Social Work Perspectives on AIDS
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Instructor: Jeffrey Longhofer, Ph.D., MSW
Email: jlonghofer@ssw.rutgers.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 1:30-2:45
Time: Thursday 3:00am-5:40pm
Location: Hardenburgh Hall, Room A2, College Avenue Campus
Catalog Course Description
This course is designed to examine the field of HIV/AIDS and will acquaint students with the basic and most advanced facts about HIV/AIDS. It will take different approaches of the impact of HIV infection and AIDS on the individual, family, society, and institutions that provide care and will sensitize students to the challenges that HIV/AIDS has generated in public health, social policy, and social service delivery. Social work students will have an opportunity to explore their own beliefs, values and approaches to the issues regarding HIV/AIDS, in addition to the cultural, political, social, legal, ethical, spiritual, and public health issues and the perspectives of people living with HIV infection and AIDS that are needed to inform practice and policy.
Course Overview
The global HIV/AIDS epidemic is one of the greatest public health and cultural crises of the past three decades and has resulted in significant shifts in culture, way of relating, sexual practices and identities, political discourse, and policy and practice aimed at both infected and affected communities. AIDS has in many ways condensed our deepest cultural anxieties about the body, identity, and difference. From the early reports of a ‘gay cancer’ in the national press to contemporary fundraising campaigns like Project RED, public discourse surrounding the virus has often been more concerned with who contracts it and how rather than with its biological causes or medical treatment. This course will consider a broad range of issues raised by HIV/AIDS. Special attention will be given to the strong and complex relationships among ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, poverty and susceptibility to HIV infection and treatment concerns.
Human rights are addressed, focusing on infection, reporting, testing, transmission, and treatment. Students will be challenged to think about the relationship between individual rights and the public good. Special consideration will be given to relationships among HIV testing, confidentiality, and reporting, mandatory and voluntary partner notification programs, immigration restrictions, criminalization of HIV transmission, mandated medical treatment, and anti-discrimination law. The course will engage the debates and concerns about informed consent, confidentiality, and the duty to protect both the client and potential parties who are vulnerable to infection alongside duty to treat concerns.
The changing experience of people living with HIV and AIDS will be considered: the experience of living with the incurability of infection, managing the risk of transmission, making decisions about when to start treatment, dealing with the side effects of treatments and compliance with treatment. The course will consider, as well, how the vast majority of people living with the virus have no access to treatment and how this relates to both macro and micro social work practice.
Attention will be given to the remarkable history of AIDS activism and to the broader political and cultural conflicts and transformation, and to collective action and challenges to prevailing ideologies.
Place of Course in Program
This is an elective open to all M.S.W. students
Course Objectives
Upon completion of the course the student should have:
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Students are expected to be active learners and collaborators. Students are expected to contribute knowledge and observations to discussions. Regular class attendance with active participation is expected. When students participate actively in class discussions learning is enhanced. It is important that reading assignments be completed prior to each session. Please take responsibility for seeking clarification of difficult material encountered in the text, readings, and lectures. At the end of each class session, readings for the subsequent class will be assigned.
Class attendance is not optional. Students are expected to notify the instructor prior to missing a session (see email and telephone numbers above). With 3 or more absences, the professor reserves the right to reduce the final grade. Students who leave during breaks will be marked as absent. You will not be penalized for missing class for appropriate reasons (e.g, illness and religious observances). If you are absent for medical reasons, you must bring a note from your doctor. Students are required to take the examinations on the designated dates. No make-up examinations will be given unless a physician has certified, in writing, that you are unable to take the examination.
All written work must be typed. Late assignments will not be accepted, unless the student has made arrangements prior to the assignment due date. The professor reserves the right to reduce the letter grade for late assignments. All written assignments must follow APA format. The professor reserves the right to reduce the letter grade for any assignment that does not confirm to APA format (see this website for a useful guide to APA, http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/write/apastyle.html)
Student behavior in this course must comply with the university’s code of conduct.
The entire code of contact can be attained from Student Judicial Affairs Office or on-line at http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~judaff/code.htm. Students should be aware that violations of academic integrity, for example plagiarism of any kind, would result in expulsion from the program.
Please do not use cell phones or laptops during class. This course is meant to be a conversation. Let’s not let electronic devices disrupt our attention.
Methods of Evaluation
Final grades will be determined as follows:
grade) Late submissions will not be accepted.
2. Detailed Outline Due: (must be typed) Thursday, March 4,
(5/40 of grade). Late submissions will not be accepted.
3. Draft Due: Thursday, April 1, (5/40 of grade)
You must submit copies of the first draft to members of your
reading and response group (A,B,C,D,E) on April 1. See Sakai for the reading group evaluation form. You must return your evaluation form to me and to each group member during class on the 15th. Failure to do so will result in a (0) for this part of the writing process.
4. Final Paper Due: Thursday, April 29, in class (25/40)
For this paper you should avoid mere description or descriptive accounts or chronology of events, unless they are useful in developing an argument. You might consider, for example, writing a paper on adolescence and HIV, or barebacking and risk, or on a particular HIV intervention. You should attempt to find something that you care about or have some personal interest in. For the final paper I am asking you to ‘explain’, ‘compare’, ‘analyze’, ‘evaluate’. You should consider the underlying values found in knowledge claims, including your own. If you pick HIV and barebacking, for example, your objective is to carefully evaluate how different and sometimes competing arguments have been constructed to understand this phenomenon. You must appropriately use citations to support to your arguments. Although you are expected to use academic books and articles, you may also consider, where appropriate, non-academic sources (e.g. video recording, television, etc. ). You should also demonstrate an understanding of the plurality of views on your topic and seek to identify underlying allegiances, values, and assumptions. Your ability to analyze and develop arguments of your own is essential to your academic success and must be demonstrated in this paper.
Feel free to schedule a time to visit with me about the class assignments.
COURSE EVALUATION
Rutgers University issues a teaching instruction survey for both the course and the instructor. This survey is to be completed by students toward the end of the semester. All answers are confidential and anonymous. The instructor may also choose to conduct a midterm evaluation.
Online Resources:
1. This website is a comprehensive resource on HIV-AIDS:
http://www.thebody.com/index/whatis/basics.html
2. UN-AIDS Website. Here you will find useful data, epidemiological reports, global trends.
http://www.unaids.org:80/en/KnowledgeCentre/HIVData/default.asp
3. AVERT is an international AIDS charity. They maintain an up-to-date and quite useful cite on HIV testing
http://www.avert.org/testing.htm
4. UN Aids Video Library
http://www.unaids.org/multimedia/streaming/index.htm
Course Outline
Note: Please observe that the units listed below, 1-12, do not correspond to days, weeks, or dates. Some units we will cover quite quickly, others will take longer, so I will announce readings and assignments as we make progress. I may, as well, skip units, based upon student experience, interest, and the progress of our work together.
