Culture Health & Sexuality

Papers
(The median citation count of Culture Health & Sexuality is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Sexual orientation labelling: relational processes of trans identity development39
‘Having children is like rain, as they say in our region’: exploring refugees’ reproductive agency29
#WhyIDidntReport my sexual violence and its effect on social support27
Understanding social capital among young black gay and bisexual men living with HIV: a qualitative exploration18
Abortion in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic15
‘Change creates change’ – older female sex workers’ experiences through the early COVID-19 pandemic14
Population politics, reproductive governance and access to abortion in Turkey14
‘It’s not a me thing’: the role of transcendence and critical politics in Black LGBTQ wellness in Montreal13
Exploring Latino cultural factors from the perspective of sexual minority men in the USA11
From AIDS to COVID-19, and back again11
‘I did not get this disease on the street; it was brought home as a gift’: Gender, violence and HIV vulnerability among Cuban women11
Missing voices: building women living with HIV’s meaningful engagement in HIV clinical and cure research11
Transgender migration and displacement: the experience of khwaja sira sex workers in Lahore10
A desirable future or unaffordable hope? Queer people becoming parents through assisted reproductive technology (ART) in Guangdong, China9
Informal digital peer support for mental health: understanding the digital support practices of LGBTQ+ young people in Australia9
One person, many changes: a socioecological qualitative analysis of the experiences of transfeminine individuals undergoing feminising gender-affirming hormone therapy9
Mental health and related service use by sex workers in rural and remote Australia: ‘there’s a lot of stigma in society’9
‘We don’t openly discuss these things’: Cultural complexities in teaching about sexuality and HIV in South Africa9
Women’s orgasms in Senegal: an exploratory mixed methods study of orgasm frequency, pleasure, and meaning among Senegalese women9
“These attitudes are a pressure”: women with disabilities’ perceptions of how stigma shapes their sexual health choices9
“Females are always dominated and disregarded by males, just because they are female”: the continuation of patriarchal norms for young trafficked women in Nepal9
Iatrogenic necropolitics: forced anal examinations and state-sanctioned homophobia9
Sexual healthcare to meet the needs of sexuality and gender diverse aboriginal young people: imagined possibilities8
Pampalibog : chemsex, desire and pleasure in the Philippines8
Exploring the relationship between medically unnecessary childhood penile circumcision and adult mental health8
Reconciling moral discourses on choice, risk and pronatalism: the politics of elective egg freezing in Singapore8
The juxtaposition of invalidation and “inviting in”: a qualitative study of bisexual identity in South Africa8
Self-diagnosing the end of pregnancy after medication abortion7
“Agape love is justice”: Black clergies’ public and theological support of Black gay men7
A new sexual wellbeing paradigm grounded in capability approach concepts of human flourishing and social justice7
Logics of control and self-management in narratives of people living with HIV, hepatitis C and hepatitis B7
Addressing sexual health concerns in Tanzania: perceived barriers among healthcare professionals and students in the “training for health professionals” study7
‘The body is difficult’: reproductive navigation through sociality and corporeality in rural Burundi7
Relating ‘to her Human Side’: a Grounded Theory analysis of cosmetologists’ and aestheticians’ relationships with clients in Black American beauty salons to inform sexual health interventions7
“The sky is the limit; I am going there”: experiences of hope among young women receiving a conditional cash transfer in rural South Africa7
Contemplating abortion: a qualitative study of men and women’s reactions to unplanned pregnancy in Sierra Leone7
Interpersonal violence victimisation, HIV-related behaviours and STIs among adult, urban Indigenous and non-Indigenous gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Guatemala6
Sexual and reproductive health knowledges: a study with Pacific young people enrolled in an Aotearoa New Zealand tertiary institution6
Multilevel experiences of carceral violence in Los Angeles, California: first-hand accounts from a racially diverse sample of transgender women6
Branched sexuality and sexual health among Black cisgender sexual minority men in Baltimore, Maryland: an exploratory study6
Girls’ experiences of cellphone porn use in South Africa and their accounts of sexual risk in the classroom6
“I want to become someone!” gender, reproduction and the moral career of motherhood for women with sickle cell disorders6
‘No test, no disease’: Multilevel barriers to HIV testing among young men who have sex with men and transgender women in three semi-urban areas in Thailand6
‘You are looked upon as a luxury tool’: Young Tanzanian women’s perception of community norms supporting partner violence during transactional sex ( kudanga )6
Sexual health activism: the motivations of near-peer volunteer educators working to promote positive understandings of gender and sexuality in UK secondary schools6
Stepping out of secrecy: heterosexuality, quality of life, and experiences of HIV peer navigation in Australia6
