"Men don't think that far" - Interviewing men in Sweden about chlamydia and HIV testing during pregnancy from a discursive masculinities construction perspective.
Sex Reprod Healthc
; 12: 107-115, 2017 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
We used qualitative research design to discursively explore expectant fathers' perceptions of chlamydia and HIV, and their masculinity constructions about testing, and explored how they talked about their potential resistance towards testing and their pre-test emotions. STUDYDESIGN:
Twenty men were offered chlamydia and HIV testing at the beginning of their partner's pregnancy. Those who agreed to be tested were interviewed in-depth; those who declined testing were also interviewed. The interviews were tape recorded and transcribed verbatim. The analysis was inspired by discourse analysis on masculinity. MAINOUTCOME:
Three discursive themes Men prefer to suppress their vulnerability to STIs, Body and biology differ between men and women and Men have mixed emotions around STI testing underscore the informants' conversations and sometimes conflicting thoughts about STI testing.CONCLUSION:
The majority of men talked about pregnancy as a feminine territory, raised uncertainties about men's roles in the transmission of STIs, and talked about women's and men's essentially different bodies and biology, where few men realised that they could infect both their partner and the unborn child. This knowledge gap that men have must become apparent to healthcare providers, and policy makers must give men equal access to the reproductive arena.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Complicações Infecciosas na Gravidez
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Infecções por Chlamydia
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Infecções por HIV
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Pai
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Sex Reprod Healthc
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
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MEDICINA REPRODUTIVA
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OBSTETRICIA
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article