Unit 1
Required Reading:
Kosofsky-Sedgwick, E. (see sakai for posting of this short excerpt from her book, Epistemology of the Closet). Please read this carefully before the first class session.
The Fight Against AIDS Continues, Public Health Services Branch, Annual Report, 2005, State of New Jersey. Please read this report, thoroughly, before the first class session. (posted on Sakai).
Parker, R. (2001). Sexuality, culture, and power in HIV/AIDS research. Annual Review of Anthropology, 30(1), 163-179.
Recommended Viewing: Silverlake. Though not required for this course, I strongly recommend that you watch this film. It is available on Netflix and at some video stores under their documentary film sections. This film offers you a glimpse into the horrors of suffering from AIDS. And while this may seem a bit anachronistic for many in the so-called “developed” world, where AIDS for many has become a chronic disease, it gives you a clear picture of how the disease still affects many who go without treatment in poorer nations.
Unit 2
Required Reading:
De Cock, K. M. (2005). HIV testing in the era of treatment scale up. Health and Human Rights, 8(2), 31-35.
De Cock, K. M., Bunnell, R., & Mermin, J. (2006). Unfinished business: Expanding HIV testing in developing countries. The New England Journal of Medicine, 354(5), 440-442.
Bayer, R., & Fairchild, A. L. (2006). Changing the paradigm for HIV testing: The end of
exceptionalism. The New England Journal of Medicine, 355(7), 647.
Bekker, L., & Wood, R. (2005). Is it time to change our HIV testing policy in health care facilities? HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 16, 16-45. (Groups B and C)
Castro, A., Farmer, P. (2005) Understanding and addressing aids-related stigma: From anthropological theory to clinical practice in Haiti. American Journal of Public Health. 95 (1), 53-56.
Klitzman, R., & Bayer, R. (2003). Tell it slant: Sex, disclosure, and HIV. Studies in Gender and Sexuality, 4(3), 227-262. (Groups D and E)
Parker, R., & Aggleton, P. (2003). HIV and AIDS-related stigma and discrimination: A conceptual framework and implications for action. Social Science & Medicine, 57(1), 13-24. (Group A)
Rennie, S., & Behets, F. (2006). Desperately seeking targets: The ethics of routine HIV testing in low-income countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 84, 52- 57.
Recommended Viewing:
The Burning Side and Some Burning Questions, India
Angels in America, Tony Kushner (see HBO production, excellent!)
Recommended Reading:
Abramson, M. (1990). Keeping Secrets: Social Workers and AIDS. Social Work, 35, 1969-73.
Bartlett, J. G., Branson, B. M., Fenton, K., Hauschild, B. C., Miller, V., Mayer, K. H. (2008). Opt-Out Testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the United States: Progress and Challenges. JAMA 300: 945-951.
Bryan, C. S. (2002). HIV/AIDS and bioethics: Historical perspective, personal retrospective. Health Care Analysis, 10(1), 5-18.
Bredstrom, A. (2009). Sweden: HIV/AIDS policy and the 'crisis' of multiculturalism. Race Class 50: 57-74.
Brooks, R. A., Etzel, M. A., Hinojos, E., Henry, C. L., & Perez, M. (2005). Preventing HIV among latino and african american gay and bisexual men in a context of HIV-related stigma, discrimination, and homophobia: Perspectives of providers. AIDS Patient Care & STDs, 19(11), 737-744.
Derlega, V. J., Winstead, B. A., & Folk-Barron, L. (2000). Reasons for and against disclosing HIV-seropositive test results to an intimate partner: A functional perspective. Balancing the Secrets of Private Disclosures, 53–69.
Emlet, C. (2008). Truth and consequences: A qualitative exploration of HIV disclosure in older adults. AIDS Care, 20(6), 710-717.
England, R. (2008). The writing is on the wall for UNAIDS. British Medical Journal, 336(7652), 1072.
Foley, K., Duran, B., Morris, P., Lucero, J., Jiang, Y., Baxter, B., Harrison, M., Shurley, M., Shorty, E., & Joe, D. (2005). Using motivational interviewing to promote HIV testing at an american indian substance abuse treatment facility. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 37(3), 321-330.
Fortenberry, J. D., McFarlane, M., Bleakley, A., Bull, S., Fishbein, M., Grimley, D. M., Malotte, C. K., & Stoner, B. P. (2002). Relationships of stigma and shame to gonorrhea and HIV screening. American Journal of Public Health, 92(3), 378 needs.
Gagnon, M., Holmes, D. (2008). Governing Masses: Routine HIV Testing as a Counteroffensive in the War Against HIV-AIDS. Policy Politics Nursing Practice 9:264-273.
Kalichman, S. C., Simbayi, L. C., Jooste, S., Toefy, Y., Cain, D., Cherry, C., & Kagee, A. (2005). Development of a brief scale to measure AIDS-related stigma in south africa. AIDS and Behavior, 9(2), 135-143.
Liu, H., Li, X., Stanton, B., Fang, X., Mao, R., Chen, X., & Yang, H. (2005). Relation of sexual risks and prevention practices with individuals' stigmatising beliefs towards HIV infected individuals: An exploratory study. British Medical Journal, 81(6), 511.
Linsk, N.L., Gilbert, D.J. (2008). HIV Testing Changes and Implications for Social Workers. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 7(1), 1 – 6.
Lee, M., Wu, Z., Rotheram-Borus, M., Detels, R., Guan, J., & Li, L. (2005). HIV-related stigma among market workers in china. Health Psychology, 24, 435-438.
Mitchell, M.M., & Knowlton, A. (2009). Stigma, disclosure, and depressive symptoms among informal caregivers of people living with HIV/AIDS. AIDS Patient Care & STDs, 23(8), 611-617.
Galvan, F. H., Bluthenthal, R. N., Ani, C., & Bing, E. G. (2006). Increasing HIV testing among latinos by bundling HIV testing with other tests. Journal of Urban Health, 83(5), 849-859.
Gostin, L. O. (2006). HIV screening in health care settings: public health and civil liberties in conflict?. Journal of the American Medical Assocation. 296: 2023- 2025.
Gray, R. H., Sewankambo, N. K., Wawer, M. J., Serwadda, D., Kiwanuka, N., & Lutalo, T. (2006). Disclosure of HIV status on informed consent forms presents an ethical dilemma for protection of human subjects. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 41(2), 246.
Halpern, S. D., Metkus, T. S., Fuchs, B. D., Ward, N. S., Siegel, M. D., Luce, J. M., Curtis, J. R. (2007). Nonconsented Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing Among Critically Ill Patients: Intensivists' Practices and the Influence of State Laws. Archives of Internal Medicine. 167: 2323-2328.
Harding, A., Gray, L. & Neal, M. (1993). Confidentiality limits with clients who have HIV. Journal of Counseling and Development, 71, 297-305.
