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Title:

AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean, / edited by George C. Bond ... [et al.].

Publisher:

Westview Press,

Copyright Date:

1997

Description:

xv, 234 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

AIDS (Disease)--Caribbean Area.
AIDS (Disease)--Africa.
Medical anthropology--Caribbean Area.
Medical anthropology--Africa.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--ethnology--Africa--Congresses.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--ethnology--Caribbean Region--Congresses.
Cross-Cultural Comparison--Africa--Congresses.
Cross-Cultural Comparison--Caribbean Region--Congresses.
Health Policy--Africa--Congresses.
Health Policy--Caribbean Region--Congresses.
Socioeconomic Factors--Africa--Congresses.
Socioeconomic Factors--Caribbean Region--Congresses.
AIDS.
Caribisch gebied.
Sida--Caraïbes (Région)
Sida--Afrique.

Other Authors:

Bond, George C.

Notes:

Based on a conference held in New York in November 1991. Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-217) and index.

Contents:

The anthropology of AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean / George C. Bond ... [et al.] -- Sociocultural aspects of AIDS in Africa: occupational and gender issues / Anne V. Akeroyd -- AIDS in the Dominican Republic: anthropological reflections on the social nature of disease / John Kreniske -- Community organizing around HIV prevention in rural Puerto Rico / Ida Susser and John Kreniske -- AIDS prevention, treatment, and care in Cuba / Sarah Santana -- AIDS in Uganda: the first decade / George C. Bond and Joan Vincent -- Community based organizations in Uganda: a youth initiative / George C. Bond and Joan Vincent -- Female genital health and the risk of HIV transmission / Regina McNamara -- The point of view: perspectives on AIDS in Uganda / Maryinez Lyons -- The HIV epidemic as a development issue / Elizabeth Reid -- Placing women at the center of analysis / Elizabeth Reid -- AIDS from Africa: a case of racism vs. science? / Rosalind J. Harrison-Chirimuuta and Richard C. Chirimuuta -- U.S. aid to AIDS in Africa / Meredeth Turshen -- AIDS: body, mind, and history / Shirley Lindenbaum.

ISBN:

9780813328799 (PB)
0813328799 (PB)
9780813328782 (HC)
0813328780 (HC)

LCCN:

97009642

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)