Women who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting’s perceptions and experiences with healthcare providers in Paris6
Business like any other? New Zealand’s brothel industry post-decriminalisation6
Between ‘block course relationships and abstinence: cultures of sexuality among students at Addis Ababa University6
Balancing risk, intimacy and (non)compliance: a qualitative study of sex across household during COVID-19 social restrictions6
‘That just sounds bizarre’: factors affecting heterosexual college students’ perceptions of new sperm-targeting contraceptives6
“I did not know I was gay”: sexual identity development and fluidity among married tongzhi in China6
Young men who have sex with men and digital technologies for HIV prevention and care: qualitative findings from the conectad@s study6
Gender role beliefs and adolescent pregnancy in Colombia: findings from the 2015 DHS survey5
‘We need a culture change’: military sexual trauma through the lens of rape culture5
Restorative solutions for anti-LGBT victimisation experiences: potential pathways for victims’ wellbeing and key challenges and needs5
Contraceptive decision making among Chinese international students in Melbourne: findings from a qualitative investigation5
The end point of it is abstinence: a qualitative analysis of underlying factors influencing Christian leaders’ adoption and implementation of sex and sexuality education in Bolgatanga, Ghana5
Between personal and social matters: identifying public perceptions of childfree decisions in Indonesia5
Exploring the role of motherhood in healthcare engagement for women living with HIV in the USA5
Viral times, viral memories, viral questions5
Abortion: Autonomy, Anxiety and Exile – Editorial Introduction to a CHS Collection5
‘Every slap demeans me’: at the intersection of disability, masculinity and intimate partner violence in the Global South5
Understanding young Black women’s socialisation and perceptions of sexual and reproductive health5
Women’s perspectives on barriers to potential PrEP uptake for HIV prevention: HIV risk assessment, relationship dynamics and stigma5
Travel for later abortion in the USA: lived experiences, structural contributors and abortion fund support5
Coping responses to intimate partner violence: narratives of women in North-west Tanzania5
‘Test Now, Stop HIV’: COVID-19 and the idealisation of quarantine as the ‘end of HIV’5
‘The abortion gave me my life back’: the long-term impact of access to self-managed medication abortion through telemedicine on women’s lives in legally restricted countries5
Gender diversity and social change: transgressions, translations, transformations5
Putting it behind? Young Indian victim-survivors of sexual violence and the quest for sexual well-being5
A decade of PrEP: the evolution of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis content and sentiments in South African print news media, 2012–20215
“You feel like you’re fairly disadvantaged with an advert over your head saying ‘in final years of reproduction’”: social egg freezing, dating and the (unequal) politics of reproductive ageing5
“Having a guru is like having a licence”: analysing financial relationships between khwaja sira gurus and chelas in Swat, Pakistan5
‘I don’t want to have to teach every medical provider’: barriers to care among non-binary people in the Canadian healthcare system5
First Nations music and social emotional wellbeing and health among LGBTIQA+SB First Nations peoples: a review of the literature4
Regimes of truth regarding ‘sexual justice’ in academic literature from 2012 to 2022: a scoping review4
Are daughters more preferred by young people in contemporary China? Qualitative evidence from one-child generation cohorts in urban Jiangsu4
Medical gendered racism and Black women’s experiences of genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder in the USA – A conceptual exploration4
Indigenous men’s pathways to ‘living the right kind of life and walking the right path’ post incarceration in Canada: understanding the impacts of systemic oppression, and guidance for healing and (w)4
The ongoing and contentious coverage of abortion in a progressive context: a long-term cross-outlet assessment of Dutch abortion news (2000–2022)4
Blessing of the moon: cultural beliefs, birth timing and child health in Nepal4
‘It’s a very grey, very messy area’: a qualitative examination of factors influencing undetectable gay men’s HIV status disclosure to sexual partners4
Sprouting sideways: queer temporalities and kinship in donor conception4
‘Just be strong and keep going’: the influence of Superwoman Schema on Black women’s perceived expectations of coping with sexual pain4
From Hell to Heaven? Lived experiences of LGBTQ migrants in relation to health and their reflections on the future4
Women are the thread: Keetoowah elders’ experiences of becoming a mother4
South African male university students’ perspectives on gender norms concerning alcohol and related harmful behaviours towards female drinkers4
Patient-provider power relations in counselling on long-acting reversible contraception: a discursive study of provider perspectives4
Framing HIV and AIDS: how leaders of black religious institutions in New York City interpret and address sex and sexuality in their HIV interventions4
Exploring the interface of religion, infertility and assisted reproduction: experiences of Pacific Christian adults in Aotearoa New Zealand4