Meade, C. S., & Sikkema, K. J. (2005). Voluntary HIV testing among adults with severe mental illness: Frequency and associated factors. AIDS and Behavior, 9(4), 465- 473.
Minniear, T. D., Gilmore, B., Arnold, S. R., Flynn, P. M., Knapp, K. M., Gaur, A. H. (2009). Implementation of and Barriers to Routine HIV Screening for Adolescents. Pediatrics 124: 1076-1084.
Morin, S. F., Khumalo-Sakutukwa, G., Charlebois, E. D., Routh, J., Fritz, K., Lane, T., Vaki, T., Fiamma, A., & Coates, T. J. (2006). Removing barriers to knowing HIV status: Same-day mobile HIV testing in zimbabwe. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 41(2), 218.
Oser, C. B., Tindall, M. S., & Leukefeld, C. G. (2007). HIV testing in correctional agencies and community treatment programs: The impact of internal organizational structure. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 32(3), 301-310.
Price, D. (1990). Between Scylla & Charybdis: Charting a course to reconcile the duty of confidentiality and the duty to warn in the AIDS context. Dickenson Law Review, 94, 435-87.
Reamer, F. G. (1988). AIDS & Ethics: The agenda for social workers. Social Work, 33, 460-64.
Steen, T. W., Seipone, K., Gomez, F. H., Anderson, M. G., Kejelepula, M., Keapoletswe, K., & Moffat, H. J. (2007). Two and a half years of routine HIV testing in botswana. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 44(4), 484.
Shilts, Randy. 1987. And the band played on: Politics, People, and the AIDS epidemic. New York: St. Martin's Press.
Sudarshi, D, Pao, D, Murphy, G, Parry, J, Dean, G, Fisher, M (2008). Missed opportunities for diagnosing primary HIV infection. Sex. Transm. Infect. 84: 14- 16.
Yu, M. & O.Neal, B. (1992). Issues of confidentiality when working with persons with AIDS. Clinical Social Work Journal, 20(4) (Winter), 421-30.
Walensky, R. P., & Paltiel, A. D. (2006). Rapid HIV testing at home: Does it solve a problem or create one? Annals of Internal Medicine, 145(6), 459-462.
Wing, C. (2009). Effects of Written Informed Consent Requirements on HIV Testing Rates: Evidence From a Natural Experiment. AJPH 99: 1087-1092.
Recommended Viewing:
AIDS, Changing the Rules (30 min)
Unit 3
Visual AIDS Project
Required Reading:
Dworkin, S. L. (2005). Who is epidemiologically fathomable in the HIV/AIDS epidemic? gender, sexuality, and intersectionality in public health. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 7(6), 615-623. doi:10.1080/13691050500100385 (Groups A and B)
Davis, M. (2002). HIV Prevention Rationalities and Serostatus in the Risk Narratives of Gay Men. Sexualities, 5(3), 281-299. (Group C) [you will need to find this reading on the RU library electronic journal lin]
Robins, S. (2006). From “rights” to “ritual”: Aids activism in south africa. American Anthropologist, 108(2), 312-323 (Groups D&E)
Recommended Reading:
Aggleton, P. (2004). Sexuality, HIV prevention, vulnerability and risk. Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality, 16(1), 1-11. doi:10.1300/J056v16n01`01
Bartholow, B. N., Dan, D., Lynda, S., & Bolan Janet Jr, S. (1994). Emotional, behavioral, and HIV risks associated with sexual abuse among adult homosexual and bisexual men. Child Abuse & Neglect, 18(9), 745-761.
Bowden, W. P., Rhodes, S. D., Wilkin, A. M., & Jolly, C. P. (2006). Sociocultural determinants of HIV/AIDS risk and service use among immigrant latinos in north carolina. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 28(4), 546.
Bowser, B.P. et. al (2004). Preventing AIDS: Community Science Collaborations. New York: Haworth Press.
Braithwaite, R. L., & Arriola, K. R. J. (2008). Male prisoners and HIV prevention: A call for action ignored. American Journal of Public Health, 98(Supplement 1), S145.
Brooks, R. A., Etzel, M. A., Hinojos, E., Henry, C. L., & Perez, M. (2005). Preventing HIV among latino and african american gay and bisexual men in a context of HIV-related stigma, discrimination, and homophobia: Perspectives of providers. AIDS Patient Care & STDs, 19(11), 737-744.
DiClemente, R.J. & Peterson, J.L. (1994). Preventing AIDS: Theories and Methods of Behavioral Interventions. New York:Plenum Press.
Kalichman SC (1998). Preventing AIDS: A Source Book for Behavioral Intervention. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Kalipeni E, Craddock S, Oppong JR & Ghosh J (2004) HIV & AIDS in Africa: Beyond Epidemiology. MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Kelly J (1995). Changing HIV Risk Behavior: Practical Strategies. New York: Guilford Press.
McGrath, J. W. (2010). Anthropology and HIV prevention. Annual Review of Anthropology, 39(1).
Mimiaga, M. J., Goldhammer, H., Belanoff, C., Tetu, A. M., & Mayer, K. H. (2007). Men who have sex with men: Perceptions about sexual risk, HIV and sexually transmitted disease testing, and provider communication. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 34(2), 113.
O’Leary, A. (2002). Beyond Condoms: Alternative Approaches to HIV Prevention. New York: Kluwer.
Peterson J.L. & DiClemente R.J. (2000). Handbook of HIV Prevention. New York: Kluwer Academic.
Ray, E.B. (2005). Health Communication in Practice: A Case Study Approach. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Rotheram-Borus, M., Swendeman, D., & Chovnick, G. (2009). The past, present, and future of HIV prevention: Integrating behavioral, biomedical, and structural intervention strategies for the next generation of HIV prevention. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 5(1), 143-167.
Unit 4
Required Reading:
Bauermeister, J.A., Tross, S., & Ehrhardt, A.A. (2009). A review of HIV/AIDS system- level interventions. AIDS & Behavior, 13(3), 430-448. (Groups A and B)
Brogan, K., & Lux, J. (2009). Management of common psychiatric conditions in the HIV-positive population. Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 6(2), 108-115.
Cartwright, D., & Cassidy, M. (2002). Working with HIV/AIDS sufferers: "When good enough is not enough." American Journal of Psychotherapy, 56(2), 149-166. (Group C)
Farber, E.W. (2009). Existentially informed HIV-related psychotherapy. Psychotherapy Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 46(3), 336-349. (Group D)
Weiss, J. (1997). Psychotherapy with hiv-positive gay men: a psychodynamic perspective. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 51(1), 31-44. (Group E)
Recommended Reading:
Beckerman NL (2005). Couples of Mixed HIV Status: Clinical Issues & Interventions. New York: Haworth Press.
Bingman, C. R., Marks, G., & Crepaz, N. (2001). Attributions about one's HIV infection and unsafe sex in seropositive men who have sex with men. AIDS and Behavior, 5(3), 283-289.
