ERIC EJ763209: Linking ‘White Oppression’ and HIV/AIDS pdf

ERIC EJ763209: Linking ‘White Oppression’ and HIV/AIDS

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This article presents the results of a pilot study on the use of conspiracy beliefs by American Indian (AI) men who have sex with men and their peers to explain the origins of HIV/AIDS. We found that one-third (N = 15) of the individuals surveyed believed that HIV/AIDS was intentionally created by “Whites, White Christians, or the Federal government” and purposely spread among minority populations. Conspiracy beliefs, we argue, should be looked at as a potential form of power recognition where AIs draw on their experiences of oppression to explain the presence of HIV/AIDS within their communities, at the same time that they draw on public health knowledge to explain how humans get HIV/AIDS. We advocate further research to better ascertain the effect that conspiracy beliefs have on HIV prevention and the treatment of individuals living with HIV/AIDS. (Contains 4 tables

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 2007
• Year: 2007
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Whites, Etiology, Public Health, Males, Federal Government, American Indians, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Beliefs, Surveys, Minority Groups, Power Structure, Prevention, Gilley, Brian Joseph, Keesee, Marguerite

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