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Understanding the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States

The Role of Syndemics in the Production of Health Disparities

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Editors:
  1. Eric R. Wright

    1. Department of Sociology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA

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  2. Neal Carnes

    1. Department of Sociology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA

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  • Offers a substantively-focused introduction to syndemic theory
  • Is a timely contribution given the growing research and interest in the theoretical and empirical framework of syndemics
  • Offers new theoretical insights regarding the undercurrents in the at-risk communities
  • Is of interest to researchers interested in health disparities and investigators and theoreticians involved in studying syndemics
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Social Disparities in Health and Health Care (SDHHC)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Understanding the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States—The Role of Syndemics in Shaping the Public’s Health

    • Eric R. Wright, Neal Carnes, Matthew Colón-Diaz
    Pages 1-17

  3. A Historical Overview of the Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in the United States

    • Jamal Jones, Laura Salazar
    Pages 19-41

  4. Gay Men and Men Who Have Sex with Men: Intersectionality and Syndemics

    • Neal Carnes
    Pages 43-69

  5. The Role of Syndemic in Explaining Health Disparities Among Bisexual Men: A Blueprint for a Theoretically Informed Perspective

    • M. Reuel Friedman, Brian M. Dodge
    Pages 71-98

  6. It’s not just About Condoms and Sex: Using Syndemic Theory to Examine Social Risks of HIV Among Transgender Women

    • Dana D. Hines, Maura Ryan
    Pages 99-130

  7. The Social, Structural, and Clinical Context of HIV Prevention and Care for Black/African American and Hispanic Women/Latinas in the United States

    • Tiffiany M. Aholou, Ashley Murray, Madeline Y. Sutton
    Pages 131-175

  8. Sex Work

    • Paul Draus, Juliette Roddy
    Pages 177-194

  9. A Syndemic Approach to Understanding HIV/AIDS Among People Who Inject Drugs in the U.S.

    • Enrique R. Pouget, Alexander S. Bennett
    Pages 195-216

  10. Understanding the Syndemic Connections Between HIV and Incarceration Among African American Men, Especially African American Men Who Have Sex with Men

    • Erin McCarthy, Janet J. Myers, Keith Reeves, Barry Zack
    Pages 217-240

  11. People with Serious Mental Illness

    • Karen McKinnon, Katherine S. Elkington, Francine Cournos, Veronica Pinho, Mark D. C. Guimaraes, Milton L. Wainberg
    Pages 241-276

  12. HIV Housing Helps End Homelessness and HIV/AIDS in the United States

    • Julie Hilvers, Christine C. George, Arturo V. Bendixen
    Pages 277-295

  13. Conclusion

    • Neal Carnes, Eric R. Wright
    Pages 297-302

  14. Erratum to: HIV Housing Helps End Homelessness and HIV/AIDS in the United States

    • Julie Hilvers, Christine C. George, Arturo V. Bendixen
    Pages E1-E1
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About this book

This book examines the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States using the concept of syndemics to contextualize the risk of both well-known, and a few lesser-known, subpopulations that experience disproportionately high rates of HIV and/or AIDS within the United States. Since discovery, HIV/AIDS has exposed a number of social, psychological, and biological aspects of disease transmission. The concept of “syndemics,” or “synergistically interacting epidemics” has emerged as a powerful framework for understanding both the epidemiological patterns and the myriad of problems associated with HIV/AIDS around the world and within the United States. The book considers the disparities in HIV/AIDS in relation to social aspects, risk behavior and critical illness comorbidities. It updates and enhances our understanding of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States and contributes to the expanding literature on the role of syndemics in shaping the public’s health.​

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA

    Eric R. Wright, Neal Carnes

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Understanding the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States

  • Book Subtitle: The Role of Syndemics in the Production of Health Disparities

  • Editors: Eric R. Wright, Neal Carnes

  • Series Title: Social Disparities in Health and Health Care

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34004-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34002-9Published: 09 August 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81653-1Published: 07 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-34004-3Published: 30 July 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2468-6778

  • Series E-ISSN: 2468-6786

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 302

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Sociology, general, Infectious Diseases, Quality of Life Research

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