Cucciare, M.A., Sorrell, J.T., & Trafton, J.A. (2009). Predicting response to cognitive- behavioral therapy in a sample of HIV-positive patients with chronic pain. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 32(4), 340-348.
Evans, S., Fishman, B., Spielman, L., & Haley, A. (2003). Randomized trial of cognitive behavior therapy versus supportive psychotherapy for HIV-related peripheral neuropathic pain. Psychosomatics, 44(1), 44-50.
Fekete, E., Geaghan, T.R., & Druley, J.A. (2009). Affective and behavioural reactions to positive and negative health-related social control in HIV+ men. Psychology & Health, 24(5), 501-515.
Horne, D. (2009). HIV as a mirror to life. In L. Barnett (Ed.), When death enters the therapeutic space: Existential perspectives in psychotherapy and counselling (pp. 59-70). New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.
Ingledew, D.K., & Ferguson, E. (2007). Personality and riskier sexual behaviour: Motivational mediators. Psychology & Health, 22(3), 291-315.
Mutchler, M. G., Bogart, L. M., Elliott, M. N., McKay, T., Suttorp, M. J., & Schuster, M. A. (2008). Psychosocial correlates of unprotected sex without disclosure of HIV-positivity among african-american, latino, and white men who have sex with men and women. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 37(5), 736-747. doi:10.1007/s10508-008-9363-8
Robinson-Papp, J., Gonzalez-Duarte, A., Simpson, D.M., Rivera-Mindt, M., & Morgello, S. (2009). The roles of ethnicity and antiretrovirals in HIV-associated polyneuropathy: A pilot study. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 51(5), 569-573.
Valbak, K. (2004). Suitability for psychoanalytic psychotherapy: A review. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 109(3), 164-178.
Paiva, V., Ventura Filipe, E., Santos, N., Novaes Lima, T., & Segurado, A. (2003). The right to love: The desire for parenthood among men living with HIV. Reproductive Health Matters, 11(22), 91. doi:10.1016/S0968-8080(03)02293-6
Valle, M., & Levy, J. (2008). Finding meaning: African American injection drug users' interpretations of testing HIV-positive. AIDS Care, 20(1), 130-138.
Westling, E., Garcia, K., & Mann, T. (2007). Discovery of meaning and adherence to medications in HIV-infected women. Journal of Health Psychology, 12(4), 627- 635.
Unit 5
Required Reading:
Gurevich, M., Mathieson, C. M., Bower, J., & Dhayanandhan, B. (2007). Disciplining bodies, desires and subjectivities: Sexuality and HIV-positive women. Feminism & Psychology, 17(1), 9-38. doi:10.1177/0959353507072910 (Group A) [you can find this reading on the RU Library electronic journal link]
Mayers, A.M., Naples, N.A., & Nilsen, R.D. (2005). Existential issues and coping: A qualitative study of low-income women with HIV. Psychology & Health, 20(1), 93-113. (Groups B and C)
Hancock, T.U., & Siu, K. (2009). A culturally sensitive intervention with domestically violent Latino immigrant men. Journal of Family Violence, 24(2), 123-132. (Groups D and E)
Recommended Reading:
Beaulaurier, R. L., Craig, S. L., & Rosa, D. L. (2009). Older latina women and HIV/AIDS: An examination of sexuality and culture as they relate to risk and protective factors. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 52(1), 48-63. doi:10.1080/01634370802561950
Berger, (2006) Workable Sisterhood: The Political Journey of Stigmatized Women with HIV/AIDS. Princeton University Press.
Bhattacharjee, P. (2000). Stepping stones - a participatory tool to integrate gender into HIV/AIDS work. Development in Practice, 10(5), 691-694. doi:10.1080/09614520020008869
Buseh, A.G., & Stevens, P.E. (2006). Constrained but not determined by stigma: Resistance by African American women living with HIV. Women & Health, 44(3), 1-18.
Campbell, J.C., Baty, M.L., Ghandour, R.M., Stockman, J.K., Francisco, L., & Wagman, J. (2008). The intersection of intimate partner violence against women and HIV/AIDS: A review. International Journal of Injury Control & Safety Promotion, 15(4), 221-231.
Dalmida, S.G., Holstad, M.M., DiIorio, C., & Laderman, G. (2009). Spiritual well-being, depressive symptoms, and immune status among women living with HIV/AIDS. Women & Health, 49(2-3), 119-143.
Gielen, A.C., Ghandour, R.M., Burke, J.G., Mahoney, P., McDonnell, K.A., & O'Campo, P. (2007). HIV/AIDS and intimate partner violence: Intersecting women's health issues in the United States. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 8(2), 178-198.
Melendez, R.M., Hoffman, S., Exner, T., Leu, C.-S., & Ehrhardt, A.A. (2003). Intimate partner violence and safer sex negotiation: Effects of a gender-specific intervention. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 32(6), 499-511.
Norsworthy, K. L., & Khuankaew, O. (2008). A new view from women of thailand about gender, sexuality, and HIV/AIDS. Feminism & Psychology, 18(4), 527-536. doi:10.1177/0959353508095534
Plummer, D., & McCann, P. D. (2007). Girls' germs: Sexuality, gender, health and metaphors of contagion. Health Sociology Review, 16(1), 43-52.
Rountree, M.A., & Mulraney, M. (2008). HIV/AIDS risk reduction intervention for women who have experienced intimate partner violence. Clinical Social Work Journal [Advance online publication]. Retrieved December 11, 2008, from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10615-008-0183-z
Susser, I., & Stein, Z. (2000). Culture, sexuality, and women's agency in the prevention of HIV/AIDS in southern africa. American Journal of Public Health, 90(7), 1042-1048.
Wenzel, S.L., D'Amico, E.J., Barnes, D., & Gilbert, M.L. (2009). A pilot of a tripartite prevention program for homeless young women in the transition to adulthood. Women's Health Issues, 19(3), 193-201.
Weiss, E., Whelan, D., & Gupta, G. R. (2000). Gender, sexuality and HIV: Making a ifference in the lives of young women in developing countries. Sexual & Relationship Therapy, 15(3), 233-245. doi:10.1080/14681990050109836
Weir, B.W., O'Brien, K., Bard, R.S., Casciato, C.J., Maher, J.E., Dent, C.W., Dougherty, J.A., & Stark, M.J. (2009). Reducing HIV and partner violence risk among women with criminal justice system involvement: A randomized controlled trial of two motivational interviewing-based interventions. AIDS & Behavior, 13(3), 509-522.
Recommended Viewing:
Living Positive: Women and AIDS (45 min)
http://www.filmakers.com/index.php?a=filmDetail&filmID=974
Unit 6
Required Reading:
Owens, S. (2003). African American women living with HIV/AIDS: families as sources of support and of stress. Social Work, 48(2), 163-171. (Group A)
Benoit Denizet-Lewis, B. (August 2003). Double Lives On The Down Low. New York Times Magazine.
