Anthropological research and the politics of HIV prevention: Towards a critique of policy and priorities in the age of AIDS

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1381-1391

  Waterston, Alisse ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Surveys Unlimited   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Homelessness; Prevention policy; Women

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JUSTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; POLICY; POLITICS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FEMALE; GROUP HOMES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEW YORK CITY; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; POVERTY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 0030902287     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00141-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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