Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Couples with Mixed HIV Status : Beyond Positive/Negative
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41434
Asha Persson, Shana D. Hughes, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
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This edited volume presents a detailed portrait of couples living with mixed HIV status, where one partner is HIV-positive and the other negative. Readers will come to understand the various and complex ways in which these mixed-status, or serodiscordant couples build a life together within the shadow of HIV-related stigma. Spanning the globe, coverage explores serodiscordance as a negotiated practice and process, inseparable from the social context in which it is situated. The book shows how c…
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- Other Authors
- Persson, Asha
- Hughes, Shana D.
- Responsibility
- Asha Persson, Shana D. Hughes, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxv, 276 pages) : 7 illus.
- Series Vol.
- 2
- Series Title
- Social aspects of HIV
- ISBN
- 9783319427256
- 9783319427232 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2509-6559
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cross-Cultural Comparison
- HIV Seronegativity
- HIV Seropositivity - ethnology
- HIV Seropositivity - psychology
- Spouses - ethnology
- Other Subjects
- United States - ethnology
- Abstract
- This edited volume presents a detailed portrait of couples living with mixed HIV status, where one partner is HIV-positive and the other negative. Readers will come to understand the various and complex ways in which these mixed-status, or serodiscordant couples build a life together within the shadow of HIV-related stigma. Spanning the globe, coverage explores serodiscordance as a negotiated practice and process, inseparable from the social context in which it is situated. The book shows how couples draw on diverse and sometimes contradictory cultural discourses of medicine, romance, and "normality" to make sense of and manage their mixed HIV status and any perceived risks, not uncommonly in ways that depart from prevailing HIV prevention messages. Throughout, compelling personal stories accompany the empirical research, sharing the firsthand experiences of men and women in serodiscordant relationships. Bringing together research from diverse disciplines and geographical regions, this book contributes important insights for future HIV health promotion as well as offers new knowledge to scholarship on the cultural intersections of illness and intimacy. It will appeal to a broad audience working across the fields of HIV, health, gender, sexuality, development, and human rights.
- Contents
- Foreword: Emeritus Professor Susan Kippax -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Making "Difference": New Perspectives on HIV Serodiscordance / Asha Persson & Shana D. Hughes -- PART I. Biomedicine, Change & Diversity: Conceptualising Serodiscordance : The Science Made Me Do it! A Journey toward Reimagining Myself as Non-infectious: Serodiscordant Sexuality in the Age of TasP / Pluto Savage -- "PrEP Makes My Relationship Even More Normal": The Discursive Production of Hope in the Context of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis among Young Adults with Partners Living with HIV Infection in California / Kimberley Koester, Xavier A Erguera & Janet Myers -- Seeking Sero-harmony: Changing Conceptualisations of Sero-difference and Sero-status in Australia / John Rule & Sean Slavin -- Situating Serodiscordance: Living in Relationships with Mixed HIV Status in Different Local, Historical and Biomedical Realities / Angela Kelly-Hanku -- HIV Serodiscordant Couples and the Discourse of Normality: Reconciling Biomedical and Social Meanings in Porto Alegre, Brazil / Shana D. Hughes -- Exploring the Relational Complexity of Serodiscordance: Negotiating Violence, Temporality and Diaspora / Annette-Carina van der Zaag & Ulla McKnight -- PART II. Stigma, Culture & Gender: Contextualising Serodiscordance: Conversations with two African American and Indian Women: Sunshine after the Rain & Red Reminds Me / Stacy Jennings, USA -- Be the Change You Want to See / Jyoti Dhawale-Surve, Mumbai -- Intimacy, Support and Social Connectivity: Experiences of HIV Serodiscordant Relationships among Black African People Living in England / Adam Bourne, John Owuor & Catherine Dodds -- Stigma, Sex and Family Life: Serodiscordance in Henan Province, China / Kumi Smith, Huixin Liu, Junjue Wang, Wensheng He, Gail E. Henderson, William C. Miller & Ning Wang -- Reconciling Serodiscordance: Lived Experiences of Mixed HIV Status Relationships in Ethiopia / Yordanos M. Tiruneh, Yemane Berhane & Ira B. Wilson -- Dialectics of Gender and Health: The Case of HIV Serodiscordance in Uganda / Robert Wyrod -- Planning to be a Parent in HIV Sero-Different Relationships in Ireland: A Critical Gender Analysis / Carmel Kelly & Maria Lohan -- Serodiscordance and Gender Dynamics in Indian Culture / Sangeeta Sharma Dhaor -- PART III. Love, Risk & Relationships: Negotiating Serodiscordance: Treatment as Prevention: A Love Story / Caroline Watson -- Relationships between Serodiscordant Gay Male Couples in Lima, Peru: Sero-Disclosure and Living with Serodiscordance / Kelika Konda, Clara Sandoval & Lizzete Najarro -- "HIV-Positivity and HIV-Negativity; Two Sides of the Same Coin": Narratives of Greek HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Gay Men on HIV and Intimate Relationships / Valantis Papathanasiou -- "Because we're so in Love": The Experiences of HIV-negative and HIV-positive Partners in Serodiscordant Relationships in Vietnam / Khuat Thi Hai Oanh, Sally Cameron, & Lan Nguyen -- Negotiating 'Sero-Imbalances" within HIV Serodiscordant Relationships in Canada: A Pilot Inquiry / Amrita Daftary, Joshua Mendelsohn & Liviana Calzavara -- Pills, Providers and Partners: Exploring Trust among Serodiscordant Couples in Australia / Christy Newman, Asha Persson & Jeanne Ellard.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Hypertension in High Risk African Americans : Current Concepts, Evidence-based Therapeutics and Future Considerations
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat38994
Keith C. Ferdinand, editor.
