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Bloodgood, Martha Madden. "High-Risk Sexual Behaviors of Young Adults: AIDS Prevention." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1994. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277878/.
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The Health Belief Model was used to study HIV/AIDS beliefs of 419, 18 to 24 year old, never married, sexually active, heterosexual college students and predict their AIDS preventive behaviors from a larger sample of 662 college students. The structural properties of the scales used were evaluated using confirmatory factor analysis. Recent preventive behaviors were predicted in a LISREL Structural Equation Modeling analysis.
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Cudhea, Maia Christine. "Topical content in sexuality education and sexual health outcomes." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5189/.
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Secondary analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health is used to examine possible explanatory variables for sexual health outcomes. Linear and logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the relationship between sexual health outcomes and topical content in sexuality education, controlling for race, biological sex, low socioeconomic status, and religiosity. Results indicated increasing topical content in sexuality education had a positive effect on knowledge acquisition and confidence, but no statistically significant effect on engagement in sexual risk behavior or likelihood of reporting sexual coercion. Control variables were significant predictors and overall model fit was low, indicating topical content in sexuality education is minimally important in creating adolescent sexual behavior. Further exploration of differing aspects of sexuality education is suggested.
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Bonds, Stacy. "An Exploratory Mixed Method Study of Gender and Sexual Minority Health in Dallas: A Needs Assessment." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248392/.
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Gender and sexual minorities (GSM) experience considerably worse health outcomes than heterosexual and cisgender people, yet no comprehensive understanding of GSM health exists due to a dearth of research. GSM leaders in Dallas expressed need for a community needs assessment of GSM health. In response to this call, the Center for Psychosocial Health Research conducted a needs assessment of gender and sexual minority health in Dallas (35 interviews, 6 focus groups). Competency was one area highlighted and shared across existing research. Thus, the current study explored how competency impacts gender and sexual minorities' experience of health care in Dallas. We utilized a consensual qualitative research approach to analyze competency-related contents. The meaning and implications of emerging core ideas were explored. These findings were also used to develop a survey instrument.
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Bridges, Jennifer. "Reclaiming Female Virtue: Social Hygiene, Venereal Disease and Texas Reclamation Centers during World War I." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1404551/.
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During the Progressive Era in the United States, social hygiene reformers underwent a fundamental change in their stance toward women accused of prostitution or promiscuous behavior. Rather than viewing such women as unfortunate victims of circumstance who were worthy of compassion, many Progressives deemed them as predatory villains who instead deserved incarceration, forced rehabilitation, and non-consenting medical interference. Texas, due to the many military bases within its borders, became a key battleground in this moral crusade against women as the carriers and proliferators of VD. "Promiscuous" women were seen as not only dangerous to the soldiers but also as a threat to the nation's security, creating an environment that led Texas Progressives to suppress women's civil liberties in the name of protecting soldiers. The catalyst for this change in attitude was World War I. The Great War brought to the forefront an unpleasant reality facing a significant percentage of America's fighting men: venereal disease. While combating sexually transmitted diseases was a serious medical and manpower concern for the military in the era before penicillin, the sole focus on women as the carriers and proliferators of VD led to a nationwide campaign against the "social evil" that demonized women and led to the suspension of thousands of women's habeas corpus rights. This dissertation examines how the twin crusades of Progressivism and the War to End All Wars created conditions in Texas that for many women meant appalling repression rather than progress toward the enjoyment of greater equality.
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Mosher, David Keith. "Cultural Humility, Religion, and Health in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) Populations." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1011765/.
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The purpose of this study was to explore the religion – health link in a sample of adults and undergraduate students (N = 555) that identified as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB), and to explore how perceptions of cultural humility of religious individuals and groups toward LGB individuals affect the relationship between religion and health. First, I found religious commitment among LGB individuals was positively correlated with satisfaction in life, but it was negatively correlated with physical health. Second, I found that cultural humility moderated the relationship between religious commitment and satisfaction in life for LGB individuals involved in a religious community. The lowest levels of satisfaction with life were found for individuals with low religious commitment and perceived the cultural humility of their religious community to be low. However, cultural humility did not moderate the relationship between religious commitment and mental and physical health outcomes. Third, I found cultural humility did not moderate the relationship between religious commitment and minority stress (i.e., internalized homophobia). Fourth, I found that cultural humility was a significant positive predictor of motivations to forgive a hurt caused by a religious individual. I conclude by discussing limitations, areas for future research, and implications for counseling.
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Tran, Thi Linh Giang Suree Kanjanawong. "Gender identity, sexual meaning and sexual health among young female physical disabled in Hai Duong City-Vietnam /." Abstract, 2004. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2547/cd364/4537970.pdf.
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Kirkland, Denise. "Researching strategies for risk reduction in sexual behaviour." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2000. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/192779/.
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This thesis is based in two parallel strands of research. The first is an exploration of the theoretical distinctions between two competing paradigms dominant in sexual health research: social cognition models and discourse theory. The second is an exploration of the practical use of a discourse theoretical approach to research accounts from people in the forty-something' age bracket about their experience of developing new sexually intimate relationships. Some developments in connectionist theory are used to explore some possible distinctions between implicit and explicit knowledge. These distinctions are then used to explore the scope of the two paradigms and, drawing on findings from the practical research, to discuss some implications for sexual health research and intervention.
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Ross, Michael W. "Condom use and attitudes toward condom use in homosexual men /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 1988. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09MPM/09mpmr825.pdf.
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Chatterjee, Karishma. "An examination of self reports of young adults' talk about safer sex in dating relationships health, relationship and emotional outcomes /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1197598039.
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Hameed, Shaffa. "Sexual health policies and youth : a case study of the Maldives." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2012. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/731/.
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This research examines sexual health (SH) policies and experiences of youth, using the Maldives as a case study. Youth SH is a controversial and under-researched issue in The Maldives, an Islamic state where premarital sexual activity is a punishable offence. This thesis addresses the question: To what extent, and why is there a mismatch between official Maldivian SH policies, services and data and the lived experiences of youth in Maldives? It is a mixed methods study involving four research methods and sets of data: i) qualitative in-depth interviews (n=61) with youth aged 18-24 years from three sites within the Maldives; ii) key informant interviews (n=17) with policy actors and service providers; iii) a web-based quantitative survey of Maldivian youth (n=480); and iv) secondary analysis of the Maldives DHS 2009. There are four main findings from this research, three of which are substantive, and one of which is methodological. Sociocultural and religious factors heavily influenced policymaking, service provision and youth experiences. Contrary to most theocratic states, the SH policymaking process in the Maldives is shaped by policy actors and institutions whose strengths have more sociocultural basis than religious expertise. Whilst published official data and original secondary analyses of the MDHS suggest that premarital sexual activity among youth is very limited; this thesis finds extensive reporting of sexual activity. This contrast was also reflected in youth’s knowledge of STIs- where official data displayed a higher level of awareness than found through in-depth interviews and the web-based survey- and their experience of unwanted pregnancies and abortions, which appear to be under-reported in official data. Analyses of the web-based survey using the same questions as the DHS show significantly higher levels of reporting of sexual activity, showing a strong modality effect on survey response. Results from the web-based survey demonstrated that if sociocultural factors were removed from questionnaire design (e.g. censorship of certain issues) and administration (e.g., privacy and anonymity- difficult to achieve in small island communities typical of the Maldives); it is possible to improve response rates and quality of the data. Finally, this thesis highlights two key characteristics of the relationship between SH policy, services, data and youth experiences in the Maldives. Firstly, youth SH experiences appear to be disconnected from SH policies, services and data. Secondly, there is a mutually reinforcing relationship between official SH data and policies, where restrictive policies dictate the type and extent of data that may be collected, which then reinforce justifications for the current restrictive policies and limited services. Policy implications of this research include identifying and addressing the links between SH policymaking and religious and sociocultural factors, and addressing the subsequent effect on SH policy and services for youth.
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Bond, Richard P. "Sexual Orientation and the Advanced Placement Art History Survey." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc700015/.
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This two-part study included a content analysis of an AP art history text and a survey together with interviews with AP art history teachers that embraced both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. The first phase of the study examined one of the more popular art history survey texts in the AP art history program, Gardner’s Art through the Ages, in terms of how inclusive it is in addressing issues of sexual orientation and, particularly, same-sex perspectives. In addition, the text was examined for evidence of sexual orientation ignored – particularly same-sex perspectives ignored and for heteronormative hegemonies. The second phase investigated the understandings and opinions of AP art history teachers toward the inclusion of sexual orientation and same-sex perspectives in their curriculums and classrooms. Recent recognition of gay, lesbian, and same-sex perspectives in the study of art history has challenged art educators and art historians to begin to consider opening up their curriculums and writings to include these perspectives. These ignored perspectives produce important understandings that enrich and deepen the discourse of art history. The inclusion of gay and lesbian content and same-sex perspectives to the study of AP art history, not only effectively serves the needs of AP art history teachers, but it provides a more equitable and comprehensive visual arts education to students. The implications of this study are broad and complex. If students are to be well and comprehensively educated in the history of the visual arts, including discussions about the sexual orientation of gay and lesbian artists as well as artworks depicting same-sex perspectives is important. Similarly, their teachers must be well-informed and believe that including such material in the curriculum is important. There is definitely a need for designing more balanced and equitable AP art history programs that include gay and lesbian artists as well as same-sex perspectives. From a multicultural art education perspective, this study reveals that gays and lesbians are marginalized in a major AP art history survey text. It illuminates how an AP art history survey text and AP art history teachers’ attitudes and knowledge base on same-sex perspectives inform their curriculums, specifically concerning what’s important to teach in an AP art history classroom. If approved AP art history survey texts as well as the influential annual AP College Board art history exam included issues of sexual orientation, particularly same-sex perspectives, it would encourage more AP art history teachers to include gay and lesbian artists and same-sex perspectives in their curriculums.
