Young men in juvenile detention centers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Gender, Sexuality, Masculinity and Health Implications

Bibliographic Data

ID5225006
AuthorsMonique Nascimento (0000-0002-3363-4232, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Marcos Antonio Ferreira Do Nascimento, Anna Paula Uziel (0000-0001-7807-3910, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro), Jimena De Garay Hernandez (0000-0002-0564-1056, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)
Year2018
Volume34
Issue2
Pagese00177916-e00177916
Publication date2018-02-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311x00177916
PMID29489951
OpenAlexW2788571010
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2018000205001
LanguageNL
Citations received7
References cited11

This article presents results for young men's health based on an intervention-study on gender, sexuality, and health of adolescents and young men in conflict with the law, deprived of their freedom, and subject to socio-educational confinement in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The themes addressed included questions on overall health, mental health, and sexual and reproductive health, analyzed from a relational gender perspective and social construction of masculinities. The majority of these young men are black, from low-income communities, with low schooling levels, and ranging in age from 14 to 21 years of age; some of them are fathers. The study showed that these young men have been exposed to police and social violence from a very early age and have been deprived of their freedom due to involvement with the drug traffic, homicides, or episodes of sexual violence. The male and female health professionals that work with them report that the most common health problems are skin conditions, mental disorders, and sexually transmissible infections. Male chauvinism and rigid notions of gender and sexuality are important factors in the views of these young men on health (especially sexual and reproductive). Their discourse takes violence and paternity for granted as important signs in the public demonstration of masculinity. There is an urgent need to include discussions on gender and sexuality in health professionals' training and activities with these young men. It is also necessary to call attention to the strong influence of gender concepts, social group, and sexual orientation in practices, interpersonal relations, and health promotion

Criminology · Human sexuality · Masculinity · Mental health · Population · Psychiatry · Public health · Reproductive health · Sexual violence · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Gender Studies · Gender, Sexuality, and Education · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology

Tools

Open DOISci-HubOpen Access