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Foundations of Biosocial Health : Stigma and Illness Interactions.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (245 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498552127
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Foundations of Biosocial HealthDDC classification:
  • 306.461
LOC classification:
  • RA418.F686 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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