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Ferguson, Cherie. "ART THERAPY FOR ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2014. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/56.
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The current study sought to determine the utilization and effectiveness of art therapy with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, as perceived by mental health professionals. A total of 33 participants consisting of marriage and family therapists, masters of social work level clinicians and one doctorate level were surveyed. A self-constructed survey, created by the researcher was distributed to the participants. Results demonstrate that about one third of participants perceived art therapy to be moderately effective in reducing male and female issues surrounding childhood sexual abuse. No significant results were found when comparing the effectiveness of art therapy on males versus females. The study also shows that art therapy is under-utilized. The current study is limited by a small sample size, as well as little experience with art therapy utilization. This study contributes to social work knowledge by providing an awareness of art therapy treatment utilization with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Future research regarding art therapy should consider mental health practitioners’ lack of knowledge and possible under-utilization of art therapy in order to determine its true effectiveness
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Iwami, Michiyo. "Sexual and reproductive health care development and participation in Peru : the role of CLAS." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2008. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/1089/.
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This study aims to analyse policy and political processes at multiple levels, and examine the consequences for Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) care development arising from the engagement of a participatory movement in Peru. I used Associations of Local Community of Health Administration (CLAS) as a core organisation for Peru’s major participatory model at local level. With policy makers, NGOs, health workers and (potential) service users, I explored factors that facilitated/prevented women’s participation in decision-making mechanisms and health practices. I employed a case study and multi-disciplinary approach at national, regional and local levels, focused upon women from multiple aspects in Andean Peru. I studied rural, periurban CLAS and non-CLAS models to compare across the case studies. I conducted semi-structured in-depth interviews with 116 respondents, unstructured observation, and documentary analysis in 2004. My analytical frameworks focused upon: ‘policy content’, ‘context’, ‘actors’, ‘process’, ‘patterns of participation’, and ‘outcomes and impacts’. Political, economic, legal and technical were identified which reflected the stagnant state of the development of SRH and CLAS policies. The central policy focuses on a narrow sense of SRH care, and neglects Reproductive Tract Infections (RTIs). Central government’s weak political leadership and stewardship to CLAS policies reflected that personal leadership (e.g. regional health directors) can define the destiny of regional CLAS development. Facilitating factors were led by NGOs and mixed factors were led by donors. CLAS appeared to create favourable conditions/environment for women’s participation in the community. Local respondents in the CLAS system understood the importance of participation to solve local problems compared to their non-CLAS system counterparts. Nevertheless, women in CLAS model had no influence on changes of SRH agenda, despite difficulties in the acquisition of contraceptives and effective RTIs medicines. The following actors must be incorporated into the decision-making and evaluation/feedback mechanisms in CLAS model to achieve more gender, age-gentle, and ethnically-sensitive Local Health Programmes and strengthen a rights- and trust-based approach: women’s Grassroots organisations, Defence Committees of Women’s Rights, Community Health Agents, Committees of Communal Development or Health (CODECOS)/(COSACOS), and traditional health providers. Alternative relationships (e.g. rapprochement) between CLAS and government authorities must be sought.
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Ramella, Marcelo. "Taking part : a study of adolescent sexual health promotion in Peru." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2002. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/45/.
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This study introduces a theoretical and empirical exploration of the issue of participation within the field of adolescent sexual health promotion. It contributes to, and engages in, two kinds of debates: policy and practice discussions on how to involve adolescents in promoting their sexual health, and academic debates on the relevant theory that informs policy and practice. The thesis critically reviews literature on participatory adolescent sexual health promotion arguing that the field is located at the intersection of three central conceptual vectors: adolescence, which is constructed as inevitably transiting towards adulthood from the moment childhood ends; adolescent sexual health, which is primarily dictated by the languages of biomedicine and psychology; and adolescent participation, which appears understood as a process of adult transmission of knowledge onto the participating adolescent. Challenging these coordinates, and by drawing on the works of Jürgen Habermas and Paulo Freire, a framework for understanding participatory processes is elaborated. Participation here is conceptualised as a social process of creation via which those taking part in it concurrently shape and maintain knowledge, mould and stabilise social relations, and care for themselves. A participatory adolescent sexual health promotion initiative implemented in rural and urban-marginal communities of the Andean, Coastal and Jungle regions of Peru, acts as the observational field for the empirical investigation of the conceptualisation of participation advanced in the thesis. Documentaries and dramas produced in video format by the adolescents taking part in the initiative, together with audio-visual recordings of group discussions in which the adolescents presented and problematised these videos constitute the qualitative data gathered in this study. The data was analysed to explore adolescents’ collective elaborations of sexuality in general and of sexual health in particular, and to reconstruct, from these instances of collective creation, the workings of the participation processes that underpin them.
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Molloy, Erin. "Sexual politics and the art of war, patriarchy and the military." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0004/MQ46269.pdf.
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Sydor, Anna Marguerite. "The lived experiences of young men addressing their sexual health and negotiating their masculinities." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2010. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/the-lived-experiences-of-young-men-addressing-their-sexual-health-and-negotiating-their-masculinities(ed7396f3-14ef-4bff-bfd2-424d841e2b51).html.
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This thesis examines the lived experiences of young men, addressing their sexual health using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). It is known that young men do not access sexual health services in the same numbers as young women (Pearson, 2003a) and their masculinities are posited as a contributory factor to this. IPA was used to analyse data, collected using semi-structured interviews. Participants were young men, aged 16-20 years (n=7), recruited through local authority leisure centres; convenience sampling was used. Six semi-structured interviews were used as two participants were interviewed jointly. Interviews were conducted exclusively by the researcher, a young woman. The study aimed: • To discover young men’s lived experiences of addressing, or failing to address, their sexual health. • To discover young men’s experiences of negotiating masculinities, relating to their sexual health. Young men were found to have little knowledge of sexual health and sexually transmitted infections and asserted their wishes about sex over their partners. Women were characterised as the source of sexually transmitted infections and the young men sought to ‘protect’ themselves from their partners. However, contraception was seen as the preserve of women, despite unplanned pregnancy being a great concern for the young men. Young men’s ideals of masculinities often did not correspond to their personal ideals; in order to preserve their masculinities, the young men explained the compromises they made. In this way, they negotiated their masculinities with themselves and society. The study has contributed new knowledge and understanding about young men’s negotiation of their masculinities when considering their sexual health. A contribution to knowledge about methodology of interviewing young men has also been made, as the researcher was a young woman who was successful in eliciting rich data about a sensitive subject from young men.
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Oronje, Rose Ndakala. "Understanding the drivers of change in sexual and reproductive health policy and legislation in Kenya." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2013. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/46469/.
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The thesis explored the drivers and inhibitors of change in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) policy and legislation in Kenya. The overall purpose was to contribute to the limited knowledge on national-level debates that shape how developing countries adapt the SRH agenda, which originated from international processes. The thesis explains how and why some SRH reforms have been realised in Kenya amid contention, while others have been blocked. Guided by a synthesis conceptual framework that emphasised the central role of discursive power in decision-making, the thesis adopted a qualitative case-study design enriched with various anthropological concepts. Three case-studies (two bureaucratic, i.e. adolescent RH policy and national RH policy, and one legislative, i.e. sexual offences law) were deconstructed. Data collection involved semi-structured in-depth interviews with policy actors, observations and note-taking in meetings, and document review. Findings revealed that four influential narratives of SRH – the moral narrative, cultural narrative, medical narrative (with two variations i.e. ‘moralised' versus ‘comprehensive' medical narratives), and human rights narrative – underpinned by conflicting actor interests, mediated the interplay of actor networks, knowledge, context and institutions to determine reforms. The findings revealed that the strong entrenchment of the moral and cultural narratives in the Kenyan context (mainly public structures and institutions) was a major barrier to reforms on contested SRH issues. Even then, the hegemonic narratives were in some cases unsettled to make reforms possible. The most important factors in unsettling the hegemonic narratives to facilitate reforms included: a change in the political context that brought in new political actors supportive of reforms, the presence of knowledgeable and charismatic issue champions within political and bureaucratic institutions, the availability of compelling knowledge (scientific or lay) on an issue, sustained evidence-informed advocacy by civil society/non-governmental organisations, donor pressure, and reduced political costs (for politicians and bureaucrats) for supporting reforms. The main contribution of the thesis is three-fold. First, the thesis captures the disconnect between international SRH agreements and national-level realities, showing the need for international actors to consider national-level realities that shape decision-making. Second, its findings provide lessons for informing future SRH reform efforts in Kenya and in other sub-Saharan African countries. Third, its analysis of discursive power contributes to a major theoretical gap in health systems research in developing countries identified as lack of critical analysis of power in decision-making.
