Stigma, Discrimination and Living with HIV/AIDS
Stigma, Discrimination and Living with HIV/AIDS

Author: Pranee Liamputtong

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-04-22

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 9400763247

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Up until now, many articles have been written to portray stigma and discrimination which occur with people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in many parts of the world. But this is the first book which attempts to put together results from empirical research relating to stigma, discrimination and living with HIV/AIDS. The focus of this book is on issues relevant to stigma and discrimination which have occurred to individuals and groups in different parts of the globe, as well as how these individuals and groups attempt to deal with HIV/AIDS. The book comprises chapters written by researchers who carry out their projects in different parts of the world and each chapter contains empirical information based on real life situations. This can be used as an evidence for health care providers to implement socially and culturally appropriate services to assist individuals and groups who are living with HIV/AIDS in many societies. The book is of interest to health care providers who have their interests in working with individuals and groups who are living with HIV/AIDS from a cross-cultural perspective. It will be useful for students and lecturers in courses such as anthropology, sociology, social work, nursing, public health and medicine. In particular, it will assist health workers in community health centres and hospitals in understanding issues related to HIV/AIDS and hence provide culturally sensitive health care to people living with HIV/AIDS from different social and cultural backgrounds. The book is useful for anyone who is interested in HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination in diverse social and cultural settings.

Understanding HIV/AIDS Stigma
Understanding HIV/AIDS Stigma

Author: Harriet Deacon

Publisher: HSRC Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 9780796921048

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At a time when alarming numbers of people with HIV/AIDS seek help under cover of darkness, deeply ashamed of their plight, it is crucial to find ways to better comprehend and address the specific nature of stigma around HIV/AIDS in southern Africa.

Stigma: An Ethnography Of Mental Illness And Hiv/aids In China
Stigma: An Ethnography Of Mental Illness And Hiv/aids In China

Author: Jinhua Guo

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2016-02-04

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1938134826

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Based on two and a half years of fieldwork in China, this book examines the cultural genesis and social mechanisms of stigma related to mental illness and HIV/AIDS in China. It also explores the bio-politics on stigma through detailed description of social exclusion experienced by people suffering from mental illness or HIV/AIDS and by systematic comparison on stigma between the two illnesses in the Chinese context. Through the comparison, this book describes the micro socio-dynamic process of stigmatization in the local Chinese context, highlights the identity transformation accompanying the illness trajectory the patients and their families have lived through, and ultimately connects Chinese society and its community-centered social value system and institutional arrangement to the stigma associated with mental illness and HIV/AIDS.

Gender and HIV/AIDS
Gender and HIV/AIDS

Author: Nana K. Poku

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-15

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1317130634

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Gender issues are central to the causes and impact of the ongoing AIDS epidemic. The editors bring together cutting edge contemporary scholarship on gender and AIDS in one volume. They address questions related to gender and sexuality, how women and men live the epidemic differently and how such differences lead to different outcomes. The volume joins research on Africa, Asia and Latin America and illustrates how the epidemic has different gendered characteristics, causes and consequences in different regions. Collectively, the chapters demonstrate the fundamental ways that gender influences the spread of the disease, its impact and the success of prevention efforts. This scholarly, interdisciplinary volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the themes and issues of gender, AIDS and global public health and informs students, policy makers and practitioners of the complexity of the gendered nature of AIDS.

Tackling HIV-Related Stigma and Discrimination in South Asia
Tackling HIV-Related Stigma and Discrimination in South Asia

Author: Anne Stangl

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2010-07-06

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 0821384511

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Although overall HIV prevalence in South Asia is low, the widespread stigma attached to HIV and AIDS impedes efforts to reach people most in need of prevention, care, and treatment services. To address this challenge, the 2008 South Asia Region Development Marketplace partnership, led by the World Bank, launched a competitive grants program to support innovative community approaches. 'Tackling HIV-Related Stigma and Discrimination in South Asia' summarizes the monitoring, evaluation, and case study data and documents successful community innovations. Twenty-six community groups in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka received funds. The initiatives involved a broad spectrum, including vulnerable groups as well as people living with HIV, the media, local government authorities, health workers, and religious leaders. The interventions used traditional cultural and media approaches to discuss taboo subjects. The reach of the initiatives was amplifi ed by involving opinion leaders. The strategies engaged marginalized groups to design and lead the interventions and to facilitate contact between groups experiencing stigma and the general public to reduce fears and misconceptions about transmission. Projects that combined economic and stigma reduction interventions helped the marginalized populations to overcome the internalized stigma and become empowered to advocate for their rights. 'Tackling HIV-Related Stigma and Discrimination in South Asia' identifies effective strategies to raise awareness and reports on shifts albeit slow of attitudes, norms, and behaviors. Through its recommendations for successful interventions to reduce barriers to effective HIV prevention, care, and treatment programs, the book provides a strong foundation on which to build stigma reduction efforts in the region and world.

Workable Sisterhood
Workable Sisterhood

Author: Michele Tracy Berger

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2010-07-28

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1400826381

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Workable Sisterhood is an empirical look at sixteen HIV-positive women who have a history of drug use, conflict with the law, or a history of working in the sex trade. What makes their experience with the HIV/AIDS virus and their political participation different from their counterparts of people with HIV? Michele Tracy Berger argues that it is the influence of a phenomenon she labels "intersectional stigma," a complex process by which women of color, already experiencing race, class, and gender oppression, are also labeled, judged, and given inferior treatment because of their status as drug users, sex workers, and HIV-positive women. The work explores the barriers of stigma in relation to political participation, and demonstrates how stigma can be effectively challenged and redirected. The majority of the women in Berger's book are women of color, in particular African Americans and Latinas. The study elaborates the process by which these women have become conscious of their social position as HIV-positive and politically active as activists, advocates, or helpers. She builds a picture of community-based political participation that challenges popular, medical, and scholarly representations of "crack addicted prostitutes" and HIV-positive women as social problems or victims, rather than as agents of social change. Berger argues that the women's development of a political identity is directly related to a process called "life reconstruction." This process includes substance- abuse treatment, the recognition of gender as a salient factor in their lives, and the use of nontraditional political resources.

A METHOD, AN IMPRINT, A LINK, AND A BREATH: WRITINGS TO CIRCULATE THE VOICES OF HIV POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES
A METHOD, AN IMPRINT, A LINK, AND A BREATH: WRITINGS TO CIRCULATE THE VOICES OF HIV POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES

Author: Stephanie Kranes

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2012-07-23

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 1105990257

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HIV remains a life-altering disease despite the fact that antiretroviral medication can prevent death from AIDS. The stigma against people with HIV is still entirely real, and many HIV positive individuals live isolated lives while coping daily with chronic medical problems. That HIV cycles in and out of public awareness, and is currently a hushed topic in North America compounds these problems, as silence can make people forget who they are, what they love about themselves, and why they live. A Method, an Imprint, a Link, and a Breath is a collection of personal narratives, poetry, and transcriptions of spoken word by HIV positive individuals living in south central Pennsylvania. This book gathers the voices of people with HIV in effort to circulate their words through public venues and into personal conversations. The aim of this book is to become part of a larger movement to make public health about personal experience and the voices of communities facing the reality of a stigmatized disease.