Vulnerabilities, Impacts, and Responses to Hiv/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-00994-4
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 274 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 4679 g

This book examines HIV/AIDS vulnerabilities, impacts and responses in the socioeconomic and cultural context of Sub-Saharan Africa. With contributions from social scientists and public health experts, the volume identifies gender inequality and poverty as the main causes of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tadele, Getnet

Kloos, Helmut

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Soziologie & Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Getnet Tadele PART I 1. Contextualizing HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Link with Tradition, Religion, and Culture; Getnet Tadele and Woldekidan Amde 2. Gender Inequalities, Power Relations and HIV/AIDS: Exploring the Interface; Ayalew Gebre, Tekalign Ayalew and Helmut Kloos 3. Youth Sexuality and HIV/AIDS: Issues and Contentions; Woldekidan Amde and Getnet Tadele 4. Food Insecurity, Poverty, and HIV/AIDS; Ayalew Gebre, Sebsib Belay and Helmut Kloos PART II: IMPACTS AND RESPONSES TO HIV/AIDS 5. Socioeconomic and Psychosocial Impacts of HIV/AIDS and Responses at Different Levels of Society; Ayalew Gebre, Damtew Yirgu and Helmut Kloos 6. HIV/AIDS and the Mining and Commercial Agricultural Sectors in Southern Africa; Charles Hongoro, Getnet Tadele and Helmut Kloos 7. Access to Treatment, Care, Support, and Prevention Services; Getnet Tadele, Woldekidan Amde and Helmut Kloos 8. Care and Support for AIDS Orphans; Woldekidan Amde and Getnet Tadele 9. Mainstreaming HIV Interventions into Educational Systems; Anne A. Khasakhala 10. Monitoring and Evaluation of HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs; Anne A. Khasakhala and Helmut Kloos 11. Ethical Issues in HIV/AIDS Biomedical Research; Anne A. Khasakhala and Helmut Kloos Conclusion and the Way Forward; Damen Haile Mariam and Helmut Kloos

Über Autor(innen)

Woldekidan Amde, University of Western Cape, South Africa
Tekalign Ayalew, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Sebsib Belay, Indira Gandhi National Open University in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ayalew Gebre, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Damen Haile Mariam, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Charles Hongoro, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
Anne Khasakhala, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Helmut Kloos, University of California, USA
Getnet Tadele, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Damtew Yirgu, Ministry of Agriculture in Arsi Region, Ethiopia