Reproductive futures within a context of uterus transplants in India4
‘People need to know we exist!’: an exploratory study of the labour experiences of transmasculine and non-binary sex workers and implications for harm reduction4
Intersectional stigma and coping strategies of single mothers living with HIV in Thailand4
The scarlet V: how women with dyspareunia negotiate postfeminist discourses of sexual agency4
Trusted networks: a study of communication flow and access to abortion information in Argentina3
Facilitating an encounter with a new sexuality discourse: the role of civic communicators in building sexual health literacy among newly arrived migrants3
Views and experiences of young women from a migrant or refugee background regarding the contraceptive implant in Australia3
Cellphones and romantic relationships of young women in urban informal settlements in South Africa3
Migrants facing intersectional vulnerability to HIV and AIDS in Switzerland: an exploratory study3
Narrative strategies to re-signify sexual violence among gender and sexuality diverse Central American migrants in Tijuana3
Is sex lost in translation? Linguistic and conceptual issues in the translation of sexual and reproductive health surveys3
‘My safety depends on everyone else feeling safe and good’: emotion work among transgender and gender diverse Texans3
Helping to destigmatise the use of period products for trans, masculine presenting, non-binary and gender diverse (TMNG) consumers through an inclusive communication design framework3
‘Manopause’: sexual response changes as a threat to ageing manhood3
The role of activists’ sexual orientation and gender identity in their participation in LGBT movements: a case study from Yunnan, China3
Using youth participatory action research to explore the impacts of structural violence on LGBTQIA + youth health3
‘If we take the engine out, how will the car go?’: beliefs, understanding and access to vasectomy services in Timor-Leste3
Taking matters into our own hands? Hierarchies of power and knowledge in online framings of IUD self-removal3
The invisibility of Black and Latina women in sexual health care: shifting from biological individualism to intersectionality3
Using the behaviour change wheel to examine facilitators and barriers to assertive contraception-use conversations for Indonesian women3
‘I created my own access:’ understanding mental healthcare access experiences among LGTBQ + youth who use cannabis in Canada3
COVID-19 and the shifting organisation of sex work markets in Singapore3
Sex work stigma and the recuperation of moral personhood through gendered labour: sex worker diaries in Ukraine3
Sexual minority men’s experiences of, and strategies for emotional intimacy in intimate partner relationships3
Attitudes towards infertility: perspectives from the African diaspora in Poland3
The medicalisation of female genital cutting in Kenya: a threefold exposition3
Viral forgetting, or how to have ignorance in a syndemic3
‘Eventually I wanted something more’: sexual self-reflections of South African women engaged in transactional sexual relationships with blessers3
South African university women's perspectives on intimate partner violence: a qualitative study of reactions to a tailored vignette3
Good servant, bad master: How eighty women perceive the influence of pornography on sexual scripts3
Sexting among British adults: a qualitative analysis of sexting as emotion work governed by ‘feeling rules’3
Intersectional vulnerabilities and differential impacts of COVID-19 responses on young people who sell sex in Zimbabwe3
Prostate cancer-related sexual dysfunction – the significance of social relations in men’s reconstructions of masculinity3
Negotiating belonging, risk and agency: discourses of sexuality among young people with migration experience in Southern Sweden3
Relationship impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions on young women and men in Durban and Soweto, South Africa3
They call us goor-jigeen: a qualitative exploration of the experiences of Senegalese Muslim men who have sex with men living with HIV3
‘Hoping for a life that isn’t just surviving:’ a qualitative study on sexual minority college students’ experiences with identity formation and coming out at a religious institution in the USA3
‘It changes everything’: the impact of HIV-related stigma on sexual health and intimacy among African American women2
Female genital cosmetic surgery in Indonesia: a qualitative analysis of medical advertising on Instagram2
Exploring the motivations and dynamics of older French-speaking men settled in Thailand2
Family planning in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: personal beliefs, intimate partner negotiations and social pressure2
The queers are all right: a content analysis of LGBTQIA + mental health on TikTok2
Men’s Achilles’ heel: prostate cancer and the reconstruction of masculinity2
Determinants of women’s agency in accessing and utilising reproductive healthcare services; a systematic review2
Navigating LGBTQ+ visibility in Poland: evidence from a community experiencing minority stress2
‘How do I really want to be as a man?’ Masculinities, critical consciousness, and contraceptive decision-making – findings from an interview study in Germany2
HIV prevention among gay and other men who have sex with men: public policy and social movements in Brazil, 1983-20192
Sexual healthcare experiences of nonbinary young adults2
