Researchers increasingly argue that poverty and gender inequality exacerbate the spread of
HIV/AIDS and that economic empowerment can therefore assist in the prevention and …

Background Social and structural factors are now well accepted as determinants of HIV
vulnerabilities. These factors are representative of social, economic, organizational and …

Background Social network characteristics have an important role in understanding HIV
transmission among female sex workers. The purpose of this systematic review was to …

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a medication that prevents HIV acquisition, yet PrEP
uptake has been low among people who inject drugs. Stigma has been identified as a …

Political-economic transitions in the Soviet Union, Indonesia, and China, but not the
Philippines, were followed by HIV epidemics among drug users. Wars also may sometimes …

Big Events are periods during which abnormal large-scale events like war, economic
collapse, revolts, or pandemics disrupt daily life and expectations about the future. They can …

This book concerns HIV prevention. The authors argue that until the world focuses its
attention on the social issues carried and revealed by AIDS, it is unlikely that HIV …

There is currently a shift towards embracing 'structural intervention'approaches in HIV
prevention and HIV treatment. We offer the concept of hope as an important new framework …

Understanding and integrating the structural and biomedical... : Current Opinion in HIV and
AIDS Understanding and integrating the structural and biomedical determinants of HIV …

Risk networks can transmit HIV or other infections; social networks can transmit social
influence and thus help shape norms and behaviors. This primarily-theoretical paper starts …