Stephen Mark O’brien
Biographic Data
| ID | 4248130 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Mark O’brien |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | O’brien |
| SIGNATURE | O’BRIEN S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Newcastle Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0703-6615 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Community mobilisation and HIV activism in Zimbabwe
Community mobilisation and activism is thought to encourage HIV testing and treatment and assist patient recovery. This article draws on interviews conducted with 60 people living with, and affected by HIV, in four marginalised areas of Harare, Zimbabwe. The lenses of civil society and social movements are used to analyse how people living with HIV draw on, and construct, systems of support based on the ways in which their communities know and un…
Living with HIV and Advocating for Health Rights in Urban Zimbabwe
This paper explores intersections between the HIV and human rights in Zimbabwe, a country with a high HIV prevalence and a contested human rights record. In-depth, semi-structured interviews conducted with 60 people living in poor communities in the capital, Harare, are used to explore their lived experiences of HIV. The participants’ responses indicate the essential role that human rights play in successfully living and surviving with HIV. We id…
HIV in Harare: The role and relevance of social stigma
HIV is a significant social, political and economic problem in Zimbabwe. However, few researchers have explored peoples' experiences of living with HIV in that country. Drawing on 60 qualitative interviews conducted with Zimbabweans living in Harare in 2010, this paper focuses on how people from four different urban communities cope with HIV-related social stigma. To provide theoretical context to this issue, we utilised the ideas of Erving Goffm…
HIV in (and out of) the clinic: Biomedicine, traditional medicine and spiritual healing in Harare
Contemporary lived experiences of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are shaped by clinical and cultural encounters with illness. In sub-Saharan countries such as Zimbabwe, HIV is treated in very different ways in various therapeutic contexts including by biomedical experts, traditional medicine and faith healers. The co-existence of such expertise raises important questions around the potencies and limits of medicalisation and alternative he…
Gender, culture and changing attitudes: Experiences of HIV in Zimbabwe
This paper draws on a series of qualitative interviews with 60 people living in economically poor communities of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, to provide new insight into the cultural landscape of HIV. While there has been extensive exploration of gender, sexuality, culture and HIV in Zimbabwe, there is a need to revisit these issues given the country's recent political and economic history. These questions have shaped the meanings that have b…
The rise and fall of HIV prevalence in Zimbabwe: The social, political and economic context
For more than 10 years Zimbabwe has experienced social, political and economic instability, including the near collapse in 2008 of its health system. Paradoxically, this period has also seen a fall in estimated HIV prevalence, from 25.6% in 1996 to 13.7% in 2009. This article examines this development in a socio-political and historical context. We focus on the complex interplay of migration, mortality, individual behaviour change, and economic p…
The Prevalence and Politics of HIV/Aids in Zimbabwe: Examining the Ideological, Political and Historical Factors Behind the ‘Decline
The reported reduction in the prevalence level of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Zimbabwe has been represented as one of the most significant and rapid declines within any population since the epidemic emerged as a public health issue. This paper explains how this development has been reported, challenged and eventually owned by many of the diverse stakeholders who constitute Zimbabwe's overall AIDS response. The Zimbabwean government …
HIV in (and out of) the clinic: Biomedicine, traditional medicine and spiritual healing in Harare
Contemporary lived experiences of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are shaped by clinical and cultural encounters with illness. In sub-Saharan countries such as Zimbabwe, HIV is treated in very different ways in various therapeutic contexts including by biomedical experts, traditional medicine and faith healers. The co-existence of such expertise raises important questions around the potencies and limits of medicalisation and alternative he…
The Prevalence and Politics of HIV/Aids in Zimbabwe: Examining the Ideological, Political and Historical Factors Behind the ‘Decline
The reported reduction in the prevalence level of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Zimbabwe has been represented as one of the most significant and rapid declines within any population since the epidemic emerged as a public health issue. This paper explains how this development has been reported, challenged and eventually owned by many of the diverse stakeholders who constitute Zimbabwe's overall AIDS response. The Zimbabwean government …
The Prevalence and Politics of HIV/Aids in Zimbabwe: Examining the Ideological, Political and Historical Factors Behind the ‘Decline
The reported reduction in the prevalence level of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Zimbabwe has been represented as one of the most significant and rapid declines within any population since the epidemic emerged as a public health issue. This paper explains how this development has been reported, challenged and eventually owned by many of the diverse stakeholders who constitute Zimbabwe's overall AIDS response. The Zimbabwean government …
The rise and fall of HIV prevalence in Zimbabwe: The social, political and economic context
For more than 10 years Zimbabwe has experienced social, political and economic instability, including the near collapse in 2008 of its health system. Paradoxically, this period has also seen a fall in estimated HIV prevalence, from 25.6% in 1996 to 13.7% in 2009. This article examines this development in a socio-political and historical context. We focus on the complex interplay of migration, mortality, individual behaviour change, and economic p…
Gender, culture and changing attitudes: Experiences of HIV in Zimbabwe
This paper draws on a series of qualitative interviews with 60 people living in economically poor communities of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, to provide new insight into the cultural landscape of HIV. While there has been extensive exploration of gender, sexuality, culture and HIV in Zimbabwe, there is a need to revisit these issues given the country's recent political and economic history. These questions have shaped the meanings that have b…
HIV in Harare: The role and relevance of social stigma
HIV is a significant social, political and economic problem in Zimbabwe. However, few researchers have explored peoples' experiences of living with HIV in that country. Drawing on 60 qualitative interviews conducted with Zimbabweans living in Harare in 2010, this paper focuses on how people from four different urban communities cope with HIV-related social stigma. To provide theoretical context to this issue, we utilised the ideas of Erving Goffm…
HIV in (and out of) the clinic: Biomedicine, traditional medicine and spiritual healing in Harare
Contemporary lived experiences of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are shaped by clinical and cultural encounters with illness. In sub-Saharan countries such as Zimbabwe, HIV is treated in very different ways in various therapeutic contexts including by biomedical experts, traditional medicine and faith healers. The co-existence of such expertise raises important questions around the potencies and limits of medicalisation and alternative he…
Living with HIV and Advocating for Health Rights in Urban Zimbabwe
This paper explores intersections between the HIV and human rights in Zimbabwe, a country with a high HIV prevalence and a contested human rights record. In-depth, semi-structured interviews conducted with 60 people living in poor communities in the capital, Harare, are used to explore their lived experiences of HIV. The participants’ responses indicate the essential role that human rights play in successfully living and surviving with HIV. We id…
Community mobilisation and HIV activism in Zimbabwe
Community mobilisation and activism is thought to encourage HIV testing and treatment and assist patient recovery. This article draws on interviews conducted with 60 people living with, and affected by HIV, in four marginalised areas of Harare, Zimbabwe. The lenses of civil society and social movements are used to analyse how people living with HIV draw on, and construct, systems of support based on the ways in which their communities know and un…
Medicine (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (4 works) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (4 works) · Social science (4 works)