Overview

An estimated 17 million people are infected with HIV today, and it is estimated that in Africa alone there will be at least 70 million people infected in the next 25 years. This global pandemic has already had a profound impact economically and socially in terms of expensive research, care centers, and immeasurable loss of many of the world's most talented people. Sexual relations, health care of non-infected individuals, family relations, and other social institutions have been significantly marked by this elusive and to date life-threatening phenomenon. Topics range from breastfeeding to condom use, from apathetic governments to immigration policy. Dr. Feldman and his contributors evaluate various policies that have been proposed or adopted on four continents and provide a needed perspective on planetary problems.

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Author:   Douglas A. Feldman
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780897894128

ISBN 10:   089789412
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   26 October 1994
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction by Douglas A. Feldman Behind the Wall of China: AIDS Profile, AIDS Policy by Vincent E. Gil Public Policy, Political Activism, and AIDS in Brazil by Richard G. Parker The Response of Non-Governmental Organization in Latin America to HIV Infection and AIDS: A Vehicle for Grasping the Contribution NGOs Make to Health and Development by Pamela Hartigan HIV, Immigration Policy, and Latinos/as: Public Health Safety versus Hidden Agendas by Norris G. Lang Culture, Sexual Behavior and Attitudes towards Condom Use among Baganda Women by Charles B. Rwabukwali, Debra A. Schumann, Janet W. McGrath, Cindie Carroll-Pankhurst, Rebecca Mukasa, Sylvia Nakayiwa, Lucy Nakyobe, and Barbara Namande AIDS in Ghana: Priorities and Policies by Robert W. Porter Apartheid and the Politics of AIDS by Virginia van der Vliet The Politics of International Health: Breastfeeding and HIV by Dana Raphael AIDS Policy and the United States Political Economy by Michael D. Quam Acting Up Academically: AIDS and the Politics of Disempowerment by M.E. Melody Ethnography, Epidemiology, and Public Policy: Needle Use Practices and HIV-1 Risk Reduction among Injecting Drug Users in the Midwest by Robert G. Carlson, Harvey A. Siegal, and Russel S. Falck AIDS Risk Behavior among Drug Injectors in New York City: Critical Gaps in Prevention Policy by Michael C. Clatts, W.R. Davis, Sherry Deren, Douglas S. Goldsmith, and Stephanie Tortu Conclusion by Douglas A. Feldman Index

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DOUGLAS A. FELDMAN is a Medical Anthropologist and President of D. A. Feldman & Associates, a behavioral and program evaluation organization in Hollywood, Florida. He is co-editor of The Social Dimensions of AIDS (Praeger, 1986) and editor of Culture and AIDS (Praeger, 1990). Dr. Feldman has conducted AIDS social research on adolescents in Zambia, persons with AIDS in Rwanda, dentists in Florida, and gay men in New York and Florida . He founded the AIDS and Anthropology Research Group of the Society for Medical Anthropology and co-founded the American Anthropological Association's Task Force on AIDS.

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