Older men, younger women: blesser–blessee relationships among university students in Durban, South Africa2
Association of traditional marital practices with contraceptive decision-making, couple communication, and method use among couples in rural Maharashtra, India2
A fertility app for two? Women’s perspectives on sharing conceptive fertility work with male partners2
Sexual and reproductive health literacy of culturally and linguistically diverse young people in Australia: a systematic review2
From stigma to solutions: harnessing local wisdom to tackle harms associated with menstrual seclusion ( chhaupadi ) in Nepal2
Understanding service preferences among consensually non-monogamous individuals seeking sexual healthcare2
Cultural practices supporting early motherhood in a Ghanaian community2
Experience of menstruation with the use of reusable menstrual products: a qualitative study among menstruators in Israel2
From the bar to the cowshed: the impact of COVID-19 on female sex workers in Pattaya, Thailand2
‘My partner will think I’m weak or overthinking my pain’: how being superwoman inhibits Black women’s sexual pain disclosure to their partners2
Childbearing after treatment for obstetric fistula: perspectives from survivors in Malawi2
Theorising masculinity, ageing, and the lived body: the case of prostate cancer2
From AIDS to COVID-19: the interplay between dual pandemics in social perceptions of disease2
‘You have to trust their word’: transmasculine experiences with sex partners and safety during the early COVID-19 outbreak2
Women’s experiences of needing abortion care whilst incarcerated: a systematic review of the international literature2
Interactive community-based theatre to address social barriers to accessing reproductive health services in patriarchal societies: the case of Jordan2
Photodiagnosis of genital herpes and warts: a sociomaterial perspective on users’ experiences of online sexual health care2
Experiences of gender-based violence among Somali refugee women: a socio-ecological model approach2
Sexual and reproductive health and digital human rights: a study with people living with HIV and key populations in Vietnam2
‘I still desire to have a child’: a qualitative analysis of intersectional HIV- and childlessness-related stigma in rural southwestern Uganda2
Who does what? Reproductive responsibilities between heterosexual partners2
Correction2
Towards a context-specific understanding of masculinities in Eswatini within voluntary medical male circumcision programming2
‘How can you worry about employment and survival at the same time?’: employment and mental health among precariously employed cisgender and transgender sexual minority adult men in Toronto, Canada2
Beyond dichotomies: contesting cultural stereotypes through the lived experience of sexuality among Turkish-Dutch women2
Self-care practices during the gender transition of Costa Rican transgender men2
A qualitative study of women’s experiences of vaginal douching in Türkiye2
Money, chores and emotional support: Kenyan and Zambian fathers’ perceptions of male partner involvement in maternal and infant health within the context of HIV2
Stigmatised as ‘promoting’ with a duty to report: public healthcare workers providing services to criminalised ‘key populations for HIV’ under Uganda’s 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act2
Sex workers’ self-reported physical and mental health in Greece. A repeated cross-sectional study in 2009, 2013 and 20192
‘It’s history in the making all around us’: examining COVID-19 through the lenses of HIV and epidemic history2
Going through treatment: experiences of women who sought assisted reproductive technology treatment in five selected hospitals in Ghana1
A press(ing) issue: analysing local news coverage of abortion in the US South during the COVID-19 pandemic1
Social resources, resilience, and sexual health among South African adolescent girls and young women: findings from the HERStory study1
Affirming and negotiating gender in family and social spaces: Stigma, mental health and resilience among transmasculine people in India1
‘Let the ladies know’: queer women’s perceptions of how gender and sexual orientation shape their eating and weight concerns1
Submit to survive: an exploration of sexual cleansing as an act of violence against widows in the Luo community of Kenya1
Transnational AIDS networks, regional solidarities and the configuration of meti in Nepal1
Access to fertility preservation for trans and non-binary people in Aotearoa New Zealand1
Bleeding beyond binaries: a critical interpretive review of trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming experiences with menstruation1
Perceptions of healthcare accessibility and medical mistrust among Black women living with HIV in the USA1
‘There are people like me who will see that, and it will just wash over them’: Black sexual minority men’s perspectives on messaging in PrEP visual advertisements1
Sexual and reproductive health and rights decision-making among Australian migrant and refugee youth: a group concept mapping study1
Which factors contribute to sexual well-being? A comparative study among 17 to 20 year old boys and girls in Belgium and Ecuador1
Living in a liminal space: Experiences of 2SLGBTQ + official language minority Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic1
Communicative appeals and messaging frames in visual media for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis promotion to cisgender and transgender women1
