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- Agardh, Anette, et al.
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Health Risks in Same-Sex Attracted Ugandan University Students : Evidence from Two Cross-Sectional Studies
- 2016
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Ingår i: PLOS ONE. - : Public Library of Science. - 1932-6203. ; 11:3
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Widespread discrimination across much of sub-Saharan Africa against persons with same-sex sexuality, including recent attempts in Uganda to extend criminal sanctions against same-sex behavior, are likely to have profound effects on this group's health, health care access, and well-being. Yet knowledge of the prevalence of same-sex sexuality in this region is scarce. This study aimed to systematically examine prevalence of same-sex sexuality and related health risks in young Ugandan adults. We conducted two cross-sectional survey studies in south-western Uganda targeting student samples (n = 980, n = 1954) representing 80% and 72% of the entire undergraduate classes attending a university in 2005 and 2010, respectively. A questionnaire assessed items concerning same-sex sexuality (same-sex attraction/fantasies, same-sex sexual relations), mental health, substance use, experience of violence, risky sexual behavior, and sexual health counseling needs. Our findings showed that same-sex sexual attraction/fantasies and behavior were common among male and female students, with 10-25% reporting having sexual attraction/fantasies regarding persons of the same-sex, and 6-16% reporting same-sex sexual relations. Experiences of same-sex sexuality were associated with health risks, e.g. poor mental health (2010, AOR = 1.5; 95% CI: 1.0-2.3), sexual coercion (2010, AOR 2.9; CI: 1.9-4.6), and unmet sexual health counseling needs (2010, AOR 2.2; CI: 1.4-3.3). This first study of young adults in Uganda with same-sex sexuality found high levels of health needs but poor access to health care. Effective response is likely to require major shifts in current policy, efforts to reduce stigmatization, and reorientation of health services to better meet the needs of this vulnerable group of young people.
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- Björklund, Elisabet, 1983-
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The Most Delicate Subject : A History of Sex Education Films in Sweden
- 2012
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of this dissertation is to present a history of sex education films in Sweden, from their beginnings until the late 1970s, relating the films to the changing historical context of the Swedish welfare society. Within this framework, the dissertation explores two main sets of questions. First, utilizing a contextual understanding of genre, the dissertation analyzes how the films were produced, exhibited, and censored, what position and status they had, and where the borders were understood to be to kindred types of film, such as exploitation and pornography. Second, the norms and ideas about sexuality that the films construct are explored from a social constructionist perspective and put in historical context. Apart from the films themselves, the material used consists of censorship records, archival material, and articles and reviews from the daily press and the trade press.The study demonstrates that the sex education film has always been a delicate genre, and that this delicacy is related to the medium and to the fact that cinema is part of the commercial market. The sex education film came to Sweden through imported films during the silent era and was relatively common at Swedish movie theaters from the 1920s to the early 1970s. Very quickly, it became a contested genre thought to be in need of regulation, which can be seen in the censorship procedures. For instance, until the 1950s, screenings were often restricted through gender segregation. When film censorship was liberalized in the 1960s, sex education films could show more than before, and when the films in the sexually explicit Language of Love series (1969–1972) were released, their relationship to pornography became a central point of discussion. The changing views on using film in school sex education are also examined. Here, it is shown that if film was seen as a potentially helpful tool in the 1920s and 1930s, this view had changed into a more skeptical position by the early 1970s.In the analysis of the content of the films, only Swedish examples are studied. In the first group of theatrically shown films of this kind, which appeared in the 1940s and 1950s, sexuality is represented as problematic through the themes of venereal disease and abortion. Here, casual sex is seen as immoral and abortion is condemned. At the same time, the films display how traditional and modern views on sexuality and gender were under negotiation during this period. While reproduction was the dominating perspective in school films well into the 1970s, the Language of Love films display a radically different perspective on sex, not least because of their focus on sexual pleasure. However, while the films advocate a liberal idea about sexuality according to which science leads to liberation, a focus on romantic long-term relationships can also be noted. Throughout the period, there is an emphasis on rationality and science and on a secular perspective on sex in which love is seen as more important than matrimony. In this way, the films in general reflect a strong belief in modernity and progress that was characteristic of Sweden during the welfare era.
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- Carlbom, Aje, et al.
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Religion och social förändring. En introduktion
- 2009
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Ingår i: Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift. - : FORSA (förbundet för forskning i socialt arbete). - 1104-1420 .- 2003-5624. ; :3-4, s. 226-233
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Introduktion to theme issue on religion and social change in Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift
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- Cooper, Al, et al.
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Predicting the future of Internet sex : Online sexual activities in Sweden
- 2003
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Ingår i: Sexual and Relationship Therapy. - : Carfax Publishing. - 1468-1994 .- 1468-1749. ; 18:3, s. 277-291
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This is the first large-scale study of Internet sexuality conducted outside the USA. The questionnaire was administered in the Swedish language and utilized responses from one of the most popular portals (Passagen) in Sweden. Responses from 3,614 people were analysed, with a gender distribution of 55% males and 45% females. This is exactly the same percentages as found in the overall use of the Internet in Sweden (Nielsen/Net Ratings, January, 2002) and participation by females allowed for a more detailed examination of their involvement in online sexual activities. A factor analysis found that there were two major and coherent factors that accounted for over one-third of the variance for all participants. These were called 'Seeking partners', and 'Accessing erotica'. The article details several ways these factors were influenced by gender and age. These results also provided corroboration for several important patterns of OSA reported in earlier studies. Sweden might be an especially fortuitous place to do this type of research as the pervasiveness and acceptance of Internet usage is higher than in the USA, and among the highest in the world. It was postulated that these findings might provide an indication of how OSA might evolve in other societies as their populations increasingly spend time online.
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- Daneback, Kristian, 1974, et al.
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An internet study of cybersex participants
- 2005
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Ingår i: Archives of Sexual Behavior. - : Springer Netherlands. ; 34, s. 321-328:3, 34, s. 321-328
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)
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- Daneback, Kristian, 1974, et al.
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An investigation of cybersex participants
- 2004
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Ingår i: Poster presentation at the 30th International Academy of Sex Research Annual meeting in Helsinki, Finland, June 2004.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Daneback, Kristian, 1974, et al.
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Internetforskning
- 2008
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Ingår i: I: A. Meeuwisse, H. Swärd, R. Eliasson-Lappalainen, K. Jacobsson (Red.) Forskningsmetodik för socialvetare. - Stockholm : Natur & Kultur. ; , s. 154-169, s. 154-169
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