Framing HIV Prevention Discourse to Encompass the Complexities of War in Northern Uganda

Bibliographic Data

ID11028546
AuthorsMichael Westerhaus (Brigham and Women's Hospital), Michael J Westerhaus (Michael J. Westerhaus is with Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass. At the time of the study, Amy C. Finnegan was with the Africa Division of World Education, Boston. Yoti Zabulon is with the Department of HIV/AIDS, Lacor Hospital, Gulu, Uganda. Joia Mukherjee is with Partners in Health, Boston.), Amy Finnegan (0000-0003-4940-6581, Brigham and Women's Hospital), Amy C Finnegan (Michael J. Westerhaus is with Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass. At the time of the study, Amy C. Finnegan was with the Africa Division of World Education, Boston. Yoti Zabulon is with the Department of HIV/AIDS, Lacor Hospital, Gulu, Uganda. Joia Mukherjee is with Partners in Health, Boston.), Yoti Zabulon (Michael J. Westerhaus is with Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass. At the time of the study, Amy C. Finnegan was with the Africa Division of World Education, Boston. Yoti Zabulon is with the Department of HIV/AIDS, Lacor Hospital, Gulu, Uganda. Joia Mukherjee is with Partners in Health, Boston.), Joia S Mukherjee (0000-0003-4931-4804, Michael J. Westerhaus is with Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass. At the time of the study, Amy C. Finnegan was with the Africa Division of World Education, Boston. Yoti Zabulon is with the Department of HIV/AIDS, Lacor Hospital, Gulu, Uganda. Joia Mukherjee is with Partners in Health, Boston.)
Year2007
Volume97
Issue7
Pages1184-1186
Publication date2007-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2005.072777
PMID17538070
PMCIDPMC1913074
OpenAlexW1983540503
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited5

In northern Uganda, physical and structural violence (political repression, economic inequality, and gender-based discrimination) increase vulnerability to HIV infection. In settings of war, traditional HIV prevention that solely promotes risk avoidance and risk reduction and assumes the existence of personal choice inadequately addresses the realities of HIV transmission. The design of HIV prevention strategies in northern Uganda must recognize how HIV transmission occurs and the factors that put people at risk for infection. A human rights approach provides a viable model for achieving this aim

Computer security · Criminology · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Framing (construction) · Geography · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Human rights · Inequality · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Immunology · Law · Medicine · Sex work and related issues

Tools

Open DOISci-HubOpen Access