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Dialectics of gender and health: the case of HIV serodiscordance
dc.contributor.authorWyrod, Roberten_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-04T18:58:00Z
dc.date.available2015-01-05T13:54:43Zen_US
dc.date.issued2013-11en_US
dc.identifier.citationWyrod, Robert (2013). "Dialectics of gender and health: the case of HIV serodiscordance." Sociology of Health & Illness 35(8): 1260-1274.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0141-9889en_US
dc.identifier.issn1467-9566en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/101859
dc.description.abstractThe relationship between gender and health is a deeply interdependent one. Yet research in this area has focused primarily on how gender relations determine health behaviour and health outcomes. This article advocates a more holistic approach that conceptualises gender and health as fully intertwined and mutually constitutive. This interplay is explored through the case of HIV serodiscordance in which one person in a relationship is HIV positive and the other HIV negative. Drawing on in‐depth research with discordant couples in urban Uganda, this study indicates that living with discordance can both reinforce and challenge normative gender power dynamics in relationships. This study, therefore, illustrates how significant health problems can influence gender relations. As such, it reveals the dialectical relationship between gender and health and also provides important insights for HIV prevention in the new era of antiretroviral treatment as prevention.en_US
dc.publisherPolityen_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.subject.otherGenderen_US
dc.subject.otherMasculinityen_US
dc.subject.otherHIVen_US
dc.subject.otherSerodiscordanceen_US
dc.subject.otherUgandaen_US
dc.titleDialectics of gender and health: the case of HIV serodiscordanceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelFamily Medicine and Primary Careen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSociologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/101859/1/shil12038.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1467-9566.12038en_US
dc.identifier.sourceSociology of Health & Illnessen_US
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