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Beyond stigma? Young children's responses to HIV and AIDS.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18821354     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This paper explores the manifestation of HIV-related stigma in seven- and eight-year-old white South African children's responses to HIV and AIDS. Drawing from elements of ethnographic and interview data, it shows how young children's responses to HIV and AIDS are inscribed within popular accounts of contagion and articulate gendered, sexual, raced and classed discourses in South Africa. Rejecting static accounts of stigma, the paper shows how children resist and confirm power inequalities involving intense self-regulation as well as inscribing within discourses of care and concern for others infected with HIV and AIDS. The findings have implications for scaling up educational efforts to address awareness of HIV and AIDS and stigma, but also to build on positive insights that young children demonstrate with regard to the disease.
Authors:
Deevia Bhana
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Culture, health & sexuality     Volume:  10     ISSN:  1369-1058     ISO Abbreviation:  Cult Health Sex     Publication Date:  2008 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-09-29     Completed Date:  2008-12-31     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100883416     Medline TA:  Cult Health Sex     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  725-38     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. bhanad1@ukzn.ac.za
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / ethnology*
Child
Child Behavior / ethnology*
Child Welfare / ethnology*
Female
HIV Seropositivity / ethnology*
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Male
Prejudice*
Questionnaires
Self Concept
Social Environment
Social Perception
South Africa
Stereotyping*

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