Intimacy, intercourse, and adjustments: Experiences of sexual life of a group of people with physical disabilities in South Africa

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Hunt, Xanthe, Braathen, Stine Hellum, Swartz, Leslie, Carew, Mark and Rohleder, P. 2017. Intimacy, intercourse, and adjustments: Experiences of sexual life of a group of people with physical disabilities in South Africa. Journal of Health Psychology. 23 (2), pp. 289 -305. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105317741761

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Authors	Hunt, Xanthe, Braathen, Stine Hellum, Swartz, Leslie, Carew, Mark and Rohleder, P.
Abstract	There is a growing recognition of the sexual and reproductive rights of people with disabilities, and, since the World Report on Disability (WHO, 2011), increased international attention has been given to these issues. Past research, however, suggests that this group encounter barriers to sexual and reproductive rights, which are both physical and attitudinal. Against this backdrop, this paper employs a sequential mixed qualitative methodology to explore the practical and subjective experiences of 13 people with physical disabilities in South Africa, with regards to their sexual lives and experiences of sexuality. These experiences were marked by concerns about their ‘fitness’ as sexual beings, and indicated that social forces were key in shaping their expectations for their own sexual life.
Journal	Journal of Health Psychology
Journal citation	23 (2), pp. 289 -305
ISSN	1359-1053
Year	2017
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Accepted author manuscript	Accepted manuscript - JHP - Rohleder.pdf
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105317741761
Web address (URL)	https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105317741761
Online	28 Nov 2017
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Deposited	27 Nov 2017
Accepted	20 Oct 2017
Accepted	20 Oct 2017
Funder	International Foundation of Applied Disability Research
	National Research Foundation
	International Foundation of Applied Disability Research
	National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa
Copyright information	Hunt, X. et al. ‘Intimacy, intercourse, and adjustments: Experiences of sexual life of a group of people with physical disabilities in South Africa’, Journal of Health Psychology, 23 (2), pp. 289-305 . Copyright © 2018 Sage. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.
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