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Dusabe, John. "Development and evaluation of an mHealth intervention to improve the uptake of sexual and reproductive health services in Mwanza Tanzania." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2014. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/2014371/.
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This thesis documents the development and evaluation of an mHealth intervention for sexual and reproductive health (SRH) referral from drugstores to health facilities in Mwanza Tanzania. SRH is an important factor for human development. Over the last 2 decades, provision and accessibility to SRH services has benefited from international and national health promotion interventions. In developing countries, use of close to community providers (CTC providers), such as village health workers, has been a key component of health promotion. This has been especially true in Tanzania where up to 70% of formal primary health care facilities lack health staff. CTC providers have been promoted through international initiatives such as the World Health Organization’s (WHO) task-shifting initiative. WHO’s recognition of CTC providers ranges from cadres at the grassroots level such as village health workers and drugstores to formal auxiliary providers based in health facilities, such as medical aides and nurses. In Tanzania, drugstores provide a range of SRH services ranging from simple advice on how to use a condom to complex prescriptions of antibiotics for STI treatment. Evidence has shown that drugstores – though more likely to have health-related training than any other informal CTC providers – lack skills necessary for provision of SRH services. This may contribute to poor SRH outcomes, such as increase in prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and antibiotic resistance. Accessing SRH services at the formal health facility level is key to improving these outcomes. To create SRH service linkages and integration between drugstores and health facilities in Mwanza, Tanzania, an intervention that pioneered an mHealth SRH referral from drugstores to health facilities was designed and implemented for 18 months from September 2012 to February 2014. Referral between these two SRH providers using mHealth tools had not been attempted before. The intervention provided an electronic platform accessible to 52 drugstores and 18 health facilities in two districts of Mwanza region. Through a toll-free number and password, drugstores referred patients with SRH conditions to health facilities using the text-messaging feature on their mobile phones. From the platform’s in-built data collection tool, SRH uptake data demonstrated that 38% of patients referred from drugstores accessed HIV, STIs, family planning and maternal health services at the health facility level. A follow-up randomised household survey found that 72% of the participants would accept such type of referral in future, and among those who had ever visited drugstores for SRH services, 15% had heard about the intervention. At the end of the intervention, drugstores and health facilities confirmed that it was beneficial to their SRH service provision and that they would like to continue implementing it. In conclusion, this text messaging intervention pioneered community referral from drugstores to health facilities for SRH treatment by using mobile phones which appeared to be acceptable and effective in Mwanza Tanzania. With the growing use of mobile phones in Africa and the need to provide SRH services beyond the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) era, mobile phone-based community referral through CTC providers, such as drugstores, could make an important contribution to achieving Universal Health Coverage targets.
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Campbell, Taylor C. Ms. "Sexual Assault Victims and How They Cope: A Creative Thesis From A Survivor’s Perspective." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/405.
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This thesis shows the creative process that fine artist Taylor Campbell went through while completing a painting show about the sexual assault epidemic on college campuses. Because she has been a victim of both sexual harassment and assault while attending college, she dives deeper into how she and other survivors cope with their trauma and uses her creative outlet to help get conversation started about the epidemic. She hopes with her research and her paintings that other survivors will realize they are not alone in their battles and are surrounded by people who are ready and willing to help. She also hopes that her work will inspire those who have not been affected by sexual violence will be inspired speak up when they see something unusual, and to be open and supportive to those who have been affected.
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Howard, Lauren. "The Aesthetics of Healing Representations of Sexual Trauma in Gita Hashemi’s Grounding: States of Gender." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/41433.
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The following thesis explores the complexities of visual representation in relation to women’s experiences of sexual trauma, focusing on Gita Hashemi’s durational performance, Grounding: States of Gender (2017). Specifically, I look at the prolonged psychic pain that stems from the infinite negotiating of traumatic memory and the simultaneous struggle to have these experiences be seen, heard, and validated. With reference to theorizations of mourning (Butler, 2004; Fitzpatrick, 2013) and feminist approaches to psychotherapy (Herman, 1992; Magnet, 2017) my study of Grounding responds to a contemporary turn towards embodied and autobiographical feminist research methods. Using critical methodologies of visual analysis and narrative inquiry, I seek to explore the therapeutic value of the aesthetic or, what I refer to as an aesthetic of healing. Acknowledging how subjectivity functions as both a site of knowledge and as a record of lived experience, I ask how Hashemi’s forms of narrative embodiment work strategically, revealing traumatic realties while simultaneously orienting the viewer towards a position of reflexive engagement within broader sociocultural contexts.
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Bardin, Marcela Grigol 1988. "Higiene e cuidados com a genitália em mulheres com vulvovaginites = Hygiene and genital care of women with vulvovaginitis." [s.n.], 2014. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/312983.
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Orientadores: Paulo César Giraldo, Cristina Laguna Benetti PintoDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas
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Resumo: INTRODUÇÃO: A vaginose bacteriana (VB) e a candidíase vaginal (CV) são as vulvovaginites (VV) mais frequentemente encontradas em mulheres durante o ciclo reprodutivo. Embora os tratamentos dessas VV estejam esclarecidos, a prevenção ainda é pouco estudada. Os hábitos de higiene e cuidados diários com a genitália feminina são fatores que podem influenciar o ecossistema vulvovaginal, facilitando a instalação dessas VV. OBJETIVO: Verificar os hábitos de lavagem, uso de absorventes higiênicos, práticas depilatórias, uso de piercings e tatuagens, tipo indumentária e atividades sexuais em mulheres com VV. MÉTODOS: Estudo de corte transversal utilizou questionário contendo 60 perguntas, divididas nos seguintes domínios: I ¿ Limpeza genital; II ¿ Uso de absorventes higiênicos; III ¿ Práticas depilatórias; IV ¿ Uso de piercings e tatuagens genitais; V ¿ Tipo indumentária e VI ¿ Atividades sexuais. Foram analisadas 307 mulheres de 18 a 45 anos, atendidas nos ambulatórios de um hospital universitário (Universidade Estadual de campinas, Brasil). Realizou-se exame ginecológico para diagnóstico de VB e CV por bacterioscopia e cultura de fungo, além de medir pH e realizar teste de Whiff. Os critérios de exclusão foram: uso de antibiótico até 15 dias antes da inclusão, antecedente de câncer, sorologia positiva para HIV e/ou sífilis e presença doença imunossupressora. Este estudo teve a aprovação do Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Unicamp sob número de protocolo 1836/2013 e todas as voluntárias assinaram o termo de consentimento livre e esclarecido previamente à participação neste estudo. A coleta de dados foi realizada no período de março a novembro de 2013. Para a análise estatística, consideraram-se dois grupos principais: mulheres sem e com vulvovaginites (presença de VB, CV e ambas) que foram comparados entre si. Também se realizou uma segunda análise de cada tipo de VV isoladamente (VB, CV e ambas associadas) versus mulheres sem vulvovaginites. Foram empregados os testes de Fischer e Qui-quadrado através do EPI INFO 0.5. Considerou-se nível de significância quando p<,05. RESULTADOS: Entre as 307 participantes, 46% foram diagnosticadas com VV presentes e 54% sem VV. Quando comparados estes grupos, não se encontraram diferenças significativas quanto à idade, IMC, escolaridade, número de gestações, número de partos, estado marital, raça, religião, uso de métodos contraceptivos, tabagismo, tempo fora de casa e queixas de dispareunia. A média de idade foi de 33,6 (±6,8) anos e de escolaridade 10,4 (±3,3) anos de estudo. A presença de VV esteve significativamente associada ao menor uso de produtos para higiene genital tais como sabonete líquido íntimo para higiene diária (p=,04) e lenço úmido para higiene pós-miccional (p=,04) e maior uso de sabonete bactericida para realização da lavagem genital durante o banho (<,0001). As mulheres com VV utilizaram mais calcinhas de tecido sintético (p<,05), apresentaram mais ciclos menstruais (p<,0001) que aquelas sem VV e apresentaram hábitos de uso de absorventes semelhantes. As mulheres com VB praticaram mais o sexo anal nos últimos 30 dias (p<,0001) e usavam mais substâncias erógenas (p<,02) que aquelas sem VV. Não houve diferenças significativas de frequência de relações sexuais, dispareunia, sexo oral e uso de lubrificantes entre os grupos estudados. A análise da depilação genital também não evidenciou diferenças significativas quanto ao método utilizado, motivação, frequência, área de depilação, irritabilidade vulvar, produtos pós-depilatórios e opinião sobre a influência da depilação genital sobre a saúde feminina. Apesar de ser um número baixo, mulheres com CV apresentaram mais tatuagens genitais que os demais grupos (p=,04) e apenas uma mulher apresentou piercing genital. CONCLUSÕES: Alguns hábitos de lavagem da genitália, a presença de ciclos menstruais, o uso de calcinhas de tecido sintético, relações sexuais anais e uso de substâncias erógenas na genitália se associaram à frequência de vulvovaginites. Especialmente estas últimas relacionadas aos hábitos sexuais estiveram associadas à presença de vaginose bacteriana. Os hábitos de uso de absorventes higiênicos e depilatórios não se associaram à presença de VV. Os adornos genitais foram raros, porém encontraram-se mais tatuagens genitais em mulheres com CV
