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A witch's curse, an imperialist conspiracy, a racist plot-HIV/AIDS
is a catastrophic health crisis with complex cultural dimensions.
From small villages to the international system, explanations of
where it comes from, who gets it, and who dies are tied to
political agendas, religious beliefs, and the psychology of
devastating grief. Frequently these explanations conflict with
science and clash with prevention and treatment programs. In
Witches, Westerners, and HIV Alexander Roedlach draws on a decade
of research and work in Zimbabwe to compare beliefs about
witchcraft and conspiracy theories surrounding HIV/AIDS in Africa.
He shows how both types of beliefs are part of a process of blaming
others for AIDS, a process that occurs around the globe but takes
on local, culturally specific forms. He also demonstrates the
impact of these beliefs on public health and advocacy programs,
arguing that cultural misunderstandings contribute to the failure
of many well-intentioned efforts. This insightful book provides a
cultural perspective essential for everyone interested in AIDS and
cross-cultural health issues.
A witch's curse, an imperialist conspiracy, a racist plot-HIV/AIDS
is a catastrophic health crisis with complex cultural dimensions.
From small villages to the international system, explanations of
where it comes from, who gets it, and who dies are tied to
political agendas, religious beliefs, and the psychology of
devastating grief. Frequently these explanations conflict with
science and clash with prevention and treatment programs. In
Witches, Westerners, and HIV Alexander Roedlach draws on a decade
of research and work in Zimbabwe to compare beliefs about
witchcraft and conspiracy theories surrounding HIV/AIDS in Africa.
He shows how both types of beliefs are part of a process of blaming
others for AIDS, a process that occurs around the globe but takes
on local, culturally specific forms. He also demonstrates the
impact of these beliefs on public health and advocacy programs,
arguing that cultural misunderstandings contribute to the failure
of many well-intentioned efforts. This insightful book provides a
cultural perspective essential for everyone interested in AIDS and
cross-cultural health issues.
While the world's refugee population reaches record high numbers,
countries offering third-country resettlement are increasingly
shifting toward policies of exclusion and austerity. This edited
volume envisions a more humane future for refugee resettlement.
Combining anthropology with a variety of professional perspectives
(education, health care, theology, administration, politics, and
social work) ethnography is used to demonstrate the efficacy of
programs and interventions that create and nurture social capital
in culturally specific and accessible ways. The contributors
present case studies of resettlement in the United States, England,
Australia, and Canada and contend that social networks have an
essential role-are the crux-in the reconfigurations of refugee
well-being, belonging, and place-making vis-a-vis the bureaucratic
limitations of state and institutional factors. This book includes
short contributions from refugees, representatives of resettlement
organizations, and government officials, including Jhuma N.
Acharya, Bimala Bastola, Khada Bhandari, Kiri Hata, Govin Magar,
Madhu Neupane, Natacha Nikokeza, Angela K. Plummer, Lance
Rasbridge, Chris Sunderlin, David Thatcher, and John Tluang.
Faith community nursing and health ministry programs in
congregations have increasingly been recognized as having a
significant impact on the health and well-being of individuals.
Based on a case study in Omaha, Nebraska, Transforming Lives:
Health Initiatives in Faith Communities documents how nurses and
health ministers touch and transform in multiple ways the lives of
the recipients of their services and the participants in activities
they organize. It argues that much of their success is due to their
ability to collaborate with each other, with the leadership in
congregations, and with health systems; that nurses' and health
ministers' understanding of public health is broad in scope and
application; and that faith community nurses are the core and heart
of this ministry. Roedlach contends that the ability of nurses and
health ministers to create relationships with clients and
participants is the main factor in how they touch and transform
their lives. Considering the increased recognition of the value of
faith community nursing and health ministries, these programs have
the potential to become significant partners with health systems
and governments in providing health services to communities.
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