International Perspectives on Women and HIV - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook International Perspectives on Women and HIV write by Samuel A MacMaster. This book was released on 2013-09-13. International Perspectives on Women and HIV available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Throughout the world, the threat of HIV/AIDS to women’s health has become the focus of increased concern. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2004) reports that almost 20 million women and girls are living with HIV globally, accounting for nearly half of all people living with HIV worldwide. Infection rates among women are rising in every region worldwide including high-income countries in which heterosexual intercourse may now be the most common mode of transmission. Although there are many contributing factors to the current trends in HIV, most women who become HIV-infected do not practice "high-risk" behaviour. Women worldwide may individually view themselves as less susceptible than men, and may pay less attention about how HIV is transmitted and how to prevent infection. There are also gender inequalities, stemming from sexual double standards that constrain women’s access to care, treatment, and support. This work focuses on international perspectives on women and HIV casting a deliberately wide net addressing the issue of the interaction between HIV and gender in a specific geographic area. Our intention is to provide a forum for innovative manuscripts whose contribution to the literature is found in their unique approach to this interaction and application of empirical investigation to unique problems and/or populations. This material was published in the Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment.
Women's Experiences with HIV/AIDS
Women's Experiences with HIV/AIDS - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Women's Experiences with HIV/AIDS write by Lynellyn Long. This book was released on 1996. Women's Experiences with HIV/AIDS available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Contributors discuss the differences between women within and across cultures and how local attitudes and traditions can affect the prevention of, or vulnerability to, HIV / AIDS.
Gender and HIV/AIDS
Gender and HIV/AIDS - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gender and HIV/AIDS write by Nana K. Poku. This book was released on 2016-04-15. Gender and HIV/AIDS available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
International Perspectives on Women and HIV
International Perspectives on Women and HIV - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook International Perspectives on Women and HIV write by Samuel A MacMaster. This book was released on 2013-09-13. International Perspectives on Women and HIV available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Throughout the world, the threat of HIV/AIDS to women’s health has become the focus of increased concern. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2004) reports that almost 20 million women and girls are living with HIV globally, accounting for nearly half of all people living with HIV worldwide. Infection rates among women are rising in every region worldwide including high-income countries in which heterosexual intercourse may now be the most common mode of transmission. Although there are many contributing factors to the current trends in HIV, most women who become HIV-infected do not practice "high-risk" behaviour. Women worldwide may individually view themselves as less susceptible than men, and may pay less attention about how HIV is transmitted and how to prevent infection. There are also gender inequalities, stemming from sexual double standards that constrain women’s access to care, treatment, and support. This work focuses on international perspectives on women and HIV casting a deliberately wide net addressing the issue of the interaction between HIV and gender in a specific geographic area. Our intention is to provide a forum for innovative manuscripts whose contribution to the literature is found in their unique approach to this interaction and application of empirical investigation to unique problems and/or populations. This material was published in the Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment.
HIV Treatment and Prevention Technologies in International Perspective
HIV Treatment and Prevention Technologies in International Perspective - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook HIV Treatment and Prevention Technologies in International Perspective write by M. Davis. This book was released on 2010-02-03. HIV Treatment and Prevention Technologies in International Perspective available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This edited collection investigates the biomedical and social technologies used to control the HIV pandemic through case studies and critical commentaries from Africa, Europe, North America and Australia. With reference to global and local complexities, the volume engages with HIV treatment access, community-based health promotion, sexual health, HIV prevention and the relations between treatment and prevention. The volume includes chapters from leading authors in their fields and takes a trans-disciplinary approach by making reference to theoretical and empirical research from sociology, psychology, cultural studies and science and technology studies, thus helping to establish new ways of understanding current and future configurations of HIV technologies.