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Bacterial vaginosis (BV) and vaginal candidiasis (VC) are the most frequently vulvovaginitis (VV) encountered during in women at reproductive cycle. Although the treatments of VV are clear, prevention is still little studied. Hygiene habits and daily care with the female genitalia are factors that can influence the vulvovaginal ecosystem, and might facilitate the installation of these VV. MAIN: To investigate the genital washing habits, use of sanitary pads, genital hair removal, use of piercings and tattoos, clothing type and sexual activity in women with VV. METHODS: Cross-sectional study used a questionnaire containing 60 questions, divided into the following areas: I ¿ Genital Cleaning; II ¿ Use of sanitary pads; III ¿ depilatory practices; IV ¿ Use of genital piercings and tattoos; V ¿ clothing type and VI ¿ Sexual Activities. Were analyzed 307 women from 18 to 45 years, attended at two outpatient clinics of a university hospital (University of Campinas, Brazil). Gynecological exam was performed for collecting vaginal material for BV and VC diagnosis by Gram stain and culture of fungus, as well as measured pH and performed Whiff test. Exclusion criteria were: use of antibiotics within 15 days before enrollment, history of cancer, HIV positive and/or other immunosuppressive disease. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of UNICAMP Research under protocol number 1836/2013 and all volunteers signed an informed consent form prior to their participation in this study. Data collection was conducted from March to November 2013. For statistical analysis, we considered two main groups: women with and without vulvovaginitis (presence of BV, VC and both) were compared to each other. It was also conducted a second analysis of each group of VV alone (BV, VC and both combined) versus women without vulvovaginitis. Statistical analysis used exact Fischer and chi-square tests by the EPI INFO 0.5. It was considered a significance level of p<.05. RESULTS: Among the 307 participants, 46% were diagnosed with VV and 54% without VV. When comparing these groups, there were no significant differences in age, BMI, duration of study, number of pregnancies, number of births, marital status, race, religion, use of contraceptives, smoking, time away from home and complaints of dyspareunia. The mean age was 33.6 (± 6.8) years of education and 10.4 (± 3.3) years of education. The presence of VV was significantly associated with lower use of genital hygiene products such as liquid soap for daily intimate hygiene (p=.04) and moist napkin as hygiene post urination (p=.04) and, on the other hand, increased use of antibacterial soap for daily genital wash (<.0001). Women with VV used more panties of synthetic fabric (p<.05), had more menstrual cycles (p<.0001) than those without VV and similar use of sanitary pads. Women with BV practiced more anal sex in the last 30 days (p<.0001) and used more erogenous substances (p<.02) than those without VV. There were no significant differences in frequency of sexual intercourse, dyspareunia, oral sex and using lubricants between groups. The analysis of genital hair removal also showed no significant differences in the method used, motivation, frequency, area of hair removal, vulvar irritability, post-depilatory used products, and opinion about the influence of genital waxing on women's health. Despite being a low number, women with genital VC had more tattoos than the other groups (p=.04) and only one woman had genital piercing. CONCLUSIONS: Some habits related to genitalia washing, the presence of menstrual cycles, the use of synthetic fabric underwear, anal intercourse and use of erogenous substances during sexual intercourse were associated with frequency of vulvovaginitis. Especially anal sex on the last 30 days previous to diagnosis and use of erogenous substances during sexual intercourse were specifically associated with the presence of bacterial vaginosis. Use of sanitary pads and hair removal habits were not associated with the presence of VV. The genital adornments were rare but genital tattoos were most common among women with VC
Mestrado
Fisiopatologia Ginecológica
Mestra em Ciências da Saúde
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Sah, Rajeeb Kumar. "Positive sexual health : an ethnographic exploration of social and cultural factors affecting sexual lifestyles and relationships of Nepalese young people in the UK." Thesis, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2017. http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/17253/.
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This PhD is an interdisciplinary research project in the field of public health, youth studies, sociology and cultural studies about the sexual lives of 16 young Nepalese aged 16-24 living in London. The research uses ethnography and biography to explore social and cultural factors affecting sexual health and lifestyles of Nepalese young people in the changing world. Sexual health still remains a taboo, which brings struggle for Nepalese young people to negotiate their sexual lives within Nepalese families and community. The current study explores young people’s reflections of their sexual lifestyles and experiences, which is embedded in the sociocultural norms and patterns of the society, and their interactions with families, community and broader social structures. The findings suggest that detailed examinations of the connectedness between agency and social context provide more clear understanding of the everyday sexual lives of young people. The changing lifestyles of Nepalese young people in the western world provide accessibility to the new ways of living in experiencing sexual lives through transforming leisure activities and creating multiple opportunities for sexual intimacies and relationships. The popularity of nightclubbing and changing attitudes towards sexual lifestyles create concerns for sexual health risks and vulnerability as well as conflict within family because of sociocultural dominance towards relationships and marriage. The data suggest that young people negotiate with several challenges, such as caste issues and parental consent, while transforming love relationships into love arranged marriage. It was found that lack of communication on sexual matters within family fuel the issues of trust and promote secret relationships and females are widely discriminated at different levels within Nepalese society. These structural factors along with lack of appropriate sexual health knowledge and education limit expressions of positive sexual lifestyles and relationships among Nepalese young people. Intersectionality in this study is used to investigate key structural influences of sexual health and lifestyles at multiple levels. This research uses grounded theory to develop a tentative social ecological model, adapted from an ecological model, to understand the positive sexual health experiences of Nepalese young people.
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Waetford, Cathrine Huhana. "The knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of young Māori women in relation to sexual health a descriptive qualitative study : a thesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Health Science, 2008 /." Click here to access this resource online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/412.
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Nixon, Catherine L. "Communicating about sexual health and relationships within local authority care placements." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2015. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6291/.
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Background: Evidence from population-level studies demonstrates that adolescent sexual health outcomes are associated with social exclusion, and that certain groups, including young people looked after by local authorities often experience poorer sexual health outcomes. The poorer sexual health outcomes observed for looked after young people has led to the Scottish Government recommending that looked after young people be prioritised for the delivery of sexual health and relationships education, and that residential carers, foster carers and social workers should play a key role in the delivery of sexual health and relationships information to looked after young people. This recommendation builds on existing policy initiatives that have emphasised that parents should be routinely talking to their children about sexual health and relationships. Despite a growing research interest in the health of looked after young people, there is currently little known about how sexual health and relationships discussions are undertaken within the care setting. This is because much of the research that has been published to date has focussed upon identifying barriers to communication rather than establishing how communications are shaped by the characteristics of carers, looked after children and the wider context of the care system. In this thesis I hope to address this research gap by exploring what factors shape communications about sexual health and relationships within the care setting, and examining the extent to which connectedness, monitoring and supervision — parenting factors identified as promoting positive sexual health outcomes for adolescents within the wider literature — mediate these discussions. Methods: 54 in-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with looked after young people (aged 14-18), care leavers (aged 16-23), residential workers, foster carers and social workers in one local authority in Scotland between August and December 2011. Data were analysed thematically, with data collected from corporate parents and looked after young people used to compare and contrast experiences of talking about sexual health within the care setting. Findings: The results presented in this study demonstrate that there has been a perceived shift in attitudes towards talking to looked after young people about their sexual health, and that residential carers, foster carers and social workers believe that talking to young people about sexual health and relationships should be a core responsibility of the corporate parent. Despite this, the results of this study demonstrate that talking to young people about sexual health and relationship is a subject that is fraught with tensions, with many of the corporate parents interviewed expressing difficulties reconciling their own views about the appropriateness of talking to young people about sexual behaviours with their professional responsibility to inform and protect looked after young people from risk. Looking specifically at how communications about sexual health and relationships were undertaken within the care setting, the results of this study show that talking to young people in care about sexual health and relationships is mediated by the impact or pre-care and care histories, in particular maltreatment and poor attachment security, upon young people’s understandings of relationships and their ability to trust other people and seek out help and support. Whilst corporate parents emphasised the need for training to help them identify strategies for talking to young people about sexual health and relationships, the results of this study show that corporate parents are already undertaking sexual health and relationships work that is tailored to the age and stage of the child, and is balanced by the provision of monitoring and supervision to minimise risk. Conclusions: The results of this thesis show that discussions about sexual health and relationships need to be underpinned by a trusting relationship between corporate parents and looked after children. As such, an emphasis needs to be placed upon improving young people’s ability to trust other people. Improving permanency for young people in the care system, in conjunction with the development of attachment based sexual health practices, may result in the promotion of positive outcomes for looked after young people. Future policies and training relating to the provision of sexual health and relationships education within the care system should reflect this fact.
