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Abstract
Objective: To acquire a deepened understanding of how stigma in healthcare affects health seeking behaviours of same-sex practising men in Tanzania. Methods: In-depth interviews with twelve men were conducted in Dar es Salaam, 2012. Data were interpreted through qualitative content analysis. Results: Narratives revealed that men’s healthcare perceptions were shaped by previous encounters, rumours in gay community, norms and legislation around homosexuality.
Fears of exposure aggravated men’s possibilities of giving full anamnesis and detached them from formal healthcare services. Conclusions: Stigma in healthcare might lead to severe public health problems due to perceived exclusion from the health system by sexual minorities.
Fears of exposure aggravated men’s possibilities of giving full anamnesis and detached them from formal healthcare services. Conclusions: Stigma in healthcare might lead to severe public health problems due to perceived exclusion from the health system by sexual minorities.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 163-175 |
| Journal | International Journal of Sexual Health |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Free keywords
- Sexual minorities
- Homophobia
- Qualitative studies
- Gay men
- STIs
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Becoming your own doctor. Healthcare-seeking, stigma, and related challenges among persons with same-sex sexuality in East Africa.
Larsson, M., 2016, Lund: Lund University: Faculty of Medicine. 90 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis (compilation)
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LHRRH: Lund Human Rights Research Hub
Gammeltoft, T. (PI), Nilsson, A. (PI), Westregård, A. (PI), Wong, C. (PI), Nyström, B. (PI), Karageorgiou, E. (PI), Kennedy Tsunoda, E. (PI), Östlund, J. (PI), Alkan Olsson, I. (PI), Nowak, K. (PI), Halldenius, L. (PI), Lo Giacco, L. (PI), Gunneflo, M. (PI), Abelin, M. (PI), Scott, M. (PI), Gibney, M. (PI), Andersson, D.-E. (PI), Beckman, O. (PI), Stoyanova, V. (PI), Svensson, M. (PI), Bexell, M. (PI), Kinnvall, C. (PI), Alkan Olsson, J. (PI), Johansson Dahre, U. (PI), Valizadeh, S. (PI), Fuentes, A. (PI), Mares, R. (PI), Pietrogiovanni, V. (PI), Wanying, N. (PI), Bogdan, M. (PI), Alm, D. (PI), Hydén, H. (PI), Kjaerum, M. (PI), Davis, M. F. (PI), Rönnmar, M. (PI), Ring, R. (PI), Banakar, R. (PI), Persson, V. (PI), Groussot, X. (PI), Agardh, A. (PI), Aggestam, K. (PI), Bergman Rosamond, A. (PI), Johansson, H. (PI), Scherman, I. (PI), Arvidsson, M. (PI), Kalm, S. (PI), Karlsson, A. (PI), Nilsson, F. (PI), Parsa, A. (PI), Parsi, R. (PI), Ryberg Welander, L. (PI), Selberg, N. (PI), Stoyanova, V. (PI), Sturfelt, L. (PI), Sundkvist, E. (PI), Svensson, T. (PI), Tiderman, K. A. (PI), Tullberg, A. (PI), Uhlin, A. (PI) & Zackari, K. (PI)
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