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HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh

Stigmatized People, Policy and Place

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Authors:
  1. Alak Paul

    1. Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh

  • Discusses the lives of vulnerable people in Bangladesh who are at risk of HIV/AIDS infection
  • Addresses the perceptions of civil society and policy planners with respect to vulnerability to HIV
  • Explores HIV policy implementation and HIV prevention strategies in Bangladesh

Part of the book series: Global Perspectives on Health Geography (GPHG)

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This book aims to show the conditions and behaviors of vulnerable and marginalized people in Bangladesh which put them at risk of HIV/AIDS infection, and what their adopted coping strategies are and how these play out. In addition, the book seeks to gain an understanding of the perceptions of civil society and policy planners with respect to vulnerability to HIV, and the necessary mitigation measures. While there is much published literature on the epidemiology and etiology for the most at-risk groups in the region, there has not yet been any in-depth research concerning the socio-cultural and geographic impacts of HIV issues in Bangladesh. Almost all of the literature shows HIV as an epidemiological problem rather than investigating it from a social or cultural point of view, and still less using qualitative methods. The present work is an endeavor to fill these gaps by providing valuable qualitative field data to demonstrate the causes of HIV risk and vulnerability, and to examine the nature of the social and locational context of HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh and to assist with health care policy planning. The book will be of use to students and researchers, studying public health, health geography, medical sociology, medical anthropology, social psychology and social epidemiology, and to professionals in the fields of development, community medicine, health management and social policy.

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh and Present Research

    • Alak Paul
    Pages 1-25

  3. ‘Lifeworlds’ of Marginalized People

    • Alak Paul
    Pages 27-55

  4. Stigmatized People and Societal Prejudice

    • Alak Paul
    Pages 57-78

  5. HIV Risk Behaviour, Consciousness and ‘Risk Coping’

    • Alak Paul
    Pages 79-104

  6. Stigmatized Place, Mobility and HIV Risk Channelling

    • Alak Paul
    Pages 105-132

  7. Stigmatized HIV Policy Issues and Local Practice

    • Alak Paul
    Pages 133-163

  8. Summary and Conclusion

    • Alak Paul
    Pages 165-172

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 173-180
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh

    Alak Paul

About the author

Dr. Alak Paul is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at The University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. He received his MSc from Dhaka University, Bangladesh in 1999 and PhD from University of Durham, UK in 2009. Being an empirical geographer, his research and teaching interest spans over public health; society and environment; disaster management etc. for last twenty years. Dr Paul gives emphasis on marginalized and stigmatized people to his studies using qualitative approach and looks at the everyday geographies of various vulnerable people where he establishes how place play a role in (re)shaping the life of people or environment. He has over 40 peer reviewed research publications in reputed journals along with seven book chapters and four authored and/or edited books to his credit.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh

  • Book Subtitle: Stigmatized People, Policy and Place

  • Authors: Alak Paul

  • Series Title: Global Perspectives on Health Geography

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57650-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

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

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-57649-3Published: 14 October 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-57652-3Published: 15 October 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-57650-9Published: 13 October 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2522-8005

  • Series E-ISSN: 2522-8013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 180

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geography, general, Human Geography, Education, general, Public Health

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