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Larsen, Devon P. "Rethinking the Monumental: The Museum as Feminist Space in the Sexual Politics Exhibition, 1996." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001540.
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Gilbert, Véronique. "'Mokk pooj' : gender, interpretive labour and sexual imaginary in Senegal's art/work of seduction." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/23635.
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This thesis examines the evolving gender relationships exposed by and contested through the Senegalese art of seduction, mokk pooj. The Wolof expression encompasses a set of feminine attitudes and actions (culinary prowess, docility, eroticism) that reflect values such as teraanga (hospitality), sutura (discretion), and muñ (patience, endurance). These beliefs and the discursive practices that perpetuate them are central to the reproduction of a gendered, normative, patriarchal, polygamous Senegalese sexual imaginary, but are framed within the playful and pleasurable realm of seduction and sexuality. Indeed, mokk pooj implies a satisfying sexual life based on a religiously-‐informed sexual ethics: in a country where 95% of people identify as Muslim, marriage and procreation are divine recommendations, and sexual pleasure is said to make a married couple feel closer to Allah. In consequence, objects and strategies that enhance sexual satisfaction are an integral part of the Senegalese seduction toolkit. Each chapter pays attention to a specific element of the material culture of seduction and explores how it exposes larger gender dynamics. By taking potions and amulets, money, aphrodisiacs, food, and lingerie as the starting point of each chapter, I explore how these objects relate to concepts of social conformity and normativity, love, anxiety, complementarity and agency. In doing so, I analyse the gendered labour – the art/work of seduction – that goes into mokk pooj. David Graeber (2012) suggests that within hierarchical relationships, individuals in an inferior position (women) have to constantly imagine, understand, manage and care about the egos, perspectives and points of view of those on the top (men) while the latter rarely reciprocate. While Graeber contends that this ‘interpretive labor’ or ‘imaginative identification’ reproduces an internalised structural violence, I analyse mokk pooj as an affective economy in which women’s emotional, interpretive labour, becomes an agentive, albeit conservative, tool of negotiation and power (Mahmood 2005). In imagining and interpreting men’s needs and desires, Senegalese women uphold the Senegalese sexual imaginary that portray them as docile and submissive. However, it is through the apparent conformity and subdued demeanour that mokk pooj requires of them that Senegalese women manage to portray themselves as good women and consequently enhance their agentive power of negotiation.
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Bauer, Susan Wise. "The art of the public grovel: Sexual scandal and the rise of public confession." W&M ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539623323.
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Between 1969 and 2002, three American politicians (Edward Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton) and three ordained clergymen (Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart, and Cardinal Bernard Law) made public confessions of wrongdoing to national audiences. These public confessions reveal that Protestant religious culture, particularly the neoevangelical culture of the twentieth century, had changed the expectations of many who did not consider themselves within neoevangelicalism's sphere of influence. By tracing the historical development of public confession from its medieval roots to its use in twentieth-century entertainment programming, this dissertation shows that Protestant confessional practice affected both secular American political discourse and American Catholic expectations. Examination of these six confessions further shows that, in order to survive the ordeal of public confession, leaders must identify themselves with the weak and dispossessed, place themselves on the right side of a holy war against evil, and give followers the power to take part in the cleansing ritual of forgiveness. This study concludes that, by the end of the twentieth century, Americans who were neither Protestant nor neoevangelical had nevertheless come to expect a Protestant ritual of public confession from erring leaders, and also demanded a role in the task of forgiveness and restoration.
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Kent, Annette. "Art Therapy and Spirituality in Treatment of an Adolescent female who expreirenced Sexual Assault." Ursuline College / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=urs1210530808.
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Williams, Kathryn. "Fix." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2006. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/418.
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For the past 15 years I have been struggling to recover from the consequences of sexual abuse. I have been involved with many self abusive habits, including cutting different areas of my body. I have come to the understanding that these addictive habits evolved as a direct result of sexual abuse. The stories I am about to relate tell the fears and difficulties I have experienced as well as an account of the tremendous power that art has provided me towards a full recovery. I am writing this memoir in hopes that those who read it will better understand the consequences of sexual abuse, the importance of support and the way in which art can act as an effective form of therapy. I need to make art because it keeps me alive. It feeds me and makes my life livable. I realize that not everyone will understand or appreciate what I create. I realize that making art is always going to be something difficult for people to understand. But I don't care. I don't care because I have to make art. I just have to do it. Just like someone somewhere has to jump over a pole and win a gold medal. It keeps me healthy and provides me with the outlet I need. And so I've come to the understanding that I make artwork in order to live. I have discovered through my own experiences, that abuse is not something many people feel comfortable talking about. Often when abuse is talked about, people become withdrawn or nervous, afraid to approach the subject. This creates a tremendous strain for those who are trying to overcome the problems associated with abuse. What people need to understand is regardless of the difficulties surrounding communication, abuse happens and it happens to a lot of people. Using art as therapy allows my feelings to take form. They are outside of me for the moment. I can look at them and try to assess them. I have never told anyone the exact details of the abuse as words do not suffice. I have written down a number of detailed memories but I can't ever write it down the way it actually felt or feels. I know what I'm trying to say but words do not suffice. Throughout my graduate studies art has been an integral part of my healing. I knew I could not erase my abuse but I have found that by incorporating my art as a means of therapy, I have been able to find an increased sense of peace and strength. I have been able to fix things, things that before seemed unfixable. When I first began the project, aesthetic assumptions did not seem as important when compared to the benefits which came from the tangible physical process of making things. The process provided an outlet that wasn't going to hurt me. After continued therapy and assessment, it became easier and easier to recognize art as therapy. I was learning to channel my feelings and express things I couldn't express before. I was beginning to heal. For many the process alone could be sufficient; however I could not be fulfilled unless the work also incorporated a satisfying sense of aesthetics. I wanted people to see my work. I wanted them to see it and feel motivated to talk about abuse. I needed aesthetics to lure an audience that might otherwise not approach such subjects. While the main concept behind the work focuses on the actions of degradation, cleansing and reconstructing, I considered the work not only to be helpful therapeutically but also aesthetically pleasing. The work tells a history of the artistic processes which evolved as I continued through therapy. The work includes layers which indicate the advancement from fear and trauma to life and beauty. While parts of this document deal with extremely difficult issues, I haveallowed the text to wander, including more mundane or everyday diary type entries. I believe the manner of the text correlates directly with the art, emphasizing not only the brutality of abuse but also the hope and sense of achievement art has provided me as productive means of therapy.
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Lees, Linda Jane. "'Thou art a verie baggadge' : gender and crime in seventeenth-century Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.302523.
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Kelly, D. "The substance use, sexual behaviour and health needs of young tourists travelling to national and international holiday destinations." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2016. http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/5252/.
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A growing literature base is identifying high levels of substance use and sexual risk taking among young tourists in holiday destinations. However, studies have predominantly focused on the behaviours of tourists visiting Mediterranean package holiday resorts or college students visiting spring break destinations. Limited research has focused on other types of tourists that exist in holiday destinations, or on types of holiday destination. Similarly, the health related behaviours of young tourists during their time in holiday locations have yet to be explored in any detail. This PhD study seeks to address these gaps by firstly examining the risk and health related behaviours of young British casual workers in Ibiza, Spain, using both quantitative and ethnographic methods. Secondly, the research measures the changes in individual tourist’s behaviours that take place pre and post-travel across a range of holiday destinations, using a novel three-stage longitudinal method. Thirdly, the research quantitatively measures the behaviours of tourists visiting the city break destination of Liverpool, UK. The primary contribution of all three studies is towards an evidence base for tailored health literature and services that take into consideration the differing behaviours of tourist groups that exist within varied contexts. The study of casual workers in Ibiza provides a comprehensive understanding of how they exist in a complex environment where they must negotiate risk, and the importance of targeting this group with appropriate and relatable harm reduction messages. The longitudinal study of holidaymakers contributes towards an understanding of the full tourist pathway and how three-stage studies may be appropriate for future research. Finally, the study of tourists in Liverpool is the first of its kind in both offering a glimpse of risk behaviours in the UK, and in providing data on risky sexual behaviour and substance use in a UK city break holiday destination.
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Craig, Rushing Stephanie Nicole. "Use of Media Technologies by Native American Teens and Young Adults: Evaluating their Utility for Designing Culturally-Appropriate Sexual Health Interventions Targeting Native Youth in the Pacific Northwest." PDXScholar, 2010. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/24.