--New York, NY:
Springer New York : Imprint: Humana Press
, c2015.
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This volume discusses the many ways to prevent, identify and control hypertension in African Americans, a common and potent risk factor for virtually all forms of cardiovascular-renal diseases. Comprehensive chapters address modifiable risk factors, such as lifestyle changes, especially sodium restriction, and appropriate combination pharmacotherapy. Emerging devices and evidence-based approaches that may also enhance effective blood pressure control and decrease the disparate cardiovascular di…
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- Other Authors
- Ferdinand, Keith C
- Responsibility
- Keith C. Ferdinand, editor
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer New York : Imprint: Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 277 p. : 17 illus., 9 illus. in color)
- Series Title
- Clinical hypertension and vascular diseases
- ISBN
- 9781493920105
- 9781493920099 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- African Americans
- Health Behavior - ethnology
- Hypertension - diagnosis
- Hypertension - ethnology
- Hypertension - therapy
- Risk Factors
- Other Subjects
- United States - ethnology
- Abstract
- This volume discusses the many ways to prevent, identify and control hypertension in African Americans, a common and potent risk factor for virtually all forms of cardiovascular-renal diseases. Comprehensive chapters address modifiable risk factors, such as lifestyle changes, especially sodium restriction, and appropriate combination pharmacotherapy. Emerging devices and evidence-based approaches that may also enhance effective blood pressure control and decrease the disparate cardiovascular disease risks, including MI, stroke, HF, and cardiorenal metabolic syndrome and diabetes are also discussed in detail. Written by a wide-range of experts in the field, Hypertension in High Risk African Americans: Current Concepts, Evidence-based Therapeutics and Future Considerations is a valuable resource for clinicians, researchers, health administrators and public health policy leaders to better understand the best practices and unique aspects of risk assessment and treatment of hypertension and co-morbid conditions in African Americans.
- Contents
- Overview -- Epidemiology Awareness, Prevalence, and Control: Newest Findings on Hypertension in Blacks -- Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes to Decrease Unhealthy Eating Patterns and Improve Blood Pressure in African Americans -- Community Programs for Hypertension: A Means of Identification and Intervention in the Highest Risk Population -- Stroke and Hypertension in High Risk African Americans -- Manifestations of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Coronary Heart Disease: The Contribution of Hypertension and the Paradox in Blacks -- Heart Failure Morbidity, Mortality and its Relationship to Hypertension -- Hypertension and Atrial Fibrillation in African Americans -- Cardiorenal Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes in African Americans: Adding to the Risk of Hypertension -- Central Aortic Pressure, Arterial Compliance: Emerging Tools to Identify and Guide Therapy for High Risk African American Patients -- Renal Denervation Therapy and Baroreceptor Activation Therapy: Emerging Tools for Treating Resistant Hypertension -- Practical Approaches to Promote Adherence and Improve Blood Pressure Control in Black Patients -- Integration of a Team Approach to Hypertension Treatment -- Practical Pearls in the Treatment of Hypertension in Blacks -- Hypertension in African Americans -- New Guideline Recommendations on Hypertension: Preventing CVD and Renal Disease with Applications to Blacks.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
