HIV exam 2 study guide

Question 1

sociology

Answer 1

study of human social relationships and institutions

Question 2

2 core assumptions

Answer 2

human beings are social beings, social forces affect nearly every aspect of our lives

Question 3

sociological imagination

Answer 3

looking at broader picture to understand your own life better, public issues are issues that are more common…outside forces that are the cause

Question 4

social structures relevant to studying HIV

Answer 4

stigma, sexuality, socioeconomic status

Question 5

social force

Answer 5

something a society or group does that affects an individual’s behavior

Question 6

prejudice

Answer 6

personal belief, belief or idea; connection with some group, preconceived notion held by people

Question 7

discrimination

Answer 7

action that takes away someones rights or opportunities, can be enacted by people or institutions and policies (institutional racism)

Question 8

stigma (goffman)

Answer 8

undesired differentness-physical deformity/disability, character blemishes, group or tribal identity

Question 9

stigma (Iweala)

Answer 9

same as goffman basically, it’s ostracizing, no one comes near you or family

Question 10

ideology

Answer 10

set of ideas about the way you think the world should be

Question 11

individualism-agency

Answer 11

idea that individuals can and should be able to do things, and should be held accountable for these choices

Question 12

meritocracy

Answer 12

rise up by merits, most deserving succeed

Question 13

patriarchy

Answer 13

something inherent in men that make them better suited for authority

Question 14

white superiority, paternalism

Answer 14

job to take care of people

Question 15

ideologies relationship to HIV

Answer 15

ideologies are used to try to fix AIDS in places where there are different ideologies, or where the ideologies are not applicable

Question 16

the way sociologists talk about race

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not as a biological race, socially constructed race

Question 17

race

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group that is defined by a particular society using physical criteria that are believed by that society to be of particular importance; physical characteristics NOT inherently important, they are given meaning by societies

Question 18

social history important

Answer 18

shows how disease has progressed, public reactions to different groups affected

Question 19

key issues in Philadelphia

Answer 19

discrimination, legal changes, stigma, innocent vs guilty victims, ongoing homophobia

Question 20

progression of AIDS in US, African countries, Asian countries

Answer 20

from engle

Question 21

epistemologies

Answer 21

way of looking at things

Question 22

4 epistemologies of AIDS-and their importance

Answer 22

people directly affected by AIDS, religious leaders, politicians and media, scientists and health professionals

Question 23

periods of AIDS

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AIDS as gay plague, AIDS as chronic disease, combination of 2

Question 24

biomedical individualism

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assumes that everyone has access and ability to choose their medical treatment, ignores social factors

Question 25

globalization

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era of exploration(creation of global dependencies that are still in play today), historical process through which world increasingly connected and interdependent

Question 26

why did krishnan study women in the developing world

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few studies done about gender power and poverty inequalities or the ways inequalities lead to risky sexual practices for women, to identify pathways that link risk environment characterized by poverty and gender inequalities and adverse health outcomes

Question 27

4 structural pathways from krishnan

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lack of access to critical info, limited education and skill development, domestic violence, economic migration

Question 28

strategies to combat pathway problems

Answer 28

microcredit-small loans to individuals/group to start business
CCT(conditional cash transfer)-incentivizing good social/health behaviors

Question 29

Rechel’s research method

Answer 29

literature review, summarization of many different articles on same topic