Paul Flowers
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 243553 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Paul Flowers |
| NOMBRES | Paul |
| APELLIDO | Flowers |
| FIRMA | FLOWERS P |
| AFILIACIONES | Glasgow Caledonian University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6239-5616 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 72 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 247 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 72 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1997 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
A biopolitics of antibiotic use
This paper examines the biopolitics of public health science concerning antibiotic prophylaxis and queer bodies. Some experts recommend that antibiotic prophylaxis should be used to curb the growing burden of sexually transmitted infections among queer people. Other experts caution that antibiotic prophylaxis will contribute to the rise of antibiotic resistance. Prescribers and patients therefore face a dilemma about the use of antibiotics that i…
Universal Barriers and Facilitators to Systemic Hepatitis C Care
Scaling up hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing and treatment for people who inject drugs (PWID) is essential to achieve HCV elimination. We report a retrospective systems‐informed qualitative process evaluation of HCV care across multiple community‐based settings in a region in Scotland, UK. Using secondary data from 71 semi‐structured interviews with HCV service providers ( n = 40) and service users ( n = 31) from across the whole system, we identif…
User Input in the Development of Digital Sexual Health Tools
Antibiotic Economies
This paper examines how economic rationalities shape antibiotic usage with the aim of expanding options for the reduction of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Antibiotic usage is typically attributed to the individual behaviours of patients, pet owners and prescribers, an emphasis that has neglected sociological explanations, particularly the economic rationalities that are transforming healthcare. We used sociological theory of pharmaceutical capi…
Risk individualisation and moral injury in the treatment of infection as impediments to the tackling of antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is subject to extensive risk reduction approaches. A central strategy is reducing the unnecessary use of antimicrobials across agriculture and human and animal health care without jeopardising health outcomes for all species concerned. A prominent framework is antimicrobial stewardship which seeks to balance access to effective infection treatments with ensuring that effective antimicrobials are available for future…
Fragmentation in One Health policy and practice responses to antimicrobial resistance and the salutary value of collaborative humility
This paper investigates One Health (OH) applied to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to deepen and nuance its conceptual underpinnings and inform effective implementation. We consider how models of OH and AMR wedded to bioscience assumptions of life obscure biosocial complexity and reinforce the misleading assumption that scientific knowledge of AMR is generated outside social systems. With reference to in-depth interviews with medical practitioners…
Barriers and enablers to influenza vaccination uptake in adults with chronic respiratory conditions
OBJECTIVE: To specify intervention content to enhance influenza vaccination uptake among adults with chronic respiratory conditions using the Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW). DESIGN: Cross-sectional, multi-modal data collection and theory-informed analysis and expert stakeholder engagement. METHODS: Content analysis was used to identify barriers and enablers to influenza vaccination from nine focus groups (n = 38), individual interviews (n = 21) and…
The immune self, hygiene and performative virtue in general public narratives on antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance
This paper employs an assemblage lens to generate analyses of general public narratives on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Global efforts to reduce AMR include communications aiming to promote general public awareness, provide knowledge, encourage careful antibiotics use, and discourage demands for them. These efforts are somewhat compromised by the assumptions they make of individual lack of knowledge and motivation and the manner in which the A…
Mass media and communication interventions to increase HIV testing among gay and other men who have sex with men
Mass media and communication interventions can play a role in increasing HIV testing among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). Despite the key role of social marketing principles and visual design within intervention development of this type, evidence is limited regarding interventions' social marketing mix or visual design. As part of a systematic review, intervention content was assessed using social marketing theory and …
Antibiotic assemblages and their implications for the prevention of antimicrobial resistance
Mental health, potential minority stressors and resilience
Disability and financial worries were associated with increased depression and anxiety, respectively, while resilience had a protective effect for GBMSM in the SMMASH2 study. Future research is needed to better understand the role of resilience and the challenges and stresses of everyday life and intersecting health problems. Future research is also needed that incorporates the perspectives of those most affected by mental ill-health to co-develo…
