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‘I have two homelands’: constructing and managing Iranian Jewish and Persian Israeli identities
(Taylor and Francis, 2016-04-04)
Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran have had a problematic relationship for the last four decades. Despite
their tense relations, Israel is home to thousands of Persians and Iran has the second largest Jewish population ...
Gay men's construction and management of identity on Grindr
(Springer, 2016-10-14)
This study explores gay men’s construction and management of identity on Grindr. A sample of gay men was interviewed and the data were analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The following themes are ...
A "morning-after" pill for HIV? Social representations of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for HIV in the British print media.
(Taylor and Francis, 2016-08-23)
Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is a biomedical approach to HIV prevention that is administered after a potential exposure to the virus. Although it was originally approved in the UK for occupational exposure to HIV among ...
Polarised press reporting about HIV prevention: Social representations of pre-exposure prophylaxis in the UK press
(Sage, 2016-05-22)
Pre-exposure prophylaxis is a novel biomedical HIV prevention option for individuals at high risk of HIV acquisition. Although pre-exposure prophylaxis has yielded encouraging results in various clinical trials, opponents ...
HIV diagnosis and identity processes among men who have sex with men (MSM) in London, Athens and New York.
(British Psyhological Society, 2016)
Given the advent of highly effective antiretroviral therapy, HIV is now considered a manageable chronic condition. However, the social, psychological and indeed physical aspects of living with HIV can be challenging. In ...
Caste and Identity Processes among British Sikhs in the Midlands
(Taylor and Francis, 2016-06-27)
This article examines the role of caste in the lives and identities of a small sample of young Sikhs in the English Midlands, using social psychological theory. In many academic writings, there is an implicit representation ...
Equality in sexual health promotion: a systematic review of effective interventions for black and minority ethnic men who have sex with men.
(BMC Public Health, 2016-06-08)
Background: Over the past decade, new diagnoses of HIV have increased eightfold among men who have sex with men (MSM) of other or of mixed ethnicity in the UK. Yet there is little intervention research on HIV among black ...
Black and minority ethnic men who have sex with men Project evaluation and systematic review.
(Public Health England, 2016-05)
Public Health England (PHE) has been funded by the MAC AIDS Foundation to deliver a programme of focused work to improve the health and wellbeing of black and minority ethnic (BME) men who have sex with men (MSM). PHE’s ...
What is it really like to be Black or Asian and gay?
(2016)
Coming out as gay can be a challenging process – both psychologically and socially. One is seldom certain of how others – friends and family members – will react to this news. The individual may conjure up memories of ...
Bridging micro, meso and macro processes in social psychology
(Springer, 2016)
In this chapter, we argue that a multilevel analysis of social psychological phenomena, which acknowledges cognition and behavior at macro, meso, and micro levels and the interrelations between them, is necessary. We propose ...
