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Resisting global AIDS knowledges: born-again christian narratives of the epidemic from papua new Guinea.
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PMID:  22288471     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The recognition that HIV prevention materials need to be adapted to local cultures is not often sufficiently understood and applied. Counter discourses and determined disputation about the best means of HIV prevention show that success is not simply a matter of mindfully translating globally sanctioned knowledge and presenting it to receptive audiences. Beliefs contrary to global AIDS knowledges will not be displaced inevitably by scientific facts. As this study of born-again Christians in Papua New Guinea shows, there is incommensurability between the globalized approach preferred by the government and the approach of these Christians. The answer may lie in two words: respect and dialogue.
Authors:
Richard Eves
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Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Medical anthropology     Volume:  31     ISSN:  1545-5882     ISO Abbreviation:  Med Anthropol     Publication Date:  2012 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-01-31     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7707343     Medline TA:  Med Anthropol     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  61-76     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
a State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program , ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University , Canberra , Australian Capital Territory , Australia.
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