Gender, sexuality, and reproductive health: the establishment of a new field in Public Health
Aquino, E.M.L.; Heilborn, M.L.; Barbosa, R.M.; Berquo, E.
Cadernos de Saude Publica 19(Suplemento 2): S198-S472
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0102-311X Document Number: 295851
This supplement contains 27 articles. Topics include: establishment of a new field in public health; construction of sexual difference in medicine; knowledge and perception of Brazilian people of the risk of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS); sexual partners and practices of young homosexuals in Rio de Janeiro: role of health care services and family networks in a successful programme; family planning in the outskirts of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; violence against women; pedophilia in the press; teenage contraception and pregnancy; evaluation of procedures for identifying maternal deaths; cervical screening in Sao Paulo, Brazil; reproductive demands and health care for people living with HIV/AIDS; gender and leisure time physical activity; socio-anthropological analysis of adolescent pregnancy and motherhood; sexuality and gender socialization in the world of working class children; breast feeding experiences in a group of women; female fertilization, AIDS, and medical culture in Sao Paulo, and Porto Alegre, Brazil; adolescence and reproduction in Brazil; father's participation in childbirth at a public hospital; legal abortion in Brazil; risk factors for hysterectomy among Brazilian women; paradoxes of humanized childbirth care in a public maternity ward in Brazil; sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases/AIDS prevention; reproductive rights of women and men in light of new legislation on voluntary sterilization in Brazil; interview with Richard Parker on sexual culture, science and politics; and sexual and reproductive rights.