Unimagined community : sex, networks, and AIDS in Uganda and South Africa.

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This groundbreaking work, with its unique anthropological approach, sheds new light on a central conundrum surrounding AIDS in Africa. Robert J. Thornton explores why HIV prevalence fell during the 1990s in Uganda despite that country's having one of Africa's highest fertility rates, while...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thornton, Robert J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2008.
Colección:California series in public anthropology.
Temas:
AIDS (Disease) > Uganda > Epidemiology.
AIDS (Disease) > South Africa > Epidemiology.
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects > Uganda.
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects > South Africa.
Medical policy.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > epidemiology
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > prevention & control
Anthropology, Cultural > methods
Health Policy
Sexual Behavior
Socioeconomic Factors
Sida > Ouganda > Épidémiologie.
Sida > Afrique du Sud > Épidémiologie.
Sida > Aspect social > Ouganda.
Sida > Aspect social > Afrique du Sud.
Politique sanitaire.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > AIDS & HIV.
MEDICAL > AIDS & HIV.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Medical policy
AIDS (Disease) > Epidemiology
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects
Epidemiology
South Africa > Epidemiology.
Uganda > Epidemiology.
South Africa
Uganda
20th century south african history.
20th century ugandan history.
african history.
aids in africa.
aids prevention.
aids transmission.
aids.
anthropology.
civil society.
disease.
doctor.
family structure.
fertility rate.
global disaster.
healthcare.
hiv prevalence.
hiv.
individual behavior.
local knowledge.
medicine.
mobility.
omission.
political authority.
political response.
politics.
property.
sex.
sexual networks.
sexual transmission.
social status.
south africa.
uganda.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This groundbreaking work, with its unique anthropological approach, sheds new light on a central conundrum surrounding AIDS in Africa. Robert J. Thornton explores why HIV prevalence fell during the 1990s in Uganda despite that country's having one of Africa's highest fertility rates, while during the same period HIV prevalence rose in South Africa, the country with Africa's lowest fertility rate. Thornton finds that culturally and socially determined differences in the structure of sexual networksrather than changes in individual behaviorwere responsible for these radical differences in HIV.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (305 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520942653
0520942655
0520255534
0520255526
9780520255524
9780520255531
1282360779
9781282360778
9786612360770
6612360771

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