'Letting them die' : why HIV/AIDS intervention programmes fail

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'Letting them die' : why HIV/AIDS intervention programmes fail

Catherine Campbell

（African issues）

International African Institute, 2003

  • : James Curry : cloth
  • : James Curry : paper
  • : Indiana : cloth
  • : Indiana : paper
  • : Double Storey Books

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Why HIV/AIDS intervention programmes fail

Letting them die : why HIV/AIDS intervention programmes fail

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"In association with James Currey, Indiana University Press [and] Double Storey."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-206) and index

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: Indiana : paper ISBN 9780253216359

Description

"In the old South Africa we killed people. Now we're just letting them die." -Pieter Dirk Uys, South African satirist Today in South Africa, HIV/AIDS kills about 5 in 10 young people. Many of the victims are miners and commercial sex workers who ply their trade in mining communities. In this critique of government-sponsored and privately funded HIV/AIDS prevention programs in South Africa, Catherine Campbell exposes why it has been so difficult to stop the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Campbell's research focuses on local vectors of the disease such as what people believe about the spread and prevention of AIDS, what measures they take to prevent disease, and whether they are likely to seek treatment at local AIDS clinics. "Letting Them Die" is not just an investigation into sexuality, social relations, health, and medicine; it is also a sharp review of the kinds of programs that are becoming the standard method of HIV/AIDS intervention throughout Africa.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Table of Contents: Acknowledgments Part 1. Sexuality and Sexual Health in the Summertown Mining Community: Context and Concepts 1. Sexuality, Participation, and Social Change 2. "Going underground and going after women": HIV Transmission amongst Mineworkers 3. Mobilizing a Local Community to Prevent HIV/AIDS: The Summertown Project 4. Community, Participation, and Sexual Health: Conceptual Challenges Part 2. Sexuality, Sexual Health, and Peer Education amongst Summertown Sex Workers 5. The Social Organization of Commercial Sex Work 6. Sex Workers Organize to Fight HIV Transmission: Community-Led Peer Education in an Informal, "Hard-to-Reach" Setting 7. Factors Shaping the Success of Community Mobilisation in Informal Settings Part 3. Sexuality and Sexual Health amongst Young People in Summertown 8. HIV Transmission amongst Young People: Gender, Social Norms, and Sexuality 9. Changing Young People's Sexual Behavior?: Youth-Led Participatory HIV Prevention in Summertown Part 4. Power, Participation, and Political Will: The Context of HIV Prevention Efforts 10. Make or Break: Stakeholder Collaboration in Project Planning 11. Make or Break: Technical Capacity and Grassroots Identification with Project Goals 12. Commitment, Conceptualization, and Capacity
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: Indiana : cloth ISBN 9780253343284

Description

"In the old South Africa we killed people. Now we're just letting them die." -Pieter Dirk Uys, South African satirist Today in South Africa, HIV/AIDS kills about 5 in 10 young people. Many of the victims are miners and commercial sex workers who ply their trade in mining communities. In this critique of government-sponsored and privately funded HIV/AIDS prevention programs in South Africa, Catherine Campbell exposes why it has been so difficult to stop the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Campbell's research focuses on local vectors of the disease such as what people believe about the spread and prevention of AIDS, what measures they take to prevent disease, and whether they are likely to seek treatment at local AIDS clinics. "Letting Them Die" is not just an investigation into sexuality, social relations, health, and medicine; it is also a sharp review of the kinds of programs that are becoming the standard method of HIV/AIDS intervention throughout Africa.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Table of Contents: Acknowledgments Part 1. Sexuality and Sexual Health in the Summertown Mining Community: Context and Concepts 1. Sexuality, Participation, and Social Change 2. "Going underground and going after women": HIV Transmission amongst Mineworkers 3. Mobilizing a Local Community to Prevent HIV/AIDS: The Summertown Project 4. Community, Participation, and Sexual Health: Conceptual Challenges Part 2. Sexuality, Sexual Health, and Peer Education amongst Summertown Sex Workers 5. The Social Organization of Commercial Sex Work 6. Sex Workers Organize to Fight HIV Transmission: Community-Led Peer Education in an Informal, "Hard-to-Reach" Setting 7. Factors Shaping the Success of Community Mobilisation in Informal Settings Part 3. Sexuality and Sexual Health amongst Young People in Summertown 8. HIV Transmission amongst Young People: Gender, Social Norms, and Sexuality 9. Changing Young People's Sexual Behavior?: Youth-Led Participatory HIV Prevention in Summertown Part 4. Power, Participation, and Political Will: The Context of HIV Prevention Efforts 10. Make or Break: Stakeholder Collaboration in Project Planning 11. Make or Break: Technical Capacity and Grassroots Identification with Project Goals 12. Commitment, Conceptualization, and Capacity
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: James Curry : cloth ISBN 9780852558676

