AIDS, Behavior, and Culture - Understanding Evidence-Based Prevention (Paperback)

AIDS, 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.

General

Imprint:	Left Coast Press Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Key Questions in Anthropology
Release date:	2011
First published:	November 2010
Authors:	Edward C. Green • Allison Herling Ruark
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	300
ISBN-13:	978-1-59874-479-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > AIDS: social aspects Promotions
LSN:	1-59874-479-8
Barcode:	9781598744798

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