Dissolution of transactional sex relationships during COVID-19: a qualitative study of Ugandan men’s experiences during COVID-19 lockdowns1
How to have sex in a pandemic: the development of strategies to prevent COVID-19 transmission in sexual encounters among gay and bisexual men in Australia1
The Beijing Rainbow Film Festival: between depoliticisation and performative activism1
‘Oh, I don’t really want to bother with that:’ gay and bisexual young men's perceptions of barriers to PrEP information and uptake1
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and or queer patient experiences in Canadian primary care and emergency departments: a literature review1
Prep-Tok: a queer critical discourse analysis of TikToks regarding HIV-related pre-exposure prophylaxis1
Thai trans women’s agency and the destigmatisation of HIV-related care1
Selling sex: what determines rates and popularity? An analysis of 11,500 online profiles1
Negotiating sexual and gender diversity in rural and peri-urban KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa1
Women's sexual subjectivity in a Tanzania city in the era of neoliberalism and AIDS1
Obstetric violence in a group of Italian women: socio-demographic predictors and effects on mental health1
‘This is what's going to heal our kids’: bringing the Sexy Health Carnival into Indigenous cultural gatherings1
Healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards the termination of pregnancy: a qualitative analysis of survey data in Northern Ireland1
Exploring the identities and experiences of young queer people in Mongolia using visual research methods1
Unintended pregnancies in the lives of young people in Luwero, Uganda: a narrative analysis1
‘Surviving and thriving’: intersectional stigma and resilience of dual minority identities among Chinese gay and bisexual men living with HIV1
Peer advice for women living with HIV in the Southern USA1
The experience of abortion for Cook Islands women: exploring the socio-cultural dimensions of abortion safety1
‘I did not have sex outside of our bubble’: changes in sexual practices and risk reduction strategies among sexual minority men in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic1
Young people’s perceptions of young women’s engagement in sexting1
‘I just LOVE data’: perceptions and practices of data sharing and privacy among users of the Lioness1
‘Remember there is that thing called confidentiality’: experiences of institutional discrimination in the health system among adolescent boys and young men living with HIV in the Eastern Cape province1
Young adult writers’ thoughts on healthy pornography1
An object-oriented analysis of social apps, syringes and ARTs within gay Taiwanese men’s chemsex practices1
School teachers’ menstrual experiences and practices: reflections from rural Rajasthan, India1
From self-management to depathologisation: the evolution of transgender health care and rights in Spain between 1970 and 20201
Managing motherhood – the experiences of female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya1
Cultural taboos and low sexual and reproductive health literacy among university students in Magway city, Myanmar1
Social support among women with genital fistula in Uganda1
Sex on screens: the language of sexting and amateur pornography1
Sexuality and gender change efforts in Malaysia – proximal stressors and mental ill-health amongst LGBT+ adults1
Growing up in the shadow of HIV: post-AIDS generation of HIV-negative men who have sex with men in Sweden and their perceptions of HIV and stigma1
Challenging the stigma of premarital sex in urban Afghanistan1
‘Trauma sits in your body and makes you shut down:’ sexual and reproductive health professionals’ views of the impact of trauma on the sexual health of Native American older adolescent and young adult1
Developing critical HIV health literacy: insights from interviews with priority migrant communities in Queensland, Australia1
The intersectional social patterning of early-COVID-era digital intimacies among transgender and gender-diverse young adults: effects on peri-pandemic sexual decision-making1
Parental attitudes towards sexual orientation and gender diversity: challenging LGBT discrimination in Australian schools1
Mental health and societal challenges among forced migrants of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions: health professionals’ descriptions and interpretations1
‘[E]ven in our fear […] we wanted to do this’: feminist organising for abortion in Africa as palimpsestic1
Health intervention experiences and associated mental health outcomes in a sample of LGBTQ people with intersex variations in Australia1
Men who have sex with men experience low anxiety and few barriers to performing anal self or companion examinations: a qualitative study of the Prevent Anal Cancer Palpation Study1
Interpersonal scripts and sexual communication: experiences and perspectives of young people in St. Petersburg, Russia1
An ecological analysis of hope amongst Asian rainbow young people in Aotearoa New Zealand1
Exploring ambivalence toward pregnancy among young Inuit women1
Understanding access to healthcare for gender diverse young people: a critical review of the literature1
Free, but at what cost? How US crisis pregnancy centres provide services1
‘Chinese academia wouldn’t be tolerant of my research’: gay academics’ concerns about conducting queer research in China1
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