Sexual health literacy among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men
Good sexual health requires navigating intimate relationships within diverse power dynamics and sexual cultures, coupled with the complexities of increasing biomedicalisation of sexual health. Understanding this is important for the implementation of biomedical HIV prevention. We propose a socially nuanced conceptual framework for sexual health literacy developed through a consensus building workshop with experts in the field. We use rigorous qua…
Perspectives on pre-exposure prophylaxis for people who inject drugs in the context of an hiv outbreak
Evolution of ‘whole institution’ approaches to improving health in tertiary education settings
In recent decades, 'whole school' approaches to improving health have gained traction, based on settings-based health promotion understandings which view a setting, its actors and processes as an integrated 'whole' system with multiple intervention opportunities. Much less is known about 'whole institution' approaches to improving health in tertiary education settings. We conducted a scoping review to describe both empirical and non-empirical (e.…
Experiences of diagnosis, stigma, culpability and disclosure in male patients with hepatitis C virus
The current study aimed to explore the lived experience of patients with hepatitis C virus infection. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven male participants living with hepatitis C virus and were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Two master themes were identified: (1) diagnosis and the search for meaning and (2) impact of stigma on disclosure. Participants reported fears of contaminating others, feelings of …
Role crisis, risk and trust in Australian general public narratives about antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance
As antibiotics have become increasingly ineffective against bacteria, antibiotic stewardship has been introduced across a variety of settings world-wide. Members of the public have been entreated to use antibiotics strictly as prescribed. We interviewed ninety-nine participants who shared their understandings of antibiotics and reflections on antibiotic resistant bacteria. Some participants were eager consumers of antibiotics whilst others sought…
How men and women learn about sex
Attitudes towards sexual health and relationships are learned from a young age, and there is an ongoing need for innovative and comprehensive approaches to sex education that keep pace with rapidly changing contexts of people's lives. We used thematic analysis of data from two qualitative studies in Scotland to explore learning contexts from a multi-generational perspective, as well as the influence of different socio-cultural factors on provisio…
Changes in Physical Activity, Sitting and Sleep across the Covid-19 National Lockdown Period in Scotland
We examine the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and concomitant restrictions (i.e., lockdown) on 24-hour movement behaviors (i.e., physical activity, sitting, sleep) in a purposive sample of people ( n = 3230) reporting change recruited online. Participants' self-reported time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), walking, sitting and sleep prior to lockdown (T1), during the first national lockdown (T2) and as restrictions initia…
A year in the public life of superbugs
Willy nilly' doctors, bad patients, and resistant bodies in general public explanations of antimicrobial resistance
Increased public engagement is a feature of policy and communications focussed on the reduction of antimicrobial resistance. Explaining antimicrobial resistance for general publics has proven difficult and they continue to endorse apparently mistaken knowledge, including the conflation of antimicrobial resistance with the notion of the resistant body. We interviewed members of the general public in Melbourne, Australia, to explore explanatory mod…
Informing theoretical development of salutogenic, asset-based health improvement to reduce syndemics among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men
Globally, gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) experience an increased burden of poor sexual, mental and physical health. Syndemics theory provides a framework to understand comorbidities and health among marginalised populations. Syndemics theory attempts to account for the social, environmental, and other structural contexts that are driving and/or sustaining simultaneous multiple negative health outcomes, but has been wide…
Navigating HIV citizenship
The use of HIV Treatment as Prevention (TasP) has radically changed our understandings of HIV risk and revolutionised global HIV prevention policy to focus on the use of pharmaceuticals. Yet, there has been little engagement with the very people expected to comply with a daily pharmaceutical regime. We employ the concept of HIV citizenship to explore responses by people living with HIV in the UK to TasP. We consider how a treatment-based public h…
Acceptability of HIV self-sampling kits (Tiny vial) among people of black African ethnicity in the UK
This unique and rigorous research offers insights into participants' views on SSK interventions, offering key considerations when targeting this population.. Given the plethora of HIV testing options, our work demonstrates that those commissioning and delivering SSK interventions will need to clarify (for users and providers) how each kit type and intervention design adds value. Most significantly, these findings demonstrate that without a strong…