Dodge, B., Jeffries, W. L., & Sandfort, T. G. M. (2008). Beyond the down low: Sexual risk, protection, and disclosure among at-risk black men who have sex with both men and women (MSMW). Archives of Sexual Behavior, 37(5), 683-696. (Group B)
Morton, L. (2007). MSM, the streets, and lockdown: Sexual threat and social dominance in america. Journal of African American Studies, 11(3), 225-238. doi:10.1007/s12111-007-9024-3 (Group C, D, E)
Phillips, L. (2005). Deconstructing "down low" discourse: The politics of sexuality, gender, race, AIDS, and anxiety. Journal of African American Studies, 9(2), 3-15.
Recommended Reading:
Collins PH (2004). Black Sexual Politics. New York: Routledge.
Boykin, K., & Harris, E. L. F. R. W. (2006). Beyond the down low: Sex, lies, and denial in black america Da Capo Press.
Harawa, N. T., Williams, J. K., Ramamurthi, H. C., & Bingham, T. A. (2006). Perceptions towards condom use, sexual activity, and HIV disclosure among HIV-positive african american men who have sex with men: Implications for heterosexual transmission. Journal of Urban Health, 83(4), 682-694.
Levenson J (2004). The Secret Epidemic: The Story of AIDS and Black America. New York: Pantheon Books.
Miller, M., Serner, M., & Wagner, M. (2005). Sexual diversity among black men who have sex with men in an inner-city community. Journal of Urban Health, 82, 26-34.
Miller, R.L., Jr. (2007). Legacy denied: African American gay men, AIDS, and the black church. Social Work, 52(1), 51-61.
Millett, G., Malebranche, D., Mason, B., & Spikes, P. (2005). Focusing" down low": Bisexual black men, HIV risk and heterosexual transmission. Journal of the National Medical Association, 97(7), 52-59.
Millett, G. A., Ding, H., Lauby, J., Flores, S., Stueve, A., Bingham, T., Carballo-Dieguez, A., Murrill, C., Liu, K. L., & Wheeler, D. (2007). Circumcision status and HIV infection among black and latino men who have sex with men in 3 US cities. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 46(5), 643.
Malebranche, D. J. (2008). Bisexually active black men in the united states and HIV: Acknowledging more than the “Down low”. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 37(5), 810-816.
Stone, V., Ojikutu, B., Rawlings, M.K., & Smith, K.Y. (Eds.). (2009). HIV/AIDS in U.S. communities of color. New York: Springer.
Theall, K.P., Sterk, C.E., & Elifson, K.W. (2004). Past and new victimization among African American female drug users who participated in an HIV risk-reduction intervention. Journal of Sex Research, 41(4), 400-407.
Wolitski, R. J., Jones, K. T., Wasserman, J. L., & Smith, J. C. (2006). Self-identification as “down low” among men who have sex with men (MSM) from 12 US cities. AIDS and Behavior, 10(5), 519-529.
Recommended Viewing: I Shall Not Be Removed: The Life of Marlon Riggs (58 min)
http://newsreel.org/nav/title.asp?tc=CN0046
Unit 7
Recommended Viewing:
The Forgotten People: Latinas with AIDS (30 min, 1990) http://www.galaninc.com/site/filmography/1990/12/the-forgotten-people-latinas-with-aids/
AIDS in the Barrio: eso no me pasa a mi (30 min., 1988)
Required Reading:
Díaz, R.M. (1999). Trips to Fantasy Island: Contexts of risky sex for San Francisco gay men. Sexualities, 2(1): 89-112. (Groups A and B) [you can find this article on the
RU Library electronic journal site]
Diaz, R.M., Ayala, G., Bein, E., Henne, J., Marin, B.V. (2001). The impact of homophobia, poverty, and racism on the mental health of gay and bisexual men: findings from 3 US cities. American Journal of Public Health, 91: 927-932.
Gonzalez, J.S., Hendriksen, E.S., Collins, E.M., Durán, R.E., & Safren, S.A. (2009). Latinos and HIV/AIDS: Examining factors related to disparity and identifying opportunities for psychosocial intervention research [Review]. AIDS & Behavior, 13(3), 582-602. (Groups C and D)
Moreno, C.L. (2007). The relationship between culture, gender, structural factors, abuse, trauma, and HIV/AIDS for Latinas. Qualitative Health Research, 17(3), 340-352. (Group E) [this article is available on through the RU Library, electronic journal
Link]
Recommended Readings:
Aguirre-Molina M et. al (2001). Health Issues in the Latino Community. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Blair, J.M., Flemming, P.L., Karon, J.M. (2002). Trends in AIDS incidence and survival among racial/ethnic minority men who have sex with men, United States, 1990- 1999. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 31, 339-347.
Carrillo, Héctor (2001). The Night is Young: Sexuality in Mexico in the Time of AIDS. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2004). Health disparities experienced by racial/ethnic minority populations. MMWR, 53(33): 755. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2002). HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 14(1).
Diaz, R.M. & Ayala, G. (2001). Social discrimination and health: the case of Latino gay men and HIV risk. The Policy Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Talk Force.
Diaz, R., Ayala, G., Bein, E., Henne, J., & Marin, B. (2001). The impact of homophobia, poverty, and racism on the mental health of gay and bisexual latino men: Findings from 3 US cities. American Journal of Public Health, 91(6), 927.
Diaz, R.M. (1998). Latino gay men and HIV: culture, sexuality and risk behavior. New York: Routledge.
Diaz, R.M. & Ayala, G. (1999). Love, passion and rebellion: ideologies of HIV risk among Latino gay men in the USA. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 1(3): 277-293.
Díaz, R.M., Ayala, G., Bein, E. (2004). Sexual Risk as an Outcome of Social Oppression: Data from a probability sample of Latino gay men in three US cities. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 10: 255-267.
Dolezal, C., Carballo-Diéguez, A., Nieves-Rosa, L., Díaz, F. (2000). Substance use and sexual risk behavior: understanding their association among four ethnic groups of Latino men who have sex with men. Journal of Substance Abuse, 11(4): 323-336.
Bonomi, A.E., Anderson, M.L., Cannon, E.A., Slesnick, N., & Rodriguez, M.A. (2009). Intimate partner violence in Latina and non-Latina women. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36(1), 43-48.e1.
González-Guarda, R.M., Peragallo, N., Urrutia, M.T., Vasquez, E.P., & Mitrani, V.B. (2008). HIV risks, substance abuse, and intimate partner violence among Hispanic women and their intimate partners. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 19(4), 252-266.
Hazen, A.L., Connelly, C.D., Soriano, F.I., & Landsverk, J.A. (2008). Intimate partner violence and psychological functioning in Latina women. Health Care for Women International, 29(3), 282-299.
