Jill R Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 7560908 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jill R Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jill R |
| FAMILY NAME | Williams |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMS J R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sexual behavior and HIV risk across the life course in rural South Africa: Trends and comparisons
There is limited information about sexual behavior among older Africans, which is problematic given high HIV rates among older adults. We use a population-based survey among people aged 15-80+ to examine the prevalence of sexual risk and protective behaviors in the context of a severe HIV epidemic. We focus on variation across the life course, gender and HIV serostatus to compare the similarities and differences of young, middle aged, and older a…
Taking care’ in the age of Aids: Older rural South Africans’ strategies for surviving the HIV epidemic
Older adults have been largely overlooked in community studies of HIV in highly endemic African countries. In our rural study site in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, HIV prevalence among those aged 50 and older is 16.5%, suggesting that older adults are at risk of both acquiring and transmitting HIV. This paper utilises community-based focus-group interviews with older rural South African men and women to better understand the normative enviro…
Doing feminist‐demography
This paper is a disciplinary analysis of demography that examines its lack of engagement with feminist theory and the resulting lack of meaningful demographic research on gender. Its aim is to generate intellectual space for feminist‐demography and to advance research on gender within the field of demography. I first discuss benefits of feminist‐demography to both fields and then examine the reasons for the lack of feminist‐demographic research t…
Doing feminist‐demography
This paper is a disciplinary analysis of demography that examines its lack of engagement with feminist theory and the resulting lack of meaningful demographic research on gender. Its aim is to generate intellectual space for feminist‐demography and to advance research on gender within the field of demography. I first discuss benefits of feminist‐demography to both fields and then examine the reasons for the lack of feminist‐demographic research t…
Doing feminist‐demography
This paper is a disciplinary analysis of demography that examines its lack of engagement with feminist theory and the resulting lack of meaningful demographic research on gender. Its aim is to generate intellectual space for feminist‐demography and to advance research on gender within the field of demography. I first discuss benefits of feminist‐demography to both fields and then examine the reasons for the lack of feminist‐demographic research t…
Sexual behavior and HIV risk across the life course in rural South Africa: Trends and comparisons
There is limited information about sexual behavior among older Africans, which is problematic given high HIV rates among older adults. We use a population-based survey among people aged 15-80+ to examine the prevalence of sexual risk and protective behaviors in the context of a severe HIV epidemic. We focus on variation across the life course, gender and HIV serostatus to compare the similarities and differences of young, middle aged, and older a…
Taking care’ in the age of Aids: Older rural South Africans’ strategies for surviving the HIV epidemic
Older adults have been largely overlooked in community studies of HIV in highly endemic African countries. In our rural study site in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, HIV prevalence among those aged 50 and older is 16.5%, suggesting that older adults are at risk of both acquiring and transmitting HIV. This paper utilises community-based focus-group interviews with older rural South African men and women to better understand the normative enviro…
Sociology (3 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Condom (1 works) · Demography (1 works)