Intersectional identities and dilemmas in interactions with healthcare professionals
Individual interviews were conducted with six self-identified Muslim gay men living in London focusing on their experience of health service use. Transcripts were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Analysis identified two major themes: the close(d) community and self-management with healthcare professionals, detailing participants' concerns regarding the risks of disclosing sexuality; and the authentic identity - 'you're eit…
Multiperspectival designs and processes in interpretative phenomenological analysis research
Researchers using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) within applied research typically use homogenous samples exploring shared perspectives on a single phenomenon of interest. This article explores the challenges and opportunities involved with developing rigorous and epistemologically coherent research designs for capturing more complex and systemic experiential phenomena, through the use of multiple perspectives to explore the same …
Multiperspectival designs and processes in interpretative phenomenological analysis research
Researchers using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) within applied research typically use homogenous samples exploring shared perspectives on a single phenomenon of interest. This article explores the challenges and opportunities involved with developing rigorous and epistemologically coherent research designs for capturing more complex and systemic experiential phenomena, through the use of multiple perspectives to explore the same …
After the euphoria
This paper focuses on the relationship of HIV medical technologies to current styles of medical practice and highlights issues posed by the technologies for those working and/or living with HIV. The paper examines HIV anti-retroviral combination therapies and associated tests from the perspective of their prescribers. The prescribers were interviewed during the later part of 2002 at three London HIV clinics. Their comments, considered in light of…
Navigating HIV citizenship
The use of HIV Treatment as Prevention (TasP) has radically changed our understandings of HIV risk and revolutionised global HIV prevention policy to focus on the use of pharmaceuticals. Yet, there has been little engagement with the very people expected to comply with a daily pharmaceutical regime. We employ the concept of HIV citizenship to explore responses by people living with HIV in the UK to TasP. We consider how a treatment-based public h…
Can a pill preventHIV? Negotiating the biomedicalisation ofHIVprevention
This article examines how biomedicalisation is encountered, responded to and negotiated within and in relation to new biomedical forms ofHIVprevention. We draw on exploratory focus group discussions on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and treatment as prevention (TasP) to examine how the processes of biomedicalisation are affected by and affect the diverse experiences of communities who have been epidemiologically framed as 'vulnerable' toHIVand t…
Gay Men and HIV/Aids Risk Management
This article presents a framework through which changes in the management of HIV/AIDS risks among British gay men may be conceptualized. Three distinct periods of risk management are outlined. First, a 'confused' period in which the aetiology of AIDS and its cultural impact were poorly understood. Second, a 'somatic' period is described in which discourses linking HIV risk to the body became prevalent (following the 'discovery' of the HIV virus).…
Constructing Sexual Health
This article outlines the importance of conceptualizing 'sexual health' as a pluralistic and context-bound phenomenon. It explores gay men's sexual decision making in the particular context of public parks. Twenty gay men from Glasgow, Scotland, took part in semi-structured, in-depth interviews. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was employed to analyse transcripts for recurrent themes-these represent shared understandings across part…
Understanding the biopsychosocial aspects of HIV disclosure among HIV-positive gay men in Scotland
This study presents an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experiential accounts of HIV-positive gay men. Participants took part in open-ended interviews. Three key-related recurrent themes are presented: 'Disclosure, deliberation and the abject other'; 'Disclosure, care and the valued other' and 'Disclosure and intimate citizenship'. These highlight the complex, situated and mindful ways in which disclosure occurs. They stand in cont…
Re-appraising HIV Testing among Scottish Gay Men
This paper explores Scottish gay men's understandings of HIV testing within the context of changes stemming from the availability of new treatments for HIV. Transcripts of one-toone interviews with 18 gay men were analysed together with those from four focus groups ( n= 19) concerning HIV testing, HIV status and HIV risk management. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was employed to identify recurrent themes. We focus upon a rise of HIV-opt…
Compliant, complacent or panicked? Investigating the problematisation of the Australian general public in pandemic influenza control
We Became Sceptics
