Stigma, Discrimination and Living with HIV/AIDS

Preface.- Chapter 1: Stigma, Discrimination and HIV/AIDS across Cultures: An Introduction; Pranee Liamputtong.- PART I. STIGMA, DISCRIMINATION, HIV/ AIDS - THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDING.- Chapter 2: Stigma Experienced by People Living with HIV/AIDS; Valerie A. Earnshaw and Seth C. Kalichman.- Chapter 3: Gender and AIDS Stigma; Robert Wyrod.- Chapter 4. HIV-related Stigma across Cultures: Adding Family into the Equation; Connie Y.Y. Ho and Winnie W.S. Mak.- Chapter 5. Disclosure and Stigma: A Cultural Perspective; Minrie Greeff.- Chapter 6. HIV Stigmatization among Healthcare Providers: Review of the Evidence and Implications for HIV Care; Jessie Naughton and Peter A. Vanable.- PART II. THE EXPERIENCES OF STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION ACROSS SOCIAL AND CULTURAL GROUPS.- Chapter 7. Morality, Discrimination, and Silence: Understanding HIV Stigma in the Socio-Cultural Context of China; Yanqiu Rachel Zhou.- Chapter 8: Stigma and Discrimination towards People Living with HIV: Socio-Cultural Aspects, Experiences, and Ethical and Legal Responses in Colombia; Chantal Aristizábal-Tobler.- Chapter 9: Internalized Stigma among African American Living with HIV: Preliminary scale Development based on Qualitative Data; Deepa Rao, Michele Andrasik, Xeno Acharya and Jane Simoni.- Chapter 10. HIV-related Stigma and Discrimination in Puerto Rico: The Role of Sympathy on Attitudes towards Persons Living with HIV/AIDS; Lisa R. Norman.- Chapter 11: HIV-Related Stigma and HIV Disclosure among Latinos on the U.S.-Mexico Border; John A. Sauceda, John S. Wiebe, Deepa Rao, Cynthia R. Pearson and Jane M. Simoni.- Chapter 12: The Experience of HIV-Related Stigma in South Africa; Maretha Visser and Heather Sipsmau.- Chapter 13: Spaces of Disclosure and Discrimination: Case Studies from India; Ajay Bailey and Shrinivas Darak.- Chapter 14: Stigma, Modernization, Sex Behavior, and Infection Risk among Chinese Youth; Eli Lieber, Ioakim Boutakidis and Dorothy Chin.- Chapter 15. LayeredStigma andd HIV/AIDS:

Pranee Liamputtong holds a Personal Chair in Public Health at the School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Pranee has previously taught in the School of Sociology and Anthropology and worked as a public health research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Mothers' and Children's Health, La Trobe University. Pranee has a particular interest in issues related to cultural and social influences on childbearing, childrearing and women's reproductive and sexual health. She has published several books and a large number of papers in these areas.



Her books in the health area include: Maternity and reproductive health in Asian societies (with Lenore Manderson, Harwood Academic Press, 1996); Hmong women and reproduction (Bergin & Garvey, 2000); Coming of age in South and Southeast Asia: Youth, courtship and sexuality (with Lenore Manderson, Curzon Press, 2002); Health, social change and communities (with Heather Gardner, Oxford University Press, 2003); The journey of becoming a mother amongst women in northern Thailand (Lexington Books, 2007); Reproduction, childbearing and motherhood: A cross-cultural perspective(Nova Science, 2007);Childrearing and infant care: A cross-cultural perspective (Nova Science, 2007); and Community, health and population (with Sansnee Jirojwong, Oxford University Press, 2008). Her most recent books includeInfant feeding practices: A cross-cultural perspective (Springer, 2010),Motherhood and postnatal depression: Narratives of women and their partners, for Springer (with Carolyn Westall, Springer, 2011) and Health, illness and well-being: Perspectives and social determinants (with Rebecca Fanany and Glenda Verrinder, Oxford University Press, 2012).



Pranee is also the General Editor of Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Infectious Diseases series, which will be published by Springer.