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Foundations of biosocial health : stigma and illness interactions / edited by Shir Lerman, Bayla Ostrach, and Merrill Singer.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diseases.
- Diseases--Social aspects.
- Public health.
- Public health--Social aspects.
- Social medicine.
- Stigmatization.
- Disease.
- Public Health.
- public health.
- stigmatization.
- Medical Subjects:
- Disease.
- Public Health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 228 pages) : illustrations
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]
- Summary:
- In this collection, researchers examine areas in which biosocial health can be better understood through a syndemic framework by looking at how social and biological interactions are driven by stigma.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1: The Role of Drug User Stigmatization in the Making of Drug-Related Syndemics Chapter 2: Perception and Discrimination: The Biomedical Foundations of a Syndemic of Substance Abuse, Violence and Suicide Among Aboriginal People in Ontario, Canada Chapter 3: Disordered Minds and Disordered Bodies: Stigma, Depression, & Obesity Syndemic in Puerto Rico Chapter 4: Obesity, Depression, and Weight-Related Stigma Syndemics Chapter 5: The PHAMILIS Stigma Syndemic among Homeless Women Chapter 6: Dangerous Bodies, Unpredictable Minds: HIV/AIDS, Mental Disorders, and Stigma Syndemics in Western Kenya Chapter 7: Biomedical Moralities: HIV Community Stigma and Risks for HIV/STI Syndemics Chapter 8: Methamphetamine Addiction, HIV infection, and Gay Men: Stigma and Suffering
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-66699-296-8
- OCLC:
- 978351991
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