Table of Contents

List of tables and figures. List of contributors. Foreword. Acknowledgements. 1: Introduction. Section One: Psychosocial Issues. 2: The Sociocultural Aspects of HIV/AIDS. 3: HIV and Women. 4: Masculinity and HIV/AIDS. 5: HIV and Youth: A Behavioural perspective. 6: Infants and Young Children affected by HIV/AIDS. 7: Poverty and HIV and AIDS. 8: HIV and Stigma in South Africa. Section Two: Prevention and Treatment. 9: The Politics and Psychology of AIDS Denialism. 10: Local Level Responses to HIV/AIDS in South Africa. 11: Social Movements and HIV/AIDS in South Africa. 12: Approaches to HIV Counselling and Testing: Strengths and Weaknesses, and challenges for the Way Forward. 13: Vertical transmission of HIV - Pregnancy and Infant issues. 14: HIV/AIDS, nutrition and structural interventions in South Africa: A move in the right direction. 15: Strengthening Community Responses to AIDS: Possibilities and Challenges. 16: HIV, religion and spirituality. Section Three: Persons Living with HIV/AIDS. 17: Experiences of People Living with HIV. 18: Positive Prevention: HIV Risk Reduction for People Living with HIV/AIDS. Section Four: New directions in HIV research. 19: HIV/AIDS and Persons with Disabilities. 20: HIV/AIDS and the Prison System. 21: HIV and Circumcision. 22: Participation in HIV Vaccine Trials. 23: Bridging the Gap between HIV and Mental Health Services in South Africa

About the Author

Poul Rohleder is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge UK.