AIDS and the ecology of poverty / Eileen Stillwaggon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stillwaggon, Eileen, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease).

Poor--Diseases.

Poor.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention & control.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--epidemiology.

Poverty.

Medical Subjects:

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention & control.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--epidemiology.

Poverty.

Physical Description:

ix, 260 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Summary:

AIDS and the Ecology of Poverty combines the insights of economics and biology to explain the spread of HIV/AIDS and deliver a telling critique of AIDS policy. Drawing on a wealth of scientific evidence, Stillwaggon demonstrates that HIV/AIDS cannot be stopped without understanding the ecology of poverty. Her message is optimistic, with pragmatic solutions to the health problems that promote the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Contents:

Perspective

Biological synergies and disease

HIV-specific synergies

Sub-Saharan Africa

Dualism in Latin America and the Caribbean

The context of HIV/AIDS in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union

Racial metaphors

Individual bias in methodology

HIV/AIDS policies

Workplace interventions for STD and HIV/AIDS prevention

Opportunistic investments for health and human development.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-252) and index.

ISBN:

0195169271

OCLC:

57514994

Publisher Number:

9780195169270