Poor and Positive: Two Contrasting Views from Inside the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

1993 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 59-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha Ward
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ◽  
Homosexual Men ◽  
Cultural Patterns ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Social ◽  
Poor Women ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Hiv Aids

No longer a disease exclusively of homosexual men, HIV/AIDS is increasingly prevalent in women and children, especially among the poor. The social and cultural patterns associated with the disease in this population are very different than they are among homosexual men, as are many of the measures needed to address the problems of those infected. Substantial bureaucracies already provide services to poor women, and newly created AIDS agencies are adding women to their rolls. But the professionals who work within these institutions are dealing less with a new disease than with an old problem, namely, how to provide care to a population already afflicted by poverty, racism, sexism, drugs, sexually transmitted diseases, and other problems.

scholarly journals Amyl Nitrites and Sexual Behavior

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-35
Author(s):  
David Tian En Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Inhalant Abuse ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
Unsafe Sexual Practices ◽  
Homosexual Community ◽  
Hiv Aids

This paper looked into the abuse of inhalable nitrites, mainly amyl nitrites, commonly known by the street name of poppers. This paper compiled several studies of nitrite inhalant abuse and the risk associated with the sexual practices that may concur. The paper explores first, the history and true intentions of nitrite inhalants, then the increasing abuse mainly within the homosexual community, and the legitimacy of the link of nitrites and the HIV/AIDS epidemic.  Various studies discussed in the paper will show that there is no legitimate link between poppers increasing the chance of HIV/AIDS but it is the unsafe sexual practices that occur with poppers that lead to various sexually transmitted diseases. The dangers of inhalable nitrites come from legal loopholes, use with other drugs such as Viagra, and the nature of unsafe sexual practices mostly within the homosexual community.

scholarly journals Masculinity, vulnerability and prevention of STD/HIV/AIDS among male adolescents: social representations in a land reform settlement

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 1266-1273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camila de Oliveira Arraes ◽  
Marinésia Aparecida Prado Palos ◽  
Maria Alves Barbosa ◽  
Sheila Araujo Teles ◽  
Márcia Maria de Souza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ◽  
Land Reform ◽  
School Health ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Care Program ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
School Health Program ◽  
The Social ◽  
Hiv Aids

OBJECTIVE: to analyze the relationship of masculinity, vulnerability and prevention of STD / HIV / AIDS among adolescent males of a land reform settlement in central Brazil. METHOD: a qualitative study using as precepts the strands of social representations with teenagers between 12 to 24 years. RESULTS: three categories emerged - Perception of vulnerability; Gender and vulnerability; and, Prevention and vulnerability to STD / HIV / AIDS. Adolescents felt invulnerable to sexually transmitted diseases anchored in the social representations in favor of the male hegemony. An ignorance about forms of prevention for STD / HIV / AIDS was demonstrated in their statements. It is believed that institutional projects such as the School Health Program and the Men's Health Care Program constitute essential tools to minimize factors of vulnerability in this population, since the school is recognized as a social facility that promotes socialization of experiences and contributes to the construction of the identity of the adolescent. CONCLUSION: the social representations of masculinity collaborate for the vulnerable behavior of the adolescents for the acquisition of sexually transmitted diseases. One hopes that this study can contribute to the production of knowledge and technical-scientific improvement of the professionals, especially the nurse, in order to discuss issues related to male sexuality of adolescents in the situation of the land reform settlement.

scholarly journals Microbicides: A New Frontier in HIV/AIDS Prevention

Elements ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Kenny
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ◽  
Aids Prevention ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Structural Barriers ◽  
Current Development ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Hiv Virus ◽  
New Frontier ◽  
Hiv Aids

Sexually transmitted diseases have long been a taboo subject among many cultures and creeds. Although the stigma surroudning these unfortunate illnesses arises from their sexual nature, sheer ignorance must be blamed for the way people perceive them. The idea of acquring the HIV virus and possibly developing AIDS has struck fear in the lives of the sexually activte, especially those individuals who cannot protect themselves-the poor, powerless women of our world. Though many structural barriers act to oppress these human beings, the lack of a vacicine for HIV/AIDS proves to be their greatest hardship. The current development of microbicides, however, gives them hope. Utilizing the latest research from experts in the area of HIV/AIDS, this essay attempts to inform our greater community of the ability of microbicides to combat both a physical and social disease that has plagued society for too long.

scholarly journals The social construction of HIV/AIDS

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Goldstein ◽  
H G Pretorius ◽  
A D Stuart
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Hiv Aids

An in-depth look is taken at the specific discourses surrounding the debilitating HIV/AIDS epidemic sweeping South Africa and the world. Opsomming Hierdie artikel poog om ‘n indiepte ondersoek te loods na die spesifieke diskoerse rondom die MIV/VIGS epidemie in Suid-Afrika en die wêreld. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.

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