In this article, we examine the apparent resistance of publics to messages regarding pandemic influenza. The 2009 H1N1 pandemic was addressed through media: governments used print, broadcast, and digital media to advise publics to enact hygiene practices and comply with social isolation; news media took up the pandemic as a lead story. Publics, however, rated the pandemic as not serious, even before it was widely known that it was mild for most. …
We had to do what we thought was right at the time
For a few weeks in 2009 it was not certain whether the world faced a lethal influenza pandemic. As it turned out, the H1N1 pandemic was less severe than anticipated, though the infection did affect groups not usually susceptible to influenza. The deep uncertainties of this pandemic moment were associated with immense practical, scientific and political challenges for public health agencies around the world. We examine these challenges by drawing …
Mobilising “vulnerability” in the public health response to pandemic influenza
Uncertainty and 'technological horizon' in qualitative interviews about HIV treatment
Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Treatment (HAART) has reduced death and morbidity among people with HIV. However, HAART is not always effective, can produce serious side-effects and implies uncertainty for patients. To address HAART-related uncertainty, 20 qualitative interviews were conducted with gay men with HIV in Glasgow and London. The interviewees were purposively selected to reflect diversity in terms of year of diagnosis, experiences of il…
Immunity, Biopolitics and Pandemics
This article examines discourse on immunity in general public engagements with pandemic influenza in light of critical theory on immuno-politics and bodily integrity. Interview and focus group discussions on influenza with members of the general public reveal that, despite endorsement of government advice on how to avoid infection, influenza is seen as, ultimately, unavoidable. In place of prevention, members of the general public speak of immuni…
Adjustment and Coping in Spousal Caregivers Following a Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 spousal caregivers to people with a traumatic spinal cord injury and were subjected to interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Here, we present two inter-related master themes: (1) coping with the spousal caregiver role; and (2) putting the pieces back together again. Within these, the analysis describes how regular venting of emotion, social support and focusing on the positive aspects of…
Gay men and sexual decision‐making
This paper examines European and North American studies of gay men's sexual decision‐making in terms of differences in theory, methodology, the construction of the psychological subject and the social context. Both intra‐ and inter‐subjective paradigms are discussed and the contribution of each is assessed in terms of health interventions. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Obstinate essentialism
This article explores the ways gay men living with HIV talk about their identities in relationship to ideas concerning essentialism in the broader context of biomedicalisation. Data were collected from 36 HIV-positive gay men between 2001 and 2005 from two studies. All interview material was initially collected and analysed using broadly speaking thematic analysis. Identity-oriented themes were then further explored with a critical lens examining…
The immune self, hygiene and performative virtue in general public narratives on antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance
This paper employs an assemblage lens to generate analyses of general public narratives on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Global efforts to reduce AMR include communications aiming to promote general public awareness, provide knowledge, encourage careful antibiotics use, and discourage demands for them. These efforts are somewhat compromised by the assumptions they make of individual lack of knowledge and motivation and the manner in which the A…
A year in the public life of superbugs
Biography, pandemic time and risk
During the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, it was identified that women in the third trimester of pregnancy were particularly at risk of serious respiratory distress. At-risk women were advised to seek vaccination, avoid contact with anyone unwell, maintain hygiene routines and stop smoking. We examine this situation of emergent and intense risk produced at the intersection of individual biography and the historical event of a public health emergency. We exa…
An Investigation of the Effects of Music on Anxiety and Pain Perception in Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis Treatment
This study aimed to investigate the effects of preferred music listening on anxiety and pain perception in patients undergoing haemodialysis. A two group experimental design was used. Sixty people diagnosed with end stage renal failure undergoing haemodialysis treatment participated in this study. Preferred music listening was applied as an intervention. Anxiety and pain were measured pre-test and post-test. The control group scored significantly…
Antibiotic assemblages and their implications for the prevention of antimicrobial resistance
Towards a psychology of sexual health
Increased attention has been made in recent years to issues of sexual and reproductive health in relation to broader social and political environments and human rights issues. The World Health Organization (WHO, 2015) has indicated that we cannot consider sexual and reproductive health concerns such as HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, sexual violence, sexual problems, unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions, without considering disc…
