Rita Melendez
Biographic Data
| ID | 9247404 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rita Melendez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rita |
| FAMILY NAME | Melendez |
| SIGNATURE | MELÉNDEZ R |
| AFFILIATIONS | San Francisco State University, CA, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Masculinities and Biomedical Governmentality in the Contexts of HIV Prevention and Treatment for Latinx Immigrants
In this article, we discuss notions of masculinities from an understudied group in the United States: Latinx immigrants in regards to medical services regarding HIV and AIDS. We understand this group from the result of the intersection between migration policies and binational discourses, the idea of “vulnerability” and “risk” produced by an acute biomedicalization of bodies and human groups, and gender-particularly masculinity as a discourse tha…
Transgender individuals in Mexico
There is limited research of transgender individuals in Mexico. Transgender individuals on a whole tend to have increased exposure to violence and discrimination which complicates access to health services, despite a great need for services relating to HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and gender confirmation processes. Questionnaires from 148 transgender-identified participants were completed using both online and face-to-face recruiting. Pa…
Improving PrEP Implementation Through Multilevel Interventions
Revisiting “Success”
Transgender individuals in Mexico
There is limited research of transgender individuals in Mexico. Transgender individuals on a whole tend to have increased exposure to violence and discrimination which complicates access to health services, despite a great need for services relating to HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and gender confirmation processes. Questionnaires from 148 transgender-identified participants were completed using both online and face-to-face recruiting. Pa…
Masculinities and Biomedical Governmentality in the Contexts of HIV Prevention and Treatment for Latinx Immigrants
In this article, we discuss notions of masculinities from an understudied group in the United States: Latinx immigrants in regards to medical services regarding HIV and AIDS. We understand this group from the result of the intersection between migration policies and binational discourses, the idea of “vulnerability” and “risk” produced by an acute biomedicalization of bodies and human groups, and gender-particularly masculinity as a discourse tha…
Revisiting “Success”
Improving PrEP Implementation Through Multilevel Interventions
Transgender individuals in Mexico
There is limited research of transgender individuals in Mexico. Transgender individuals on a whole tend to have increased exposure to violence and discrimination which complicates access to health services, despite a great need for services relating to HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and gender confirmation processes. Questionnaires from 148 transgender-identified participants were completed using both online and face-to-face recruiting. Pa…
Masculinities and Biomedical Governmentality in the Contexts of HIV Prevention and Treatment for Latinx Immigrants
In this article, we discuss notions of masculinities from an understudied group in the United States: Latinx immigrants in regards to medical services regarding HIV and AIDS. We understand this group from the result of the intersection between migration policies and binational discourses, the idea of “vulnerability” and “risk” produced by an acute biomedicalization of bodies and human groups, and gender-particularly masculinity as a discourse tha…
LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (2 works) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (1 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 works)