Inclusion and representation of older people and sexual health in sub-Saharan Africa within contemporary population health research
Inclusion and representation of older people and sexual health in sub-Saharan Africa within contemporary population health research
The chapter considers the under-representation of ageing sexualities in an African health research context. It shows how sexuality among older people has not been addressed in sub-Saharan African public health strategies. This is of particular concern given the number of older people who are ageing with HIV. The focus of HIV prevention in public health strategies means that sex among older people can be constructed as 'dangerous'and something to be discouraged rather than taking a broader, non-pathologising sexual safety approach, among people of all aged including older people. It argues that it is important o understand the sexual and health needs of older people in sub-Saharan Africa so that those needs can be better addressed.
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Langat, Gloria
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Hosegood, Vicky
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1 January 2016
Langat, Gloria
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Hosegood, Vicky
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Langat, Gloria and Hosegood, Vicky
(2016)
Inclusion and representation of older people and sexual health in sub-Saharan Africa within contemporary population health research.
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Peel, Elizabeth and Harding, Rosie
(eds.)
Ageing & Sexualities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives.
Abingdon, GB.
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The chapter considers the under-representation of ageing sexualities in an African health research context. It shows how sexuality among older people has not been addressed in sub-Saharan African public health strategies. This is of particular concern given the number of older people who are ageing with HIV. The focus of HIV prevention in public health strategies means that sex among older people can be constructed as 'dangerous'and something to be discouraged rather than taking a broader, non-pathologising sexual safety approach, among people of all aged including older people. It argues that it is important o understand the sexual and health needs of older people in sub-Saharan Africa so that those needs can be better addressed.
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Published date: 1 January 2016
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Elizabeth Peel
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Rosie Harding
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