Lani Davison
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 164862 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Lani Davison |
| PRENOMES | Lani |
| SOBRENOME | Davison |
| ASSINATURA | DAVISON L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Connecticut |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 91 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1988 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1993 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Reaching Minority Women
Minority women are dramatically over represented among female HIV disease patients. They also are more likely to be single heads of household, have less access to basic support and survival resources, and are subject to ethnic/racial discrimination across health and social institutions. They are in worse health generally than are other women and have higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) that are co-factors for AIDS. They are more …
Puerto Rican Community Mobilizing in Response to the Aids Crisis
Considerable attention has been focused on the collective response of the gay community to the spread of AIDS. Less is known about how other communities, especially those that have disproportionately high rates of HIV infection, have mobilized in response to the epidemic. Focusing on the work of a community based organization in Hartford, CT—the Hispanic Health Council—this paper examines the evolution of Puerto Rican organizational efforts to de…
Owning Aids
There have been various suggestions in both the mass media and in the social science literature that minority communities have not responded in a timely fashion to AIDS despite the disproportionate prevalence of the disease in these communities. A review of organizational response to AIDS in the Latino community, however, suggests that organizations at the local, regional, and natonal levels have overcome major hurdles, including lack of sufficie…
Sida
Statistics on reported cases demonstrate clearly that AIDS is disproportionately prevalent among U.S. Latinos. To help clarify the meaning of this information, this article situates current epidemiological data within the sociocultural and socioeconomic contexts of Latinos living in the U.S. The purpose of this paper is to develop a fuller understanding of the Latino AIDS crisis by reviewing existing literature and new research findings on: (1) d…
Culture, Critical Theory, and Reproductive Illness Behavior in Haiti
While folk and biological medical systems have come to be recognized and discussed as cultural systems, insufficient attention has been directed toward clarifying the understanding of culture appropriated by medical anthropology. Utilizing research findings on reproductive illiness behavior among Haitian women, this article discusses the limitations of the medical culturalist perspective and argues instead for a critical understanding of culture …
Sida
Statistics on reported cases demonstrate clearly that AIDS is disproportionately prevalent among U.S. Latinos. To help clarify the meaning of this information, this article situates current epidemiological data within the sociocultural and socioeconomic contexts of Latinos living in the U.S. The purpose of this paper is to develop a fuller understanding of the Latino AIDS crisis by reviewing existing literature and new research findings on: (1) d…
Culture, Critical Theory, and Reproductive Illness Behavior in Haiti
While folk and biological medical systems have come to be recognized and discussed as cultural systems, insufficient attention has been directed toward clarifying the understanding of culture appropriated by medical anthropology. Utilizing research findings on reproductive illiness behavior among Haitian women, this article discusses the limitations of the medical culturalist perspective and argues instead for a critical understanding of culture …
Puerto Rican Community Mobilizing in Response to the Aids Crisis
Considerable attention has been focused on the collective response of the gay community to the spread of AIDS. Less is known about how other communities, especially those that have disproportionately high rates of HIV infection, have mobilized in response to the epidemic. Focusing on the work of a community based organization in Hartford, CT—the Hispanic Health Council—this paper examines the evolution of Puerto Rican organizational efforts to de…
Owning Aids
There have been various suggestions in both the mass media and in the social science literature that minority communities have not responded in a timely fashion to AIDS despite the disproportionate prevalence of the disease in these communities. A review of organizational response to AIDS in the Latino community, however, suggests that organizations at the local, regional, and natonal levels have overcome major hurdles, including lack of sufficie…
Culture, Critical Theory, and Reproductive Illness Behavior in Haiti
While folk and biological medical systems have come to be recognized and discussed as cultural systems, insufficient attention has been directed toward clarifying the understanding of culture appropriated by medical anthropology. Utilizing research findings on reproductive illiness behavior among Haitian women, this article discusses the limitations of the medical culturalist perspective and argues instead for a critical understanding of culture …
Owning Aids
There have been various suggestions in both the mass media and in the social science literature that minority communities have not responded in a timely fashion to AIDS despite the disproportionate prevalence of the disease in these communities. A review of organizational response to AIDS in the Latino community, however, suggests that organizations at the local, regional, and natonal levels have overcome major hurdles, including lack of sufficie…
Sida
Statistics on reported cases demonstrate clearly that AIDS is disproportionately prevalent among U.S. Latinos. To help clarify the meaning of this information, this article situates current epidemiological data within the sociocultural and socioeconomic contexts of Latinos living in the U.S. The purpose of this paper is to develop a fuller understanding of the Latino AIDS crisis by reviewing existing literature and new research findings on: (1) d…
Puerto Rican Community Mobilizing in Response to the Aids Crisis
Considerable attention has been focused on the collective response of the gay community to the spread of AIDS. Less is known about how other communities, especially those that have disproportionately high rates of HIV infection, have mobilized in response to the epidemic. Focusing on the work of a community based organization in Hartford, CT—the Hispanic Health Council—this paper examines the evolution of Puerto Rican organizational efforts to de…
Reaching Minority Women
Minority women are dramatically over represented among female HIV disease patients. They also are more likely to be single heads of household, have less access to basic support and survival resources, and are subject to ethnic/racial discrimination across health and social institutions. They are in worse health generally than are other women and have higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) that are co-factors for AIDS. They are more …
Political science (5 obras) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (4 obras) · Medicine (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · Demography (3 obras) · Anthropology (2 obras) · Demography (2 obras) · Gerontology (2 obras) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (2 obras) · Population (2 obras)