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Document 0044
DOCN M9480044
TI Risky business: the cultural construction of AIDS risk groups.
DT 9410
AU Schiller NG; Crystal S; Lewellen D; Department of Anthropology,
University of New Hampshire, Durham; 03824.
SO Soc Sci Med. 1994 May;38(10):1337-46. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/94294837
AB AIDS researchers and policy makers have often employed the concept of
'culture' to characterize 'high risk groups' and explain why members of
these groups continue to practice 'risky behavior.' We argue that the
widespread interest in ethnography tends to reflect a usage of the
concept of culture that distances and subordinates. People with AIDS are
portrayed as either minority street people abandoned by friends and
family or as white gay men who live within a gay community, and in
either case as socially deviant. This construction of HIV disease has
facilitated distancing and denial of personal risk by persons outside
the 'high risk groups,' impeding prevention efforts. Perceptions of
subcultures of risk groups are contrasted with data on a random sample
of persons with AIDS in New Jersey.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION &
CONTROL/TRANSMISSION Adult Anthropology, Cultural *Attitude to Health
*Cultural Characteristics Denial (Psychology) Female *Health Behavior
*Homosexuality Human Male Middle Age *Minority Groups *Prejudice
Primary Prevention Risk Factors *Risk-Taking Sampling Studies Social
Distance Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).