Understanding pandemic influenza behaviour
Pandemic influenza represents an ongoing public health threat. Understanding the associated behavioural domain is vital for future intervention development. Cross-sectional qualitative research employing purposive sampling employed a combination of one-to-one semi-structured interviews ( n = 57) and focus groups ( n = 59). Data were analysed using (1) inductive thematic analysis and (2) theoretical thematic analysis focusing upon resonance with p…
Living with the 'Enemy
Work exploring inter-species relating has offered a critique of the anthropocentrism evident within much social sciences research and also suggested that the coming together of the human and animal- Other may offer up potential for an opening-up of human existence. In this article we explore this theoretical move and push it to the limits by examining the relationship between the human and a very particular animal- Other, the Human Immunodeficien…
Aids
Coming out’ and sexual debut
This paper explores HIV risk-related behaviour in the context of men's entry into the gay community. It is an exploratory study which employed a qualitative approach to describe men's accounts of the process of acculturation. Twenty in-depth interviews were conducted with working-class gay men from Barnsley, UK. These were translated and analysed, using interpretative phenomenological analysis, for recurrent themes which reflect the way gay men t…
Coming out’ and sexual debut
Constructing Sexual Health
This article outlines the importance of conceptualizing 'sexual health' as a pluralistic and context-bound phenomenon. It explores gay men's sexual decision making in the particular context of public parks. Twenty gay men from Glasgow, Scotland, took part in semi-structured, in-depth interviews. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was employed to analyse transcripts for recurrent themes-these represent shared understandings across part…
The bars, the bogs, and the bushes
This paper explores the role of locale and location in understanding gay men’s sexual behaviour. Twenty gay men from Glasgow, Scotland took part in semi-structured, in-depth interviews. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was employed to analyse transcripts for recurrent themes. Shared understanding relating to the relationship between locale and sexual activity emerged as important. Findings suggest the existence of distinct sexual cu…
Community, responsibility and culpability
This paper draws upon a qualitative study of Scottish gay men's understandings of HIV testing to explore the importance and changing understandings of ‘community’ within gay men's HIV risk-management. Nineteen men took part in one-to-one interviews, and 18 men took part in focus group discussions concerning HIV testing, HIV status and HIV risk-management. These discussions were subsequently analysed for recurrent themes using Interpretive Phenome…
“I was terrified of being different”
Gay Men and HIV/Aids Risk Management
This article presents a framework through which changes in the management of HIV/AIDS risks among British gay men may be conceptualized. Three distinct periods of risk management are outlined. First, a 'confused' period in which the aetiology of AIDS and its cultural impact were poorly understood. Second, a 'somatic' period is described in which discourses linking HIV risk to the body became prevalent (following the 'discovery' of the HIV virus).…
Re-appraising HIV Testing among Scottish Gay Men
This paper explores Scottish gay men's understandings of HIV testing within the context of changes stemming from the availability of new treatments for HIV. Transcripts of one-toone interviews with 18 gay men were analysed together with those from four focus groups ( n= 19) concerning HIV testing, HIV status and HIV risk management. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was employed to identify recurrent themes. We focus upon a rise of HIV-opt…
Gay men's HIV testing behaviour in Scotland
This paper reports on the social and demographic factors associated with HIV testing in gay men in Scotland. Trained sessional research staff administered a short self-complete questionnaire to men in gay bars during January and February 1999 in Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland. Questionnaires were completed by 2,498 men (response rate of 77.5%). Half (1,190; 50%) reported ever having been HIV antibody tested, with men in Edinburgh more likely to …
To test or not? HIV antibody testing amongst gay men
This paper reviews the literature regarding levels of HIV antibody testing amongst gay men and rationales both for and against testing. Whilst marked differences in levels of reported testing were identified (regionally, nationally and across time), some consensus was found regarding reasons both for and against HIV antibody testing. Reasons for testing included accessing medical treatments, planning for the future and hoping for peace of mind. R…
Gay men and sexual decision‐making
This paper examines European and North American studies of gay men's sexual decision‐making in terms of differences in theory, methodology, the construction of the psychological subject and the social context. Both intra‐ and inter‐subjective paradigms are discussed and the contribution of each is assessed in terms of health interventions. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Good in parts