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American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth are disproportionally burdened by high rates of sexually transmitted infections and teen pregnancy, heightening their need for sexual health interventions that are aligned to their unique culture and social context. Media technologies, including the Internet, cell phones, and video games, offer new avenues for reaching adolescents on a wide range of sensitive health topics. While several studies have informed the development of technology-based interventions targeting mainstream youth, no such data have been reported for AI/AN youth. To fill this gap, I: a) quantified media technology use in a select group of AI/AN teens and young adults living in Pacific Northwest tribes and urban communities; b) identified patterns in their health information-seeking and media preferences; and c) worked with local tribes and partners to develop recommendations for designing culturally-appropriate technology-based interventions targeting Native adolescents. This research included: a) an anonymous, paper-based survey of over 400 AI/AN youths age 13-21 years; b) a systematic review of technology-based sexual health interventions; and c) a variety of community-based participatory research strategies to analyze findings, prioritize options, and generate recommendations for designing interventions that align with the culture, needs, and organizational capacities of the tribes in the Pacific Northwest. Technology use was exceptionally common and diverse among survey respondents, mirroring patterns reported by teens in the general population. Seventy-five percent of AI/AN youth reported using the Internet, 78% reported using cell phones, and 36% reported playing video games on a daily or weekly basis. Thirty-five percent reported that they would feel most comfortable getting sexual health information from the Internet, and 44% reported having done so in the past. Youth expressed interest in a wide array of interactive media features, and culturally-specific content that holistically encompassed their wide-ranging health interests and concerns. Tribal health educators expressed particular interest in adapting Internet-based skill-building modules and informational websites, and teens expressed interest in websites and videos. These findings are now being used by the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board to inform the development and adaptation of culturally-appropriate interventions targeting AI/AN youth in the Pacific Northwest.
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Honeychurch, Kenn Gardner. "Inside out/outside in, sexual diversity : a comparative case study of two post-secondary visual art students." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1996. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0030/NQ27164.pdf.
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Corrie, Jane Anne. "William Cullen's exemplary retirement : the art of ageing in Enlightenment Scotland." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2017. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/30883/.
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This thesis looks at the subject of old age and retirement in the later years of the Scottish Enlightenment. These subjects are examined in relation to the final years of the physician and natural philosopher, Professor William Cullen (1710–1790). The Cullen Consultation Correspondence digital database (http://cullenproject.ac.uk/) is used to examine letters between the doctor and some of his elderly patients and a study of the botanical materia medica prescribed for this patient group is made. There follows an examination of Cullen’s personal retirement project, his improved farm and designed landscape at Ormiston Hill in West Lothian. The thesis examines the double meaning of the word ‘retirement’, both in its eighteenth-century sense as a retirement from active life, and its modern sense as the concern of old age. Even if Cullen’s notion of old age and retirement represented the concerns of an elite, it carried with it a broader social and moral responsibility. I show how Cullen and his peers sought to develop a programme of improvement which included how to live ‘a good life’.
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Rosling, Lesley Elizabeth Annette. "A study to explore the factors influencing a female students ability to adopt safe sexual practice at a university in Southern China." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
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There are estimated to be 840,000 people living with HIV in China (1) of whom 65% are estimated to be in the 16-29 year age group. Since the end of the Cultural Revolution and the opening of China to Western influence, traditional cultural norms have rapidly eroded and China is described as being in the middle of a sexual revolution (2). People are increasingly engaging in behaviours exposing them to the risk of contracting HIV which is spreading from the traditionally high risk populations to the general population via the heterosexual route (3). Comprehensive prevention strategies are necessary to prevent further spread (4). There is evidence that the observed increase in sexual activity is not accompanied by adequate knowledge of HIV transmission. 79% of 18-25 year olds know that HIV/AIDS can be transmitted by sexual intercourse, but a mere 30% know that correct and consistent condom use can protect against HIV transmission (5).This exploratory study investigated the factors that influence safe sexual practices amongst female Chinese university students, enabling or preventing them from taking responsibility for their reproductive health. The literature search revealed this to be a largely unexplored area. The study was undertaken amongst third year male and female students, recruited from the Department of Comparative Literature and Media Studies at the Zhongshan University in Guangzhou, China. Data was predominantly collected using two male and two female focus group discussions. Three key informant interviews supported and contextualised the findings. The study revealed that the factors influencing female students&rsquo
ability to adopt safe sexual practices are complex. The recognised shortcomings of sex education in China (6) are compounded by the taboo of sex and the pressure placed on students for the achievement of good grades.
The university environment exerts a powerful influence. The ease with which mutually beneficial same sex friendships develop in the dormitory can be contrasted with the difficulties faced by couples attempting to conduct relationships. The restrictive university environment has the effect of driving relationships underground. Gender roles are deeply entrenched. The need to conform to the ideal pure, naï
ve, and non-inquiring female stereotype affects a female student&rsquo
s ability to source sexual health information, negotiate safe sex, and to adopt safe sexual practices. Two distinct male stereotypes emerged: the traditional more gender equal male, and the liberal male who believes in an earlier age of sexual initiation and condones multiple sexual partners. All students are aware of HIV but have misconceptions about the specifics of HIV transmission, believing that HIV can be transmitted by kissing, from unclean baths and from doctors. Some students were of the belief that poor personal hygiene is an indicator of possible HIV positive status. Students were confused by condom quality issues. As they had received no formal condom training students relied on reading the package instructions or working it out for themselves.
This small exploratory study resulted in the production of rich and surprising findings. These are incorporated into recommendations for future research and a comprehensive sex education programme at the university. Abstinence and mutual monogamy should be emphasised. Gender stereotypes that influence behaviour and choice of sex education materials should be acknowledged. Negotiation skills training should be incorporated together with condom and contraceptive advice. A sexual health page on the student website and a training programme for students to become peer-to-peer sex educators should be introduced.
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Nero, Julie. "Hannah Hoch, Til Brugman, Lesbianism, and Weimar Sexual Subculture." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1347561845.
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Viana, Joe. "The development of a combined simulation approach in a sexual health context : combining discrete event and system dynamics simulation to form a composite model." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2011. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/191859/.
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Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are a priority of many health services. Chlamydia Trachomatis (Chlamydia) is one of the most common STIs in the world. Chlamydia can have serious consequences for men and women in the form of infertility and particularly in women has been associated with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID). A System Dynamics (SD) model of Chlamydia prevalence has been constructed to evaluate different screening strategies. The SD model incorporates risk groups, ageing, gender, heterosexual and homosexual relationships and migration in and out of the area of interest. A Discrete Event Simulation (DES) model has been constructed of the Genito-urinary Medicine (GUM) department at St Mary’s Hospital, Portsmouth, the department that treats patients presenting with STIs to enable healthcare professionals evaluate different GUM configurations. A composite model has been developed in which the SD model provides the demand (number of patients) to be treated in the GUM DES model each month. The DES model transforms the demand generated by the SD model into patient arrival patterns based on historically recorded data. The DES model processes the demand based on its current configuration and provides the number of treated patients back to the SD model. The DES model and the SD model can be run independently as stand-alone models or in the composite state through a simple Excel user interface. Results from each model are presented and model development discussed. The simulation models were developed in close collaboration with healthcare professionals. The models were informed by other methodologies including: regression analysis of socioeconomic data, geographical referencing of infection data and a behavioural survey to identify behaviours associated with STI infection
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Yabila, David Nkumincha. "Knowledge and experiences of mineworkers on the prevention of HIV/AIDS in a mining community of Ghana." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2981.
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Thesis (Master of Nursing)--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019The HIV/AIDS epidemic is a public health concern worldwide. An estimated 36.9 million people are living with HIV/AIDS with about two million new infections annually. An approximate ten million people have died of AIDS-related causes since the beginning of the epidemic. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the most affected sub-region, with approximately 71% of all People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHWA) from mid-2016. In SSA, the epidemic has become a socioeconomic burden on developing countries. The literature review established a high prevalence of HIV/STIs among mineworkers and in mining communities, despite the increase in education on HIV/AIDS prevention in the media and public fora. The aim of the study was to explore and describe the knowledge and experiences of mineworkers on the prevention of HIV/AIDS in a mining community in Ghana. An exploratory, descriptive and contextual design was applied. Data collection was done using semi-structured individual interviews. The population in this study was mineworkers who come from other districts and regions in Ghana to live in the catchment community without their families because of employment. Seventeen (17) participants were interviewed, after purposive sampling was done. Interview transcriptions and manual coding were done by the researcher using Microsoft Word. The raw data was coded and sorted into themes and sub-themes and analysed by using Braun and Clarke's six-phase framework for thematic analysis. The Health Belief Model (HBM), a theoretical framework was applied to the study to predict and explain whether a person will perform an action necessary for preventing a HIV/AIDS or not. Findings from this study revealed that although there has been an increase in education on HIV/AIDS across the country and through workplace HIV/AIDS programmes, mineworkers lacked knowledge of HIV/AIDS, as they still had misconceptions about HIV/AIDS, especially regarding the mode of transmission and preventive measures. A strong recommendation was made to embark on a continuous and intensive HIV/AIDS education programme that will be focused on the knowledge needs of mineworkers to dismiss the misconceptions and improve their knowledge level. This will empower them to know the benefits of prevention and ultimately change their behaviour.