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Anyone who wants to understand the terrible closed circle of denial and death should read this book' - R.W. Johnson in The Sunday Times 'In the old South Africa we killed people. Now we're just letting them die' - Pieter Dirk Uys,satirist Why do peopleknowingly risk a slow and painful premature death? People explain in their own words. There are interviews with migrant mineworkers, commercial sex workers and young women and men. Why did this 'gold standard' prevention programme have so little impact? Free condoms, treatment for sexually transmitted infections and education and awareness programmes were all provided. If any intervention was to have had a measurable impact, this should have been the one. Can women be taught the skills for negotiating safe sex? Three women die for every two men. The author's experience is drawn from a period of five years. She writes vividly - even at times in a raw manner. What are the lessons within Africa and across the world? The author, who is a social psychologist,has drawn on anthropology, sociology and social medicine. Her study is an early evaluation of what is becoming the standard HIV/AIDSintervention throughout Africa.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Sexuality, participation and social change I THE SUMMERTOWN PROJECT - 'Going underground and going after women' - Mobilizing a local community to prevent HIV/AIDS - Theoretical Framework II MOBILIZING SEX WORKERS TO PREVENT HIV - Selling sex in the time of AIDS - Facilitating community-led peer education among Summertown sex workers - Factors shaping the success of sex worker peer education in an informal setting III MOBILIZING YOUNG PEOPLE TO PREVENT HIV - 'Condoms are good, but I hate those things' - Facilitating community-led peer education IV MOBILIZING STAKEHOLDERS TO PREVENT HIV - Facilitating stakeholder collaboration in project implementation 1 and 2 - Conclusion.
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: James Curry : paper ISBN 9780852558683

Description

South Africa has the worst AIDS epidemic in the world...this book highlights the barriers and constraints to controlling the crisis. In the old South Africa we killed people. Now we're just letting them die' - Pieter Dirk Uys, satirist Why do peopleknowingly risk a slow and painful premature death? People explain in their own words. There are interviews with migrant mineworkers, commercial sex workers and young women and men. Why did this 'gold standard' prevention programme have so little impact?BR> Free condoms, treatment for sexually transmitted infections and education and awareness programmes were all provided. If any intervention was to have had a measurable impact, this should have been the one. The author's experience is drawn from a period of five years. She writes vividly - evenat times in a raw manner. What are the lessons within Africa and across the world? The author, who is a social psychologist, has drawn on anthropology, sociology and social medicine. Her study is an early evaluation of what is becoming the standard HIV/AIDS intervention throughout Africa. In association with the International African Institute North America: Indiana U Press; South Africa: Double Storey/Juta

Table of Contents

Introduction: Sexuality, participation and social change I THE SUMMERTOWN PROJECT - 'Going underground and going after women' - Mobilizing a local community to prevent HIV/AIDS - Theoretical Framework II MOBILIZING SEX WORKERS TO PREVENT HIV - Selling sex in the time of AIDS - Facilitating community-led peer education among Summertown sex workers - Factors shaping the success of sex worker peer education in an informal setting III MOBILIZING YOUNG PEOPLE TO PREVENT HIV - 'Condoms are good, but I hate those things' - Facilitating community-led peer education IV MOBILIZING STAKEHOLDERS TO PREVENT HIV - Facilitating stakeholder collaboration in project implementation 1 and 2 - Conclusion.
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: Double Storey Books ISBN 9781919930114

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South Africa has the worst AIDS epidemic in the world. This title, based on a pioneering study of a mining community on the Rand, highlights the barriers and constraints to controlling this national crisis. It asks why AIDS prevention and awareness programmes have had so little impact and what are the lessons within Africa and across the world.

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