We know that peer education, or the use of popular opinion leaders (POLs), works in terms of reducing reported risk behaviour for HIV infection amongst gay men. The work of Jeffrey Kelly and his colleagues provides some of the best scientific evidence in support of this approach. Influenced by this work, we undertook a peer education intervention amongst gay men in bars in Glasgow--the Gay Men's Task Force (GMTF)--but failed to demonstrate any re…
The intentions of gay men in taking an HIV test
The objective of this study was to determine the contributions of a range of psychosocial, demographic and behavioural variables to gay men's intentions to take an HIV test. A cross-sectional self-report survey was undertaken. Researchers approached patrons of all known gay bars in Glasgow and Edinburgh during May 2000. Questionnaires were completed by 803 men (response rate of 78%). Those with a stronger intention to test had previously tested, …
After the euphoria
This paper focuses on the relationship of HIV medical technologies to current styles of medical practice and highlights issues posed by the technologies for those working and/or living with HIV. The paper examines HIV anti-retroviral combination therapies and associated tests from the perspective of their prescribers. The prescribers were interviewed during the later part of 2002 at three London HIV clinics. Their comments, considered in light of…
Cruising for sex
This paper describes sexual risk behaviours and HIV testing amongst men who cruise an urban public sex environment (PSE) in southern England. Data were collated using a cross-sectional survey (response rate = 56%; n=216), sampling men from directly within the PSE. As such, this represents the first peer-review study generalizable to the wider population of urban PSE users. The current sample reflect a highly sexually active population, almost one…
Uncertainty and 'technological horizon' in qualitative interviews about HIV treatment
Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Treatment (HAART) has reduced death and morbidity among people with HIV. However, HAART is not always effective, can produce serious side-effects and implies uncertainty for patients. To address HAART-related uncertainty, 20 qualitative interviews were conducted with gay men with HIV in Glasgow and London. The interviewees were purposively selected to reflect diversity in terms of year of diagnosis, experiences of il…
Examining the Sexual Health Experiences of Men Who Cruise Public Sex Environments
This paper examines the sexual health of men who 'cruise' public sex environments (PSEs). A cross-sectional survey (response rate 56%) recruited 216 men from an urban-based PSE in the UK. Half of participants reported lifetime STI experience and 16% reported an STI in the last year. Half attendd an STI clinic in the previous year, with similar proportions vaccinated against hepatitis A and B. Men who recently attended STI clinic (OR = 3.03) and t…
Temporal tales
This short paper encourages critical thinking and debate around the importance of temporal contexts within qualitative research. It highlights the implicit use of time-related issues within interview-based research. As such it illustrates the advantages and disadvantages of choosing either one-off, or multiple, interviews as means of collecting data with individual participants. Moreover, the paper also describes how thinking through the staging …
An Investigation of the Effects of Music on Anxiety and Pain Perception in Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis Treatment
This study aimed to investigate the effects of preferred music listening on anxiety and pain perception in patients undergoing haemodialysis. A two group experimental design was used. Sixty people diagnosed with end stage renal failure undergoing haemodialysis treatment participated in this study. Preferred music listening was applied as an intervention. Anxiety and pain were measured pre-test and post-test. The control group scored significantly…
Public Sexual Cultures
How Does an Emergent LGBTQ Health Psychology Reconstruct its Subject
This special issue provides a diverse and fascinating snapshot of current international work regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) health psychology. Individually, each constitutive article provides an in-depth account of its own unique and engaging topic. The breadth of the articles presented, whilst simultaneously delivering a substantive contribution to several bodies of literature, is also worthy of studying in and o…
Love and HIV serodiscordance in gay men's accounts of life with their regular partners
This paper examines discourse on serodiscordant relationships in interviews with 16 HIV-positive and 3 HIV-negative gay men living in Scotland. Drawing on critiques concerning love, reason and HIV serostatus normativity, this paper supplies a much-needed insight into how gay men in serodiscordant relationships negotiate HIV prevention. Among other matters, some HIV-negative men were said to knowingly request risky sex with their HIV-positive part…
Compliant, complacent or panicked? Investigating the problematisation of the Australian general public in pandemic influenza control
Re-defining ‘Me’
This paper presents an in-depth, qualitative investigation into the impact of job loss for seven opera choristers. The paper focuses on their perception of this loss and how this perception influences the experience of career transition and subsequent redefinition of the self. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis is used to highlight the individual nature of dealing with loss and transition. Discussion centres on three themes which best captu…
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