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Springer - Social Networks, Drug Injectors' Lives, and HIV/AIDS

Name: Springer - Social Networks, Drug Injectors' Lives, and HIV/AIDS
Brand: Springer
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Social Networks, Drug Injectors' Lives, and HIV/AIDS by Springer provides a deep look into how social structures influence health outcomes. This study treats HIV as a socially structured disease, noting that transmission often requires intimate contact between people. By examining these connections, the book explains how social networks can shape high-risk behaviors and the spread of the virus. Through a study of a drug-using community in Brooklyn, New York, the authors use social network methods, ethnographic direct-observation techniques, and in-depth interviews. This approach offers a detailed documentary of the lives of community members. Readers gain insight into drug use and the effects of poverty on these populations. This work is a valuable resource for understanding the connection between social environments, mental health, and disease prevention.

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Explores HIV as a socially structured disease to show how social networks influence the spread of the virus.

Uses ethnographic direct-observation techniques to provide a detailed documentary of community life.

Includes in-depth interviews and social network methods based on a study of a Brooklyn, New York community.

Examines the connection between drug use, poverty, and high-risk behaviors within social groups.

Provides academic insight into how social structures and intimate contact affect disease transmission.

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Brand: Springer
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0306460793
Category: Books > Subjects > Health, Family & Lifestyle > Health Issues > Illnesses & Conditions
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 28 February 1999
Listed Since: 14 December 2006

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