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Barker, Kenneth C. "Sexual Harassment Experience, Psychological Climate, and Sex Effect on Perception of Safety." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3276.
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Sexual harassment has significant adverse psychological and physical effects on employees and can negatively impact the workplace, and overall business operations. A gap in current research was identified concerning whether the employee's sex affects employee's perceived workplace sexual harassment climate, sexual harassment experience, and perceived safety from sexual harassment. This study examined the effects of employee workplace sexual harassment experience and perception of workplace sexual harassment psychological climate on employee's perceived safety from sexual harassment moderated by sex. Results showed that perceived workplace sexual harassment climate and employee workplace sexual harassment experience were both significant predictors of perceived safety from sexual harassment. Additionally, the findings revealed that for both men and women, high intolerance for sexual harassment and low employee sexual harassment experience were significantly associated with increased perceived safety from sexual harassment. When perceived workplace sexual harassment climate and employee sexual harassment experience were observed together, only perceived workplace sexual harassment climate was associated with increased perceived safety from sexual harassment. Further research into diverse populations and anti-harassment programming's impact on perceived safety may provide further insights. The findings from this study could assist decision-makers in organizations to promote better physical, psychological, and emotional security in the workplace. Therefore, reducing sexual harassment in the workplace would promote positive social change by reducing the number of adverse events affecting individuals, businesses, and society.
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Kuylenstierna, Wrede Jasmine. "No Homo? : Heteronormativity and LGBTQ content in London Art Museums." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för ABM, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-296455.
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Purpose - This thesis investigates how London art museums work to deconstruct heteronormative filters. The aim is to study how museums relate to LGBTQ content, and the influence of internal power structures. I have chosen to focus on the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Wallace Collection, and the British Museum. Method - To answer my questions, I interview eight individuals who work with LGBTQ content in museums. I am also doing some activity-based observations during several LGBT History month events. Analysis - The qualitative data collected through interviews and observations will be analyzed and presented in case studies. I apply an intersectional perspective, and a critical theoretical method, encompassing queer theory. Findings - The findings show that museums are slowly incorporating more LGBTQ content and perspectives. This may be due to changing social norms as well as a conscious effort to address various target audiences to diversify visitor demographics. The current focus is on visibility. Ideally, this will encourage updating terminol- ogy in databases and galleries, staff training, policies explicitly supporting LGBTQ content and LGBTQ staff, increased online presence, publications, and community co-creation, to name some aspects. Museums still think of LGBTQ interpretation as optional. People often work with these efforts in their spare time. Increasingly, the legacy of these events is being evaluated, as well as how museum terminology can become more inclusive. There are no coordinated efforts shared by the museums, but they often look to each other for inspiration. Originality/value - Previous research on LGBTQ museum projects has not evaluated their legacy. There hasn't been any particular focus on LGBTQ perspectives in art museums. I am taking into account aspects of gender and queer theory, discussing the act of labelling as a means to exercise power through language. Paper type - Two years master's thesis in Archive, Library and Museum studies.Syfte - Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka och jämföra de insatser som tre konstmuseum i London, Stor- britannien, gör för att dekonstruera heteronormativa filter. Målet är att observera hur olika museum jobbar med HBTQ som tema och innehåll. Jag studerar vem det är som initierar normkritiska projekt på museerna, samt de maktstrukturer som projekten anpassar sig efter. Metod - Jag intervjuar åtta individer som på olika sätt jobbar med HBTQ på museum. Därtill företar jag mig ett antal aktivitetsbaserade observationer. Analys - De kvalitativa data som insamlats genom intervjuer och observationer analyseras utifrån ett intersek- tionellt perspektiv. Teori och metod inspireras även av kritisk kulturteori samt queerteori. Resultat - Resultaten visar bland annat att samhälleliga förändringar och besökarfokus öppnar upp för HBTQ- teman på museer. Synlighet ligger för närvarande i fokus. Detta kan utvecklas till arbete med t.ex. normkritisk personalutbildning, uppdaterade museipolicydokument som inkluderar HBTQ-fokus och skyddar HBTQ- personal, mer inklusiva etiketter och databaser, samt medskapande i dialog med olika sociokulturella grupper. Värde - Tidigare forskning fokuserar på teoretiska utgångspunkter, och har sällan utvärderat existerande HBTQ- museumprojekt. Konstmuseum och HBTQ har inte heller specifikt utvärderats utifrån ett normkri- tiskt/intersektionellt perspektiv som involverar kritisk teori och queerteoretiska aspekter. Typ av uppsats - Tvåårig masteruppsats inom Arkiv-, biblioteks-, samt musei- och kulturarvsvetenskap.
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Butt, Gavin. "Men on the threshold : the making and unmaking of the sexual subject in American art 1948-1965." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.394596.
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Berk, Hannah I. "The stigmatization of vaginal masturbation and its effect on sexual pleasure." Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1562416438374433.
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Dorner-Zupancic, Lisa. "Art Therapy for a Child of Trauma in County Custody." Ursuline College / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=urs1210356616.
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Burzlaff, Mary Caroline. "Chaste sexual warrior, civic heroine, and femme fatale three views of Judith in Italian renaissance and baroque art /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2006. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1147989193.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Cincinnati, 2006.Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed July 24, 2006). Includes abstract. Keywords: Judith; Holofernes; Italian; Renaissance; Baroque; Michelangelo; Donatello; Botticelli; Giovanni della Robbia; Giorgione; Palma Vecchio; Artemisia Gentileschi; Allori; Apocrypha. Includes bibliographical references.
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Wekesa, Eliud. "A new lease of life : sexual and reproductive behaviour among PLWHA in the ART era in Nairobi slums." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2012. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/466/.
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The availability of antiretroviral treatment (ART) is enabling people living with HIV or AIDS (PLWHA) to reconsider their sexual and reproductive lives. The sexual and reproductive health (SRH) decisions that PLWHA make have implications for HIV transmission and prevention. Yet very little is known about SRH of PLWHA in subSaharan Africa, as studies as well as prevention strategies have historically neglected them and SRH matters are often not part of HIV/AIDS treatment and care services. This study looks at how HIV-positive men and women negotiate their sexual and reproductive lives and the barriers to the realisation of SRH needs in Nairobi slums. This study employs a mixed methods study design involving both quantitative (survey n=513) and qualitative (in-depth interviews n=41 and key informant interviews n=14). Respondents were systematically recruited from the community in two slums in Nairobi for quantitative interviews, a subset of which was followed on for in-depth interviewing. Quantitative analyses include univariate, bivariate and multivariate logistic regression modelling. Qualitative data were transcribed, and coded and thematically analysed. SRH outcomes of the study include sexual activity/inactivity, condom use, multiple sexual partnerships, fertility intentions, contraceptive use and unmet need for family planning. Quantitative and qualitative components of the entire study are integrated throughout both analysis and interpretation. The findings show that the SRH outcomes of PLWHA are somewhat different from the general population, but similar with other PLWHA in similar settings. Condom use at last sex is high although consistent use is an issue. PLWHA exhibit fertility desires and contraceptive behaviour that is more geared towards limiting fertility, but face barriers, and hence the high unmet need for contraception. The SRH outcomes are shaped by demographic (e.g. age, parity), socio-cultural (gender, societal norms)relationship (disclosure, intimacy, pleasure) and health factors (ART use, duration of HIV and side-effects and health concerns). Their SRH outcomes are reflective of their efforts for social approval. However, there is a conflict between social validation and moral pressures for HIV prevention presenting a dilemma to many about “proper” SRH behaviour in the ART era. There is need to include SRH counselling and services as part of the standard HIV treatment and care services for PLWHA.
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BURZLAFF, MARY CAROLINE. "CHASTE SEXUAL WARRIOR, CIVIC HEROINE, AND FEMME FATALE: THREE VIEWS OF JUDITH IN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE ART." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1147989193.
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Gulo, Fábio Henrique [UNESP]. "Educação sexual na escola e juventude: um estudo das pesquisas acadêmicas no Brasil (2000-2004)." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/96501.
