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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Sexual practices, identities and health among women who have sex with women in Lesotho - a mixed-methods study
Culture, Health and Sexuality, Volume 16, No. 2, Year 2014
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Description
Despite the high prevalence of HIV and STIs among women in Africa and the growing literature on HIV and STIs among women who have sex with women, research on the sexual health of women who have sex with women in Africa is scant. This study used mixed methods to describe sexual identity, practices and health among women who have sex with women in Lesotho. Most respondents (48%) described themselves as lesbian, 29% as bisexual and 23% as heterosexual. Almost half (45%) had disclosed their same-sex attraction to family, but only 25% had done so with healthcare workers. A total of 8% reported having HIV. Self-reported HIV was associated with having three or more male partners, having male and female partners at the same time and having a history of STIs. Gender norms, the criminalisation of homosexuality, varied knowledge of, and access to, safer-sex strategies, and mixed experiences of HIV/STI testing and sexual healthcare provided social and structural contexts for HIV- and STI-related vulnerability. © 2014 © 2013 Taylor & Francis.
Authors & Co-Authors
Poteat, Tonia C.
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Logie, Carmen Helen
Canada, Toronto
University of Toronto
Adams, Darrin
United States
Peace Corps - Lesotho
Lebona, Judith
Lesotho, Maseru
Matrix Support Group
Letsie, Puleng
United States, New York
United Nations Development Programme
Beyrer, Chris C.
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baral, Stefan David
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Statistics
Citations: 26
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/13691058.2013.841291
ISSN:
13691058
e-ISSN:
14645351
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Mixed-methods
Study Locations
Lesotho
Participants Gender
Male
Female