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OverviewAIDS, Behavior, and Culture presents a bold challenge to the prevailing wisdom of “the global AIDS industry” and offers an alternative framework for understanding what works in HIV prevention. Arguing for a behavior-based approach, Green and Ruark make the case that the most effective programs are those that encourage fundamental behavioral changes such as abstinence, delay of sex, faithfulness, and cessation of injection drug use. Successful programs are locally based, low cost, low tech, innovative, and built on existing cultural structures. In contrast, they argue that anthropologists and public health practitioners focus on counseling, testing, condoms, and treatment, and impose their Western values, culture, and political ideologies in an attempt to “liberate” non-Western people from sexual repression and homophobia. This provocative book is essential reading for anyone working in HIV/AIDS prevention, and a stimulating introduction to the key controversies and approaches in global health and medical anthropology for students and general readers. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Edward C Green , Allison Herling RuarkPublisher: Left Coast Press Inc Imprint: Left Coast Press Inc Volume: v. 3 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.720kg ISBN: 9781598744781ISBN 10: 159874478 Pages: 300 Publication Date: 01 January 2011 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: An Anthropological Approach to HIV Prevention 1. Using an Anthropological Approach to Learn about AIDS 2. Recent Debates in Anthropology 3. Refocusing HIV Prevention on Sexual Behavior Part 2: Epidemiological Evidence for a Behavior-Based Approach to HIV Prevention 4. Understanding Crucial Epidemiology 5. Case Studies of HIV Decline 6. Limited Effectiveness of Standard HIV Prevention Measures 7. Role of Poverty and Other Structural Factors 8. Young People and HIV 9. Married People and HIV 10. An Intervention Informed by Culture and Anthropology AppendixReviews<p> In AIDS, Behavior, and Culture, Green and Ruark present compelling evidence that new and innovative approaches are called for if the HIV pandemic is to be managed. Their anthropological approach gives the reader insight and perspective that conventional wisdom simply does not allow: they propose that interventions should 'start where the target audiences are, emotionally, spiritually, culturally and physically' and take into account peoples realities before barging in to their world with a bunch of preconceived ideas and notions about what should be happening. This is a very courageous book that anyone involved in behaviour change needs to read before implementing what they feel is the solution to the problem. I for one wished I had read a book like this before starting my personal journey with HIV 28 years ago, as I would have done many things differently thanks to their insights. <p>--David Patient, Positive Living, South Africa AIDS, Behavior, and Culture should be on every Africanist medical anthropology reading list. Edward Green, an anthropologist with long background in field research and an established record of insightful publications on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa, teams up in this book with a rising young epidemiologist to argue convincingly and with fresh research evidence for the importance of behavioral change in coming to grips with the still spreading HIV/AIDS epidemic. - John M. Janzen, University of Kansas - Lawrence Author InformationEdward C Green, Allison Herling Ruark Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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