Hovey, J. D., Booker, V., & Seligman, L. D. (2007). Using theatrical presentations as a means of disseminating knowledge of HIV/AIDS risk factors to migrant farmworkers: An evaluation of the effectiveness of the informate program. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 9(2), 147-156.
Klevens, J. (2007). An overview of intimate partner violence among Latinos. Violence Against Women, 13(2), 111-122.
Lipsky, S., & Caetano, R. (2007). Impact of intimate partner violence on unmet need for mental health care: Results from the NSDUH. Psychiatric Services, 58(6), 822- 829.
Macy, R.J., Ferron, J., & Crosby, C. (2009). Partner violence and survivors' chronic health problems: Informing social work practice. Social Work, 54(1), 29-43.
Solorio, M. R., Currier, J., & Cunningham, W. (2004). HIV health care services for mexican migrants. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 37, S240.
Somerville, G. G., Diaz, S., Davis, S., Coleman, K. D., & Taveras, S. (2006). Adapting the popular opinion leader intervention for latino young migrant men who have sex with men. AIDS Education & Prevention, 18(supp), 137-148.
Olshefsky, A. M., Zive, M. M., Scolari, R., & Zuñiga, M. L. (2007). Promoting HIV risk awareness and testing in latinos living on the US-mexico border: The tu no me conoces social marketing campaign. AIDS Education & Prevention, 19(5), 422-435.
Organista, K. C., Carrillo, H., & Ayala, G. (2004). HIV prevention with mexican migrants: Review, critique, and recommendations. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 37, S227.
Painter, T. M. (2008). Connecting the dots: When the risks of HIV/STD infection appear high but the burden of infection is not known: The case of male latino migrants in the southern united states. AIDS and Behavior, 12(2), 213-226.
Rhodes, S. D., Eng, E., Hergenrather, K. C., Remnitz, I. M., Arceo, R., Montaño, J., & Alegría-Ortega, J. (2007). Exploring latino men's HIV risk using community-based participatory research. American Journal of Health Behavior, 31(2), 146-158.
UNIT 8
Class Viewing:
Justin on Barebacking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMwZM3A8W44
Required Reading:
Adam, B. D. (2005). Constructing the neoliberal sexual actor: Responsibility and care of the self in the discourse of barebackers. Culture, Health & Sexuality. 7(4), 333-346. (Group A)
Tomso, G. (2004). Bug chasing, barebacking, and the risks of care. Literature and Medicine, 23, 88-111. (Group B)
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/literature_and_medicine/v023/23.1tomso.pdf
Shernoff, M. (2006). Why Do Men Bareback? No Easy Answers http://www.thebody.com/content/art/art2452.html?ts=pf
Scarce, M. (1999). A ride on the wild side: An hiv-prevention activist goes through the latex looking glass to discover who’s doing it rayw, and why? POZ, February,
52. http://www.poz.com/articles/211_1460.shtml
Cole, G. W. (2007). Barebacking: Transformations, dissociations, and the theatre of countertransference. Studies in Gender and Sexuality, 8(1), 49-68. (Group C and D)
Carballo-Diéguez, A., & Bauermeister, J. (2004). " Barebacking": Intentional condomless anal sex in HIV-risk contexts. reasons for and against it. Journal of Homosexuality, 47(1), 1-16. (Group E)
Recommended Viewing: The Gift, 2003 http://www.documen.tv/asset/The_Gift.html
Recommended Reading:
Brown, J., Sorrell, J., & Raffaelli, M. (2005). An exploratory study of constructions of masculinity, sexuality and HIV/AIDS in namibia, southern africa. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 7(6), 585-598. doi:10.1080/13691050500250198
Corber RJ & Valocchi (2003). Queer Studies: An Interdisciplinary Reader. MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Crossley, M. L. (2004). Making sense of barebacking: Gay mens narratives, unsafe sex and the resistance habitus. British Journal of Social Psychology, 43(2), 225-244.
Dowsett, G. W., Williams, H., Ventuneac, A., & Carballo-Dieguez, A. (2008). Taking it like a man': Masculinity and barebacking online. Sexualities, 11(1-2), 121.
Halkitis, P. N., & Parsons, J. T. (2003). Intentional unsafe sex (barebacking) among HIV-positive gay men who seek sexual partners on the internet. AIDS Care, 15(3), 367-378.
Halkitis, P. N., Parsons, J. T., & Wilton, L. (2003). Barebacking among gay and bisexual men in new york city: Explanations for the emergence of intentional unsafe behavior. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 32(4), 351-357.
Halkitis, P. N., Wilton, L., & Drescher, J. (2005). Introduction: Why barebacking? Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, 9(3), 1-8.
Halkitis, P. N., Wilton, L., & Galatowitsch, P. (2006). What's in a term? how gay and bisexual men understand barebacking. Barebacking: Psychosocial and Public Health Approaches, , 35.
Halkitis, P. N., Wilton, L., Wolitski, R. J., Parsons, J. T., Hoff, C. C., & Bimbi, D. S. (2005). Barebacking identity among HIV-positive gay and bisexual men: Demographic, psychological, and behavioral correlates. AIDS, 19, S27.
Holmes, D., OByrne, P., & Gastaldo, D. (2006). Raw sex as limit experience: A foucauldian analysis of unsafe anal sex between men. Social Theory and Health, 4(4), 319-333.
Huebner, D. M., Proescholdbell, R. J., & Nemeroff, C. J. (2006). Do gay and bisexual men share researchers' definitions of barebacking? Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality, 18(1), 67-77.
Kelly, B.C., Bimbi, D.S., Izienicki, H., & Parsons, J.T. (2009). Stress and coping among HIV-positive barebackers. AIDS & Behavior, 13(4), 792-797.
Parsons, J. T. (2006). Motivating the unmotivated: A treatment model for barebackers. Barebacking: Psychosocial and Public Health Approaches, , 129.
Parsons, J. T., & Bimbi, D. S. (2007). Intentional unprotected anal intercourse among sex who have sex with men: Barebacking—from behavior to identity. AIDS and Behavior, 11(2), 277-287.
Shernoff, M. (2006). Barebacking and challenges to therapeutic neutrality. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 17(4), 59-68.
Van Kesteren, Nicole M. C., Hospers, H. J., Kok, G., & Van Empelen, P. (2005). Sexuality and sexual risk behavior in HIV-positive men who have sex with men. Qualitative Health Research, 15(2), 145-168. doi:10.1177/1049732304270817
Valleroy, L.A., D.A. MacKellar, J.M. Karon, et al. (2000). HIV prevalence and associated risks in young men who have sex with men. Journal of the American Medical Association, 284: 198-204.
Recommended Viewing:
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (79 min, 1989) (RU)
HBO Movie, And the Band Played.
