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E-raamat: Aids And STDs In Africa: Bridging The Gap Between Traditional Healing And Modern Medicine [Taylor & Francis e-raamat]

  • Formaat: 288 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 17-Jun-2019
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9780429043918
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  • Formaat: 288 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 17-Jun-2019
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9780429043918
This book emphasizes the factors in the spread and control of AIDS that have received less attention in the literature. It suggests that a collaborative action program involving traditional healers is necessary if we wish to impact the spread of AIDS and other STDs in Africa.
List of Tables
ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction
Notes
5(2)
1 The Intriguing Epidemiology of AIDS in Africa
7(10)
STDs and HIV Infection
9(3)
Impacting STD Incidence
12(1)
STDs: The Domain of Traditional African Medicine
13(3)
Notes
16(1)
2 Issues in the Development of Collaborative Programs
17(34)
African Healers
17(3)
Indigenous Knowledge Systems
20(1)
The Policy Background of Collaborative Programs
21(3)
The Emergence and Reemergence of Collaborative Programs
24(2)
Constraints to Collaborative Programs
26(7)
An Outline of the Continuing Policy Debate
33(7)
Should Healers Be Salaried by African Governments?
40(4)
The Question of Medicinal Plants
44(5)
Notes
49(2)
3 Preliminary Research in Swaziland
51(32)
Background
51(2)
A National Survey and Census of Healers
53(1)
Illness and Treatment in a Pluralistic Setting
54(3)
Swaziland's First Collaborative Program
57(2)
Indigenous STDs in Swaziland
59(9)
Summary of Findings and Prospects for Referrals of STD Cases
68(1)
Case History of Gcunsula
69(2)
A Framework for Analysis
71(2)
Use of Antibiotics and Other Recent Trends
73(3)
Note on AIDS and Condoms
76(1)
Swazi Attitudes Toward Contraceptives
77(1)
The Traditional Healers Organization and Condoms
78(2)
Notes
80(3)
4 STDs and AIDS in Liberia
83(36)
Background to Study
83(1)
Research Methods
84(2)
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
86(4)
AIDS
90(3)
Prevention of STDs and AIDS
93(1)
Sexual Behavior
94(13)
Discussion of Liberian Findings
107(1)
Condom Promotion and Its Problems
108(3)
Spermicides
111(1)
Addressing Risky Behavior
112(1)
STD Therapies and Therapy-Seeking Behavior
113(4)
Liberia in the Future
117(1)
Notes
118(1)
5 STDs and AIDS in Mozambique
119(32)
Background on Mozambique
119(2)
The Genesis of a Policy and a Program
121(2)
The Issue of Village Health Workers
123(1)
National Policy and Pilot Project in Manica Province
124(3)
Profiles of Locally Recognized STDs
127(8)
Discussion and Analysis of Findings
135(3)
AIDS
138(1)
Note on Sorcery
139(1)
AIDS/STDs Health Communications Strategy
140(6)
The Strategy Operationalized
146(3)
Notes
149(2)
6 The Relevance of Family-Planning Programs
151(26)
Problems of Fertility and Its Regulation in Africa
152(2)
Background to the Nigerian Projects
154(2)
Nigerian Baseline Survey
156(16)
Conclusions from the Baseline Survey in Nigeria
172(1)
Implementation of Workshops
173(2)
Activities After the First Year
175(1)
Notes
175(2)
7 Developing Roles for South African Traditional Healers in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management
177(30)
Background to USAID-Funded Program
177(2)
The Baseline/Formative Survey
179(14)
The Workshop Itself
193(10)
Summary of Survey and Group Discussion Findings
203(2)
Notes
205(2)
8 Evaluation of the "Second Generation" of South African Traditional Healers Trained in HIV/AIDS Prevention
207(26)
Progress Since Late 1992
207(1)
Evaluation Research
207(18)
Some General Problem Areas
225(2)
Conclusions
227(4)
Recommendations Concerning Future Training
231(1)
Notes
232(1)
9 Summary and Conclusion
233(18)
A Summary of Epidemiology and the Potential Role of Healers
233(1)
Some Tentative Conclusions About Locally Recognized STDs
234(2)
Should There Be a Role for Healers in STD Treatment?
236(2)
A Pilot STD Treatment Program Proposal in Mozambique
238(7)
Future Prospects
245(5)
Notes
250(1)
References 251(16)
Index 267
Edward C. Green is a senior research scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health and Director of the Harvard AIDS Prevention Research Project at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. He the author of numerous books, edited volumes, and academic articles, including the seminal Rethinking AIDS Prevention: Learning from Successes in Developing Countries (Praeger, 2003). He has also published books and articles about indigenous knowledge and behaviors related to medicine and healing.