Gender, Sexual Health Seeking Behavior, and HIV/Aids Among Tarok Women in North-Central Nigeria

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15217853
AutoresTitilayo Cordelia Orisaremi (Bingham University, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume37
Fascículo6
Páginas687-704
Data de publicação2014-11-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHealth Care For Women International (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07399332.2014.971953
PMID25365697
OpenAlexW2091910325
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas7

In this study, which was part of a larger project I undertook in North-central Nigeria, I explored the differences in the sexual health seeking behavior of Tarok women and men and how these differences affect the spread of HIV. With the help of three research assistants, I conducted 16 in-depth interviews and 24 focus group discussions in four Tarok communities in North-central Nigeria. I found certain negative effects of gender inequality on women's sexual health seeking behavior in particular, a situation that has adverse implications for HIV acquisition and transmission. I therefore concluded that addressing the challenges of gender inequality is imperative for a sustained fight against HIV and AIDS in Nigeria

Affect (linguistics · Developing country · Economic growth · Environmental health · Family medicine · Focus group · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Inequality · Population · Reproductive health · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology