationship – options for persons living with HIV
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2018-10-18)
This article presents information about the social, legal and medical issues that medical and non-medical practitioners in the UK should consider in order to signpost options for people living with HIV (PLWH) who are not ...
HIV and trans and non-binary people in the UK
(BMJ Journals, 2018-06-13)
Trans and non-binary people are key populations whose HIV prevention and treatment needs have been neglected. A 2013 meta-analysis of data from 39 studies conducted in 15 countries reported a global HIV prevalence among ...