Unit 9
Required Reading:
Karlyn, A.S., (2005). Intimacy revealed: Sexual experimentation and the construction of risk among young people in mozamabique. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 7(3), 279-292 (Groups A and B)
Bhana, D. (2007). Childhood sexuality and rights in the context of HIV/AIDS. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 9(3), 309-324. doi:10.1080/13691050601116686 (Group B)
Walsh, S., & Mitchell, C. (2006). ‘I'm too young to die’: HIV, masculinity, danger and desire in urban south africa. Gender & Development, 14(1), 57-68. doi:10.1080/13552070500518186 (Groups C, D, E)
Lewis, J.E., Miguez-Burbano, M.-J., & Malow, R.M. (2009). HIV risk behavior among college students in the United States. College Student Journal, 43(2 Part B), 475- 491.
Arnold, E.M., & Rotheram-Borus, M.J. (2009). Comparisons of prevention programs for homeless youth. Prevention Science, 10(1), 76-86.
Recommended Viewing:
Montaña de Luz (This is a new film about children with AIDS in Honduras—it’s a must see) http://www.fanlight.com/catalog/films/514_mdl.php
Trailer http://vimeo.com/1389496
21 Up South Africa: Mandela's Children http://icarusfilms.com/new2007/21.html
Travis (1988, African American, 10 year-old living with AIDS, mother a crack addict; this is a must see film)
Recommended Reading:
Bhama, D., & Pattam, R. (2009). Researching south african youth, gender and sexuality within the context of HIV/AIDS. Development, 52(1), 68-74.
Coker, T. R., Austin, S. B., & Schuster, M. A. (2010). The health and health care of lesbian, gay, and bisexual adolescents. Annual Review of Public Health, 31(1).
Dowsett, G. W., Aggleton, P., Abega, S., Jenkins, C., Marshall, T. M., Runganga, A., Schifter, J., Tan, M. L., & Tarr, C. M. (1998). Changing gender relations among young people: The global challenge for HIV/AIDS prevention. Critical Public Health, 8(4), 291.
Kamo, Norifumi, Mary Carlson, Robert T. Brennan, Felton Earls. 2008. Young Citizens as Health Agents: Use of Drama in Promoting Community Efficacy for HIV/AIDS. American Journal of Public Health 98:201-204.
Kniss, D. D., & Akagi, C. G. (2008). Sexuality education and HIV knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of young adults. American Journal of Sexuality Education, 3(4), 355-373. doi:10.1080/15546120802372016
Martinez, J., Hosek, S.G., & Carleton, R.A. (2009). Screening and assessing violence and mental health disorders in a cohort of inner city HIV-positive youth between 1998-2006. AIDS Patient Care & STDs, 23(6), 469-475
Naar-King, S., Outlaw, A., Green-Jones, M., Wright, K., & Parsons, J.T. (2009). Motivational interviewing by peer outreach workers: A pilot randomized clinical trial to retain adolescents and young adults in HIV care. AIDS Care, 21(7), 868-873.
Lescano, C.M., Houck, C.D., Brown, L.K., Doherty, G., DiClemente, R.J., Fernandez, M.I., Pugatch, D., Schlenger, W.E., & Silver, B.J. (2009). Correlates of heterosexual anal intercourse among at-risk adolescents and young adults. American Journal of Public Health, 99(6), 1131-1136.
Lightfoot M et al (2005). Risk Behaviors of Youth Living with HIV: Pre- and Post- HAART. Am J Health Behavior, 29(2).
Lightfoot, M., Rotheram-Borus, M.J., & Tevendale, H. (2007). An HIV-preventive intervention for youth living with HIV. Behavior Modification, 31(3), 345-363.
Steele, R.G., Nelson, T.D., & Cole, B.P. (2007). Psychosocial functioning of children with AIDS and HIV infection: Review of the literature from a socioecological framework. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 28(1), 58-69.
Tolou -Shams, M., Brown, L.K., Gordon, G., Fernandez, I., & the Project SHIELD Study Group. (2007). Arrest history as an indicator of adolescent/young adult substance use and HIV risk. Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 81(1), 87-90.
Verma, R. K., Pulerwitz, J., Mahendra, V., Khandekar, S., Barker, G., Fulpagare, P., & Singh, S. K. (2006). Challenging and changing gender attitudes among young men in mumbai, india. Reproductive Health Matters, 14(28), 135-143. doi:10.1016/S0968-8080(06)28261-2
Wiener, L.S., Battles, H.B., & Wood, L.V. (2007). A longitudinal study of adolescents with perinatally or transfusion acquired HIV infection: Sexual knowledge, risk reduction self-efficacy and sexual behavior. AIDS & Behavior, 11(3), 471-478.
Wiener, L., Mellins, C.A., Marhefka, S., & Battles, H.B. (2007). Disclosure of an HIV diagnosis to children: History, current research, and future directions. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 28(2), 155-166.
Recommended Viewing:
Lonely Angels (India, 2007)
A Life Less Ordinary (India, 2007)
Teen Sexuality in a Culture of Confusion (40 min)
The Forgotten Tenth (14 min)
KIDS (91 min)
UNIT 10
Required Reading:
Rhodes, T., Singer, M., Bourgois, P., Friedman, S. R., & Strathdee, S. A. (2005). The social structural production of HIV risk among injecting drug users. Social Science & Medicine, 61(5), 1026-1044. (Group A)
Koester, S., Glanz, J., & Baron, A. (2005). Drug sharing among heroin networks: Implications for HIV and hepatitis B and C prevention. AIDS and Behavior, 9(1), 27-39. (Group B)
Singer, M., Stopka, T., Shaw, S., Santelices, C., Buchanon, D., Teng, W., Khooshnood, K., & Heimer, R. (2005). Lessons from the field: From research to application in the fight against AIDS among injection drug users in three new england cities. Human Organization, 64(2), 179-191. (Group C)
Rhodes, T., Watts, L., Davies, S., Martin, A., Smith, J., Clark, D., Craine, N., & Lyons, M. (2007). Risk, shame and the public injector: A qualitative study of drug injecting in south wales. Social Science & Medicine, 65(3), 572-585. (Group D)
Díaz, R.M., Heckert, A.H., Sanchez, J. (2005). Reasons for Stimulant Use among Latino Gay Men in San Francisco: A comparison between methamphetamine and cocaine users, Journal of Urban Health, 82(1) Supplement 1: 71-78.
Stall, R., Purcell, D. W. (2000). Intertwining epidemics: a review of research on substance use among men who have sex with men and its connection to the AIDS epidemic. AIDS and Behavior, 4(2):181-192. (Group E)
Hatcher, S.S., Toldson, I.A., Godette, D.C., & Richardson, J.B., Jr. (2009). Mental health, substance abuse, and HIV disparities in correctional settings: Practice and policy implications for African Americans [Commentary]. Journal of Health Care for the Poor & Underserved, 20(2A), 6-16.
