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HIV in China : understanding the social aspects of the epidemic / editors, Jing Jun, Heather Worth.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- AIDS (Disease)--Government policy--China.
- AIDS (Disease).
- AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--China.
- AIDS (Disease)--China--Prevention.
- AIDS (Disease)--China.
- HIV infections--Government policy--China.
- HIV infections.
- HIV infections--Social aspects--China.
- HIV infections--China--Prevention.
- HIV infections--China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sydney, N.S.W : University of New South Wales Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- The result of collaboration between the University of New South Wales and the Tsinghua University in Beijing, this unique chronicle maps some of the most important social, political, and cultural characteristics of the HIV epidemic in China. Demonstrating that the epidemic was propelled by three main economic driversthe blood trade, the drug trade, and the sex tradethis informative compilation of essays uncovers the hidden truths about the spread of HIV and analyzes its social impacts.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Building HIV Social Research Capacity
- Jing Jun and Heather Worth; 1 An Overview of China's HIV Epidemic
- Jing Jun and Heather Worth; 2 Female Sex Workers in China: Their occupational concerns
- Huang Yingying; 3 Drugs, HIV and Chinese Youth
- Jing Jun; 4 'Red Oil': Blood and the role of a machine in the HIV outbreak in central China
- Su Chunyan; 5 Fears of Identity Exposure among Gay Men Living with HIV
- Zhang Yuping; 6 Disclosure and Condom Use after HIV Diagnosis
- Sun Yongli
- 7 The Central Place of the Chinese Family in HIV Narratives
- He Mingjie8 Stigma and HIV Discourse in China
- Zhang Youchun; 9 Ethnicity and Gender in Social Research on HIV in China
- Huan Jianli; Index; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-74223-170-5
- OCLC:
- 704283159
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