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Inserido na Linha de Pesquisa “Processos formativos, diferença e valores”, este estudo surgiu da aparente necessidade de se organizarem as dissertações e teses que evidenciam as temáticas da Educação Sexual, escola e juventude. Sustentase inicialmente na emergência de uma base de dados que trouxe para o meio acadêmico, entre outras contribuições, uma ampla gama de possibilidades de se discutirem essas questões, como também na observação de que se faz necessária a organização de conceitos, abordagens e teorias que se confundem em meio à vasta e aparentemente desordenada produção brasileira sobre tais temáticas. Objetivou-se analisar, entre resumos de produções acadêmicas nacionais publicadas no período 2000-2004, questões relacionadas à cultura organizacional escolar, as abordagens da Educação Sexual, eixos temáticos, conceituações de Educação e Orientação Sexual e as áreas da pesquisa nas quais foram produzidas. As análises efetuadas estão embasadas na teoria bakhtiniana, nas teorizações sobre cultura organizacional escolar e na teoria do Construtivismo Social, além de aproximações com os estudos críticos através dos quais se defende uma abordagem Emancipatória da Educação Sexual. Os resultados desta pesquisa, no que se refere à cultura organizacional escolar, demonstraram haver uma acentuada concentração de trabalhos com foco na “cultura na escola”, enquanto poucos mantiveram o foco na “cultura da escola” e na “cultura escolar”. As abordagens da Educação Sexual que prevalecem são a médica e a pedagógica, enquanto às abordagens políticas (emancipatória e pósestruturalista/ queer), se somadas, correspondem apenas 23% dos trabalhos. Quando analisados os eixos temáticos, grande parte dos resumos apontaram para trabalhos que privilegiam discussões sobre gravidez e saúde...
Wrote in the formative processes, difference and values” Research Line, this study arose from the apparent need to organize the dissertations and theses that presented the issues of sexual education, school and youth. Based in the emergence of a database that brought to the academy, among other contributions, a wide range of opportunities to discuss these issues, and in the observation that was needed to organize concepts, approaches and theories that were mingled in the vast and seemingly disordered Brazilian production about these themes. It was aimed to analyze, among academic abstracts of the Brazilian production in the years from 2000 to 2004, issues related to school organizational culture the approaches of Sexual Education, the themes, the concepts of Sexual Education and Sexual Orientation and the research areas in which they were produced. The analyses are based on Bakhtinian theory, in the theories about school organizational culture and in the theory of social constructivism and the critical studies by which is defended an Emancipatory approach to Sexual Education. The results of this research, with regard to the school organizational culture, showed a concentration of the works that are focused on the culture in school, while a few remained focused on the culture of the school and school culture. The approaches to sexual... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Félez, Sánchez-Ocaña Marta. "Connection between viral genetic diversity and clinical manifestation of Papillomavirus infection = Connexió entre la diversitat de genotips virals i les manifestacions clíniques de la infecció pel virus del Papil·loma." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/404669.
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Papillomaviruses (PVs) are a numerous family of small dsDNA viruses infecting virtually all mammals. PVs cause infections without triggering a strong immune response, and natural infection provides only limited protection against reinfection. Most PVs are part and parcel of the skin microbiota. In some cases, infections by certain PVs take diverse clinical presentations, from highly productive self-limited warts to invasive cancers. The main aim of this thesis is explore the link between HPV genotypic diversity and the phenotypic, clinical diversity of the diseases associated with HPV infection by means of evolutionary, clinical and ecologically approaches.
From and evolutionary perspective, we studied the codon usage preferences of HPVs. By applying phylogenetic inference and dimensionality reduction methods, we found that phylogenetic relationships between HPVs explained only a small proportion of codon usage preferences (CUPrefs) variation. Instead, the most important explanatory factor for viral CUPrefs was infection phenotype, as orthologous genes in viruses with similar clinical presentation displayed similar CUPrefs. Moreover, viral genes with similar spatiotemporal expression patterns also showed similar CUPrefs. Moreover, we also found that HPV genes with similar spatiotemporal expression patterns displayed similar CUPrefs. Hence, Our results suggest that CUPrefs in HPVs reflect either variations in the mutation bias or differential selection pressures depending on the clinical presentation and expression timing.
From a clinical point of view, first, we studied the distribution patterns of oncogenic and non-oncogenic HPVs in anal and perianal Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions (SIL) in non-vaccinated heterosexual men, women, and Men who have sex with men (MSM) with known HIV status. We found that there is an increased prevalence of low-grade perianal lesions driven only by oncogenic HPVs. We also found a high prevalence of anal SIL containing foci of high-grade SIL exclusively driven by non-oncogenic HPVs. Our results suggest that there is a disagreement in high-grade/low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia and oncogenic/non-oncogenic HPV infection. Second, we analyzed the presence of HPVs not explicitly targeted by standard molecular epidemiologic methods of detection in squamous carcinoma samples of the vulva, penis and head and neck. These three anatomical locations display a low fraction of cancer cases attributable to HPVs, in sharp contrast with the higher rates of viral DNA prevalence in anal and cervical carcinomas. The standard HPV detection methods target only a subset of clinically important HPVs, namely oncogenic AlphaPVs, and may thus overlook the presence of other HPVs. We tested 2365 samples and found 6 samples containing cutaneous HPVs, suggesting that certain cutaneous HPVs, typically classified as “non- oncogenic” HPVs, may be linked to small number of cancer cases and call for further studies to elucidate the pathogenic role and malignisation mechanism of these HPVs.
Finally, from an ecological perspective, we studied the interaction among HPVs inside its host in different stages of the cervical infection and different anatomical regions. By applying established ecological methods, we found that HPVs interact within the host, and that the presence of one given HPV is not neutral for the rest of the HPVs infecting the host. We also study how the interaction among HPVs could be affected by the introduction of ecological pressures linked to vaccination. By applying the same ecological methods, we find that in the initial descriptions of the post-vaccination era, HPVs still form non-neutral communities suggesting that the vaccine is not changing the underlying processes that govern HPV distributions and relative abundances.Los virus del Papiloma (VPs) son una numerosa familia de virus pequeños de DNA de doble cadena que infectan a todos los mamíferos. La mayoría de infecciones por VPs son subclínicas, sin embargo, en algunos casos, las infecciones por ciertos VPs toman diversas presentaciones clínicas, desde verrugas, lesiones altamente productivas, hasta cánceres invasivos. El objetivo principal de esta tesis es explorar el vínculo entre la diversidad genotípica de los virus del Papiloma Humano (VPH) y la diversidad fenotípica y clínica de las enfermedades asociadas con la infección por VPH mediante 3 enfoques: evolutivo, clínico y ecológico. Desde una perspectiva evolutiva, se estudiaron las preferencias de uso de codones (CUPrefs) de los VPHs. Aplicando métodos de inferencia filogenética y métodos de reducción de la dimensionalidad, se observó que que los genes ortólogos en los virus con presentaciones clínicas similares mostraron CUPrefs similares. Además, los genes virales con patrones de expresión espacio-temporales similares también mostraron CUPrefs similares. Nuestros resultados sugieren que las CUPrefs de los genes de los VPHs reflejan variaciones en los sesgos mutacionales así como presiones de selección diferencial, dependiendo de la presentación clínica de los VPHs y el momento de expresión génica. Desde el punto de vista clínico, se estudiaron los patrones de distribución de VPHs oncogénicos y no oncogénicos en lesiones intraepiteliales anales y perianales. Los resultados muestran que en hombres homosexuales (HSH) VIH positivos hay un aumento de la prevalencia de lesiones perianales de bajo grado debidas a infecciones causadas por VPHs oncogénicos en comparación con HSH que son VIH negativos. Nuestros resultados también muestran que en HSH, independientemente del estatus de VIH, existe una alta prevalencia (>65%) de lesiones anales de bajo grado que contienen focos de lesiones de alto grado que son asociadas a la infección con VPHs no oncogénicos. También se analizó, en muestras de carcinoma escamoso de vulva, pene y cabeza y cuello, la presencia de VPHs cutáneos. Se testaron 2365 muestras y se detectó que 6 muestras contenían AND de VPHs cutáneos. Estos resultados sugieren que ciertos tipos de VPH cutáneos podrían tener potencial oncogénico. Se requieren de estudios adicionales para dilucidar el papel patogénico y el mecanismo de malignización de estos VPHs. Por último, desde una perspectiva ecológica, se estudió la interacción entre los VPHs en diferentes estadios de la infección cervical y diferentes regiones anatómicas. Los resultados mostraron que los VPH interactúan dentro del huésped. También se estudió cómo la interacción entre los VPH podría verse afectada por la introducción de presiones ecológicas vinculadas a la vacunación. Los resultados mostraron que en las descripciones iniciales de la era posterior a la vacunación, los VPH también forman comunidades no neutrales, sugiriendo que la vacuna no está cambiando los procesos subyacentes que gobiernan las distribuciones de VPH y las abundancias relativas.
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Watford, Maria. "Visual art, criticism and sexual identity : an analysis of selected criticism and artworks of the 1980s and 1990s examining the roles notions of sexual identity played in their reception and production." Thesis, Bath Spa University, 2006. http://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/1465/.
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Poole, Tanya Katherine. "An exploration of female physicality and psyche and how these inform art-making." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002215.
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This thesis proposes that female physicality informs the psyche and thus in turn, art-making. My argument will be shown to be apposite and informative to the discussion of the work of Paula Rego, Jenny Saville and Cindy Sherman. Furthermore such an understanding is helpful to a reading of my practice. In examining issues of identity, which contribute to the formulation of a distinctly female psyche, I will base my critique on the philosophical positions of Sartre, de Beauvoir and Paglia.