Recommended Reading:
Aceijas, C., Stimson, G. V., Hickman, M., & Rhodes, T. (2004). Global overview of injecting drug use and HIV infection among injecting drug users. Aids, 18(17), 2295.
Platt, L., Bobrova, N., Rhodes, T., Uusküla, A., Parry, J. V., Rüütel, K., Talu, A., Abel, K., Rajaleid, K., & Judd, A. (2006). High HIV prevalence among injecting drug users in estonia: Implications for understanding the risk environment. AIDS, 20(16), 2120.
Rotheram-Borus, M.J., Desmond, K., Comulada, W.S., Arnold, E.M., Johnson, M., & the Healthy Living Trial Group. (2009). Reducing risky sexual behavior and substance use among currently and formerly homeless adults living with HIV. American Journal of Public Health, 99(6), 1100-1107
Carlson, R. G. (2000). Shooting galleries, dope houses, and injection doctors: Examining the social ecology of HIV risk behaviors among drug injectors in dayton, ohio. Human Organization, 59(3), 325-333.
Norman, L.R., Basso, M., Kumar, A., & Malow, R. (2009). Neuropsychological consequences of HIV and substance abuse: A literature review and implications for treatment and future research. Current Drug Abuse Reviews, 2(2), 143-156.
Semple, S.J., Zians, J., Strathdee, S.A., & Patterson, T.L. (2009). Sexual marathons and methamphetamine use among HIV-positive men who have sex with men. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 38(4), 583-590.
Recommend Viewing:
The Fire Within (must see this film)
So Sad, So Sorry, So What (27 min)
Shooting Up AIDS (29 min)
Fast Trip Long Drop (54 minutes)
Unit 11
Required Reading:
Meade, C. S., & Sikkema, K. J. (2005). HIV risk behavior among adults with severe mental illness: A systematic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 25(4), 433-457. (Group A)
Meade, C. S., & Sikkema, K. J. (2007). Psychiatric and psychosocial correlates of sexual risk behavior among adults with severe mental illness. Community Mental Health Journal, 43(2), 153-169. (Group B)
McKinnon, K., Cournos, F., & Herman, R. (2002). HIV among people with chronic mental illness. Psychiatric Quarterly, 73(1), 17-31. (Group C and D)
Smith, M. D. (2001). HIV risk in adolescents with severe mental illness: Literature review. Journal of Adolescent Health, 29(5), 320-329.
Wright, E., Writht, D. (2007). Stigma and Sexual Isolation of People with Serious Mental Illness. Social Problems, 54(1), 78-98. (Group E)
Recommended Reading:
Linn, J. G., Brown, M., & Kendrick, L. (2005). Injection drug use among homeless adults in the southeast with severe mental illness. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 16(4), 83.
Meade, C. S., & Sikkema, K. J. (2005). Voluntary HIV testing among adults with severe mental illness: Frequency and associated factors. AIDS and Behavior, 9(4), 465-473.
McKinnon, K., & Rosner, J. (2000). Severe mental illness and HIV-AIDS. New Directions for Mental Health Services, 69-76.
Randolph, M.E., Pinkerton, S.D., Somlai, A.M., Kelly, J.A., McAuliffe, T.L., Gibson, R.H., & Hackl, K. (2007). Severely mentally ill women's HIV risk: The influence of social support, substance use, and contextual risk factors. Community Mental Health Journal, 43(1), 33-47.
Rosenberg, S. D., Drake, R. E., Brunette, M. F., Wolford, G. L., & Marsh, B. J. (2005). Hepatitis C virus and HIV co-infection in people with severe mental illness and substance use disorders. AIDS, 19, S26.
Weiser, S. D., Wolfe, W. R., & Bangsberg, D. R. (2004). The HIV epidemic among individuals with mental illness in the united states. Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 1(4), 186-192.
Unit 12
Required Reading:
Heimer, C. A. (2007). Old inequalities, new disease: HIV/AIDS in sub-saharan africa. Annual Review of Sociology, 33(1), 551-577. (Groups E, D and B) [this article is available on the RU Library website, electronic journal link]
Seale, A. (2009). Heteronormativity and HIV in sub-saharan africa. Development, 52(1), 84-90. (Groups C and A)
Lynch, S., & Maclean, E. (2009) Punishing Success: Early Signs of a Retreat from Commitment to HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment. Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines.
Recommended Viewing:
The Cost of Living (24 min)
Recommended Readings:
(2007). HIV/AIDS treatment in developing countries: The battle for long-term survival has just begun. Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines.
Baylies, C, & Bujra, J. (2000) AIDS, Sexuality, and gender in africa;collective strategies and struggles in tanzania and zambia. New York: Routledge.
Behforouz, Heidi L., Paul E. Farmer, and Joia S. Mukherjee. “From Directly Observed Therapy to Accompagnateurs: Enhancing AIDS Treatment Outcomes in Haiti and in Boston.” Clinical Infectious Diseases 38 suppl 5 (2004): S429-S436.
Berwick, Donald M. “A Primer on Leading the Improvement of Systems.” British Medical Journal 312 (9 March 1996): 619-622.
Bladwin P (2005). Disease and Democracy: The Industrialized World Faces AIDS. New York: University of California Press.
Brown, Theodore M., Marcos Cueto, and Elizabeth Fee. “The World Health Organization and the Transition from ‘International’ to ‘Global’ Public Health.” American Journal of Public Health 96 (January 2006): 62-72.
Paul Farmer. 1990. AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame. Berkeley: U California Press.
Kim, Jim Y., and Arthur Ammann. 2004. “Is the “3 by 5” Initiative the Best Approach to Tackling the HIV Pandemic?” PLoS Medicine 1,2 (Nov 2004): 97-100.
Kim, Jim Y., and Paul Farmer. 2006. “AIDS in 2006 – Moving toward One World, One Hope? New England Journal of Medicine 355, 7(2006):645-647.
Kim, Jim Y., and Clarke Gilks. 2005. “Scaling Up Treatment – Why We Can’t Wait.” New England Journal of Medicine 353, 22 (2005): 2392-4.
Lemke, S. (2007). Nutrition security, livelihoods and HIV/AIDS: Implications for research among farm worker households in south africa. Public Health Nutrition, 8(07), 844-852.
Msisha, Wezi M., Saidi H. Kapiga, Felton J. Earls, S.V. Subramanian. 2008. Place Matters: Multilevel Investigation of HIV Distribution in Tanzania. AIDS 22:741- 748.
Stillwaggon, (2005). AIDS and the Ecology of Poverty. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Townsend, L & Dawes, A. (2004). Willingness to care for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS: a study of foster and adoptive parents. African Journal of AIDS Research, 3 (1), 69-80
Vincent, L. (2008). 'Boys will be boys': Traditional xhosa male circumcision, HIV and sexual socialisation in contemporary south africa. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 10(5), 431-446. doi:10.1080/13691050701861447