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Making ‘Context’ Concrete: A Dialogical Approach to the Society–Health Relation

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Cornish, Flora·2004·Journal of Health Psychology

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To understand the role of context in constituting health is recognized as a key challenge facing contemporary health psychology. However, few models or theories are available which pinpoint the processes linking individual health with community or societal contexts. This article draws on dialogical and sociocultural psychological theory, to make context concrete by proposing the concepts of ‘mediating moments’ and ‘reflected mediating moments’. These concepts are further developed through their application to the empirical case of the constitution of condom use in sex-worker–client interactions in Calcutta. Interviews and group discussions with sex workers and other ‘red light area’ residents are interpreted to examine at what moments the societal phenomena of poverty and gender relations come to mediate condom use behaviour.

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Authors
Cornish, F.
Affiliations
London School of Economics and Political Science (GB)
Corresponding author
Cornish, Flora
Venue
Journal of Health Psychology
Published
2004-03
Volume
9
Issue
2
Pages
281-294
ISSN
  • 1359-1053 (ISSN-L)
  • 1461-7277
OpenAlex
W2012661992
Cited by
63
References
50
Citations by year
2024: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 6
FWCI
5.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Health Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (acceptedVersion)
Funders
Economic and Social Research Council
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Sex work and related issues
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Representations and Identity
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Gender, Health, and Social Inequality
Keywords
dialogism, sociocultural psychology, condom use, sex workers, poverty, gender relations, red-light districts, Kolkata
MeSH terms
Adult, Female, Health Promotion, Humans, India, Male, Mental Health Services, Sex Work, Psychology, Social, Social Support, Socioeconomic Factors, Condoms

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