Foundations of Biosocial Health : Stigma and Illness Interactions.
Lerman Ginzburg, Shir.
Foundations of Biosocial Health : Stigma and Illness Interactions. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (245 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The Role of Drug User Stigmatization in the Making of Drug-Related Syndemics -- Chapter Two. Perception and Discrimination: The Biomedical Foundations of a Syndemic of Substance Abuse, Violence, and Suicide Among Aboriginal People in Ontario, Canada -- Chapter Three. Disordered Minds and Disordered Bodies: Stigma, Depression, and Obesity Syndemic in Puerto Rico -- Chapter Four. Obesity, Depression, and Weight-Related Stigma Syndemics -- Chapter Five. The PHAMILIS Stigma Syndemic Among Homeless Women -- Chapter Six. Dangerous Bodies, Unpredictable Minds: HIV/AIDS, Mental Disorders, and Stigma Syndemics in Western Kenya -- Chapter Seven. Biomedical Moralities: HIV Community Stigma and Risks for HIV/STI Syndemics -- Chapter Eight. Methamphetamine Addiction, HIV Infection, and Gay Men: Stigma and Suffering -- Conclusion -- Index -- About the Contributors.
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.
9781498552127
Public health--Social aspects.
Electronic books.
RA418.F686 2017
306.461
Foundations of Biosocial Health : Stigma and Illness Interactions. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (245 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The Role of Drug User Stigmatization in the Making of Drug-Related Syndemics -- Chapter Two. Perception and Discrimination: The Biomedical Foundations of a Syndemic of Substance Abuse, Violence, and Suicide Among Aboriginal People in Ontario, Canada -- Chapter Three. Disordered Minds and Disordered Bodies: Stigma, Depression, and Obesity Syndemic in Puerto Rico -- Chapter Four. Obesity, Depression, and Weight-Related Stigma Syndemics -- Chapter Five. The PHAMILIS Stigma Syndemic Among Homeless Women -- Chapter Six. Dangerous Bodies, Unpredictable Minds: HIV/AIDS, Mental Disorders, and Stigma Syndemics in Western Kenya -- Chapter Seven. Biomedical Moralities: HIV Community Stigma and Risks for HIV/STI Syndemics -- Chapter Eight. Methamphetamine Addiction, HIV Infection, and Gay Men: Stigma and Suffering -- Conclusion -- Index -- About the Contributors.
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.
9781498552127
Public health--Social aspects.
Electronic books.
RA418.F686 2017
306.461