International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 22 Issue 4/5/6

The social dimensions of the AIDS epidemic: a sociology of the AIDS epidemic

Benjamin P. Bowser

Concentrates on HIV/AIDS prevention practitioners and how the AIDS epidemic can be recognized in such a way as to influence individuals to assist in prevention. Highlights how the…

Collaboration between the US and Mexican HIV/AIDS sectors: the role of community‐based organizations and federal HIV/AIDS funding policies in creating a binational political‐organizational field

Nielan Barnes

Elaborates on the diversity of the people movement between the USA and Mexico and the effect on goods and resources for the two, particularly regarding HIV/AIDS collaboration…

The role of gatekeepers in limiting HIV transmission

David C. Bell, John S. Atkinson, Victoria Mosier

Describes how HIV and AIDS are carried and spread, particularly for high‐risk groups, but adds that it is not only behavioural but also those behaviours in conjunction with…

Mass media effects on AIDS knowledge and sexual behavior in Africa with special reference to Ghana

Kofi D. Benefo, Baffuor K. Takyi

Shows, in detail, how many African countries have concentrated on prevention of HIV through changing their citizens sexual behaviours with Ghana being spotlighted. Posits that…

NGOs, HIV/AIDS control and reproductive health in East Africa

Teresa G. Labov

Catalogues how Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda are meeting, individually, the AIDS epidemic with governmental and non‐governmental organizations (NGOs). Uses data from the United…

Racialized social system and HIV infection: the case of African Americans

Anthony J. Lemelle

Analyses how HIV/AIDS has affected African Americans, who are acknowledged as a vulnerable racialized group, along with Puerto Ricans. Defines the term of racialized social system…

HIV, sexually transmitted infections and social inequalities: when the transmission is more social than sexual

Catherine Heffernan

Spotlights the body of work with regard to the sociology of AIDS showing how this has grown over the last two decades of the twentieth century. Indicates that sexually transmitted…

The need for dialectical models as shown in the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic

Samuel R. Friedman, Gary Reid

Argues that strong social analysis can make a large contribution to understanding and fighting HIV/AIDS plus other infective diseases. Contends a global perspective is necessary…