Gender policy and HIV in China: catalyzing policy change

China’s concentrated HIV epidemic is on the brink of becoming a generalized one and syphilis infection has become a major public health threat. Social factors relating to gender and gender inequality exacerbate the spread of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI) in China. A better understanding of the proximate social determinants of HIV related to gender will be crucial to effectively curbing HIV and other STIs in China. Aspects of China’s governance - including administrative procedures, the developing legal system, social institutions, and the public health infrastructure – are instrumental in shaping strategies and responses to HIV. International studies suggest that women who aremore economically and socially vulnerable may also have a greater risk of HIVinfection, yet few initiatives have focused on discrete areas where achievable and sustainable gender policy measures could be linked to the public health response. Unique interdisciplinary group of policy-makers, advocates, and researchers worked together to systematically consider how gender impacts HIV/STI spread in China The underappreciated role of how surplus men could impact HIV spread in China is quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed Little empiric data exist regarding the connection between gender inequality and the spread of HIV/AIDS INDICE: From the contents Dedication Page. Acknowledgements: D.L. Poston, Jr., J.D. Tucker. Preface: R.E. Ewing. Introduction: J.D. Tucker, D.L. Poston,Jr.- Chinese Population Dynamics and HIV/STD Risk. 1. Uncertain Population Dynamics and HIV/AIDS in China: Qiang Ren, Xiaoying Zheng, W. Lutz, S. Scherbov.2. Migration and Gender in China's HIV/AIDS Epidemic: G. Merli, J. DeWaard, Feng Tian, S. Hertog.- China’s Surplus Males and HIV/STD. 3. China’s UnbalancedSex Ratio at Birth: How Many Surplus Boys Have Been Born Since the 1980s?: D.L. Poston, Li Zhang. 4. Bare Branches, Prostitution, and HIV in China: A Demographic Analysis. A.Y. Ebenstein, E. Jennings.- HIV/STD Risk in China for Malesand Females. 5. Gender, Migration, and Unprotected Casual and Commercial Sex:Individual and Social Determinants of HIV/STD Risk Among Female Migrants: Xiushi Yang, Guomei Xia.

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-9899-4
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 225
• Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés