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Stigma of people living with HIV/AIDS

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Van Damme-Ostapowicz K., Sarosiek J., Krajewska-Kułak E., Pedrycz A., Cybulski M.

Progress in Health Sciences

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2015

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vol. 5

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issue 1

209-213

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A specific character of HIV/AIDS has caused numerous complications either medical, legal or social. HIV infection exposes its carriers to frequent acts of intolerance or stigma by the healthy part of the population. Negative social consequences found after detection and disclosure of HIV perfectly match the theory of stigma by Goffman. This theory elucidates mechanisms of stigma or self – stigma affecting these members of the society that via their behavior or life style break the basic social, moral and religious norms. Despite numerous achievements, this disease cannot be overcome completely. People living with HIV/AIDS are still stigmatized and discriminated in the society. They suffer being rejected and isolated by a family, partners and friends. The results demonstrated in the present review, obtained from the examinations conducted among people with HIV/AIDS, in Poland and abroad, attesting stigma, discrimination, low evaluation of the quality of life are the basis for further in-depth studies concerning this issue. This must reinforce educational efforts which will constrain inequality of people with HIV/AIDS, in Poland and abroad. The aim of this study is to inform and sensitize a recipient about stigma among people with HIV/AIDS.

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The utility of the WAIS-R in the neuropsychological evaluation of HIV seropositive men

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Lojek M., Bornstein R. A.

Polish Psychological Bulletin

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2005

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vol. 36

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issue 4

197-204

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This study examined the validity of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Revised (WAIS-R) for the assessment of neurocognitive changes and their relationships with quality of life in HIV seropositive men. It was of interest to determine the sensitivity of additional performance parameters (the time of completion) for the identification of HIV-related cognitive deficit. Results indicated a progressive increase in the prevalence of HIV+ subjects with neuropsychological impairment. The most severe deficits in HIV+ groups were observed on Performance WAIS-R subtests and one Verbal subtest (Vocabulary). The scores on the Performance Intelligence Quotient were significantly correlated with several areas of daily function measured by the Sickness Impact Profile. The findings were comparable to the data demonstrated in previous investigations, some of which included extensive batteries of neuropsychological tests. Thus, the WAIS-R may be effective in some clinical or experimental settings, as a brief, yet relatively comprehensive evaluation of the cognitive deficits associated with HIV infection.

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Association between social support and temperament and the intensity of PTSD symptoms in a sample of HIV positives

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Rzeszutek M., Oniszczenko W.

Polish Psychological Bulletin

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2013

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vol. 44

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issue 4

431-438

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The aim of this study was to investigate the association between temperament and social support and the level of quantitatively rated PTSD symptoms in a sample of HIV+ and HIV/AIDS men and women. A total of 310 men and women, including 182 HIV+ and 128 HIV/AIDS, were studied. Social support was assessed with the Berlin Social Support Scales (BSSS). Temperament was assessed with the Formal Characteristics of Behaviour – Temperament Inventory (FCBTI). Intensity of PTSD symptoms was assessed with the PTSDF (PTSD Factorial Version inventory). The best predictors of intensity of PTSD symptoms in HIV+ participants were support seeking and sensory sensitivity. Support seeking was positively associated, and sensory sensitivity was negatively associated with intensity of PTSD symptoms.

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CURBING THE WEB: AN ANALYTICAL EXPLANATION FOR HIV/AIDS MITIGATION AMONG YOUTH IN NIGERIA

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Amzat J.

Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies

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2010

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issue 25

7-20

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The realities of HIV/AIDS have been one of the major developmental challenges of developing nations. The pernicious scourge is accountable for enormous death tolls and morbidity. It also has explosive power which sets all nations in health crisis. HIV/AIDS affects all facets of the society but with the youth bearing the greatest of the brunt. The Nigerian youth are also immersed in the causal web of HIV/AIDS pandemic. Hence, they are grossly devastated by the increasing rate of the scourge. Unfortunately, the pandemic does not only depict a vicissitude of kind of sexual relation but also incorporates the implosion of other social correlates which are vital but often neglected in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The youth strives in the positive and definite hypothesis of the social correlates which deeply explain their immense vulnerabilities. It is within this web of social correlates that HIV/AIDS survives and threatens the overall development process. The paper conceives HIV/AIDS as a social problem but with peculiar manifestation as embodiment of influence of other social ills. The paper therefore provides an analytical framework which explains vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS among the youth. The polemics dwell on the notion that the social conditions of the youth provide permissive epidemiological stance for the spread of HIV/AIDS. Structured within a political economy perspective, the paper explores the multiple indicators in the social production of HIV/AIDS and provides a more holistic approach in HIV/AIDS mitigation among the youth.

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“MAIS NOUS AVONS FAIM!” QUELQUES REMARQUES SUR LA PREVENTION DU SIDA A BEIRA (MOZAMBIQUE)

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Žatkuliaková M.

Asian and African Studies

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2004

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vol. 13

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issue 2

214 - 223

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This paper aims at discussing certain problems related to the effectiveness of prevention campaigns as observed during the programme against HIV/AIDS which took place among empoverished populations in a peri-urban part of Beira in Mozambique. As far as the evalution study of the programme has shown, the resistance to some messages diffused during the prevention campaigns cannot be explained only in terms of vulnerability of people concerned, nor as a problem of local culture. On the contrary, there should be more concern for complex solutions to the epidemic since it represents a fait social total.

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A Litany of Saints: Remembering the Early Years of HIV/AIDS Activism in the First Year of a New Pandemic

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Foltz M. C., Shanker A., Bradbury L., Leipert K.

InterAlia: Pismo poświęcone studiom queer

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2021

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issue 16

70-81

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With the emergence of COVID-19 in the U.S., many LGBTQ people found ourselves reflecting upon the early years of HIV/AIDS and how our communities responded to the lack of robust federal and state response to this preceding public health crisis. As the leaders of the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center (BSC) in eastern Pennsylvania became a central resource for our community sharing up-to-date information about COVID-19 and organizing vaccine clinics, they also recognized the historic nature of this moment as many elders in our community consistently tried to make sense of the current crisis by contemplating their past AIDS activism and organizing. In March of 2020, BSC staff and archivists received grant funding to conduct an oral history project called “40 Years of Public Health in the LGBTQ Community: Collecting and Curating Local LGBTQ Health Experiences From HIV/AIDS to COVID-19,” which recorded both timely commentary on the impact of COVID-19 on LGBTQ people and memories of HIV/AIDS organizing that seemed urgent and relevant to our contemporary moment. Offering excerpts from oral histories collected in 2020, this piece explores how COVID-19 spurred LGBTQ people in the Lehigh Valley to share stories about communal grief, health inequity, political responses to pandemics, and organizing to support the health of minoritized communities.

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Profilaktyka i poradnictwo dla dorosłych w zakresie HIV/AIDS. Zmieniające się potrzeby

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Szeląg H., Wąż K.

Dyskursy Młodych Andragogów / Adult Education Discourses

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2015

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vol. 16

115-127

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In Poland the activities in the field of HIV/AIDS information, education and prevention have been carried out for 30 years. Thanks to them the HIV/AIDS epidemiological situation is relatively good. In the article the authors have analysed the changes which happened in the field of epidemiology, HIV testing, anti- retroviral therapy, the level of HIV/AIDS knowledge of Poles who are in their reproductive years as well as their attitude to HIV positive people. The authors also presented a number of recommendations concerning the necessary changes in financing, planning and carrying out HIV/AIDS educational activities. Such activities must be treated as a very important component of lifelong education.

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Poza homo- i heteronormą Zerwanie z binarnymi przeciwieństwami na przykładzie przedstawień HIV/AIDS w Polsce

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Pindor R.

Didaskalia. Gazeta Teatralna

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2020

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issue 160

1-27

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The aim of this article is to look at the categories of homo and heteronormativity with their resonance in Polish society. To visualise the specific strategies of identity performance beyond these concepts the author uses two main artistic examples created around the subject of HIV/AIDS - Angels in America directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski (2007) and An Ongoing Song by Szymon Adamczak (2019). Starting from the reconstruction of the debate about homoidentity on Polish ground, the article comes across topics such as living with the virus and struggling with gay self-identity, to finish with the new idea of moving forward from the strict categories of homo and hetero.

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Diskurs rizika v prevenci AIDS/ HIV

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Kolarova K.

Gender, rovné příležitosti, výzkum (Gender, Equal Opportunities, Research)

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2009

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vol. 10

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issue 1

16-25

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This text presents an analysis of the recent emphasis in HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns: the discursive constructions of HIV/AIDS as an issue of risk and its management. Specifically, the text discusses the prevention materials produced by state-funded institutions in the Czech Republic. The aim of the text is twofold: First, it analyses the specific discourse (and rationality) of risk that permeates HIV/AIDS prevention in relation to and as a part of modern biopolitics and (self-)governance. Second, the text examines the discourse of risk for its gendered implications and its re-inscription of gendered power inequalities.

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Deadly Disease vs. Chronic Illness: Competing Understandings of HIV in the HIV Non-Disclosure Debate

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Speakman E., Pawluch D.

Qualitative Sociology Review

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2021

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vol. 17

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issue 4

24-42

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Over the past several decades, understandings of what it means to have contracted the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have shifted so that an infection once viewed as deadly and ultimately terminal is now largely regarded as chronic and manageable, at least in the West. Yet, the shift has not been complete. There are arenas of discourse where understandings of what health implications HIV carries with it are contested. One such space is the debate concerning the appropriate response to cases of HIV non-disclosure, that is, situations where individuals who are HIV-positive do not disclose their health status to intimate partners. This paper examines the competing constructions of HIV found within this debate, particularly as it has unfolded in Canada. Those who oppose the criminalization of non-disclosure tend to construct HIV as an infection that is chronic and manageable for those who have contracted it, not unlike diabetes. Those who support criminalization have mobilized a discourse that frames the infection as harmful and deadly. We use the case of the HIV non-disclosure debate to make the argument that representations of health conditions can become mired in larger social problems debates in ways that lead to contests over how to understand the fundamental nature of those conditions.

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Związek cech temperamentu EAS-D ze wsparciem społecznym oraz z satysfakcją z życia u osób zakażonych wirusem HIV

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Żebrowska M., Rzeszutek M., Firląg-Burkacka E.

Psychologia-Etologia-Genetyka

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2014

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vol. 30

25-42

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The main aim of this research was to check the association between EAS temperament traits, social support dimensions and the level of life satisfaction among HIV+ individuals. The second goal of this research was to examine sex differences in the temperament traits level and social support dimensions. The research sample comprising 283 HIV+ individuals (including 250 men and 33 women) aged 20 to 74 years diagnosed with HIV-positive. The variables were assessed with the EAS-D Temperament Survey, the Berlin Social Support Scale (BSSS), the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) as well as demographical survey which was created for the purpose of this research. The statistical analysis demonstrated the association between temperament traits, social support dimensions and the level of life satisfaction. Distress, fear and anger correlated negatively, while activity and sociability correlated positively with social support dimensions and the life satisfaction level. Additionally, significant differences between HIV+ and HIV/AIDS patients in sociability and some social support dimensions and the level of life satisfaction were observed.

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Podstawowym celem pracy było sprawdzenie związku pomiędzy cechami temperamentu, wymiarami wsparcia społecznego i poziomu satysfakcji z życia wśród osób zakażonych wirusem HIV. Drugim celem było sprawdzenie różnic międzypłciowych w zakresie nasilenia cech temperamentu oraz wymiarów wsparcia społecznego wśród osób badanych. W badaniu uczestniczyły 283 osoby (w tym 250 mężczyzn i 33 kobiety), w wieku od 20 do 74 lat, z klinicznym rozpoznaniem zakażenia wirusem HIV. Do diagnozy badanych zmiennych użyto Kwestionariusza Temperamentu EAS-D, Berlińskich Skal Wsparcia Społecznego (BSSS), Skali Satysfakcji z Życia (SWLS) oraz ankiety demograficznej, stworzonej na potrzeby niniejszego badania. Uzyskane rezultaty potwierdziły istnienie związku pomiędzy cechami temperamentu a wymiarami wsparcia społecznego oraz związku pomiędzy wymiarami temperamentu a poziomem satysfakcji z życia. Niezadowolenie, strach i złość korelują ujemnie z wymiarami wsparcia społecznego i satysfakcji z życia, natomiast aktywność i towarzyskość dodatnio. Zaobserwowano różnice w zakresie towarzyskości, niektórych wymiarów wsparcia społecznego oraz poziomu satysfakcji z życia pomiędzy osobami zakażonymi HIV w fazie AIDS i bez tej fazy.

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Witaj w klubie AIDS. Cenzura i kanon wobec nienormatywności na przykładzie wystaw „5000 sztuk” i „Ja i AIDS”

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Sosnowska D.

Didaskalia. Gazeta Teatralna

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2022

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issue 172

112-138

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The paper reflects on the censorship after 1989 in the context of its ability to create and paradoxically legitimise the otherness. As an example the author uses Polish imagery around the HIV/AIDS epidemics with special focus on two artistic exhibitions from the early 1990s with the epidemic as the subject. One of them was quite successful, but it is forgotten today; the other is remembered to this day and often mentioned in the context of 1990s art even though it was censored back then. Showing the relations between censorship and discourses of otherness the paper reflects on different political possibilities inscribed in the history of transition.

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Specyfika poradnictwa okołotestowego

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Dec J.

Dyskursy Młodych Andragogów / Adult Education Discourses

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2013

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vol. 14

229-242

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The aim of the article is to present the idea of counselling accompanying HIV testing procedure, named voluntary counselling and testing (VCT). The author defines and discusses the philosophy of HIV counselling, its objectives, assumptions and specificity. It the article there is also an overview of the process of conducting HIV counselling and its process. In particular the focus is made on the pre-test HIV counselling and post-test HIV counselling, accompanying the release of the HIV test result. The author describes the assumptions and conditions for effective HIV counselling and its certain procedures. There has also been discussion about the limitations of this counselling and the difficulties that may be associated with both: the patient and the counsellor.

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Social determinants of awareness and behavior regarding STDs and HIV/AIDS among ever married women in Bangladesh

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Rana J.

Family Medicine & Primary Care Review

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2016

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issue 4

460-469

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ŠPECIFIKÁ INŠTITUCIONÁLNEJ NÁHRADNEJ STAROSTLIVOSTI O DETI V KAMBODŽI

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Bučko L., Sláviková P.

Slovenský národopis (Slovak Ethnology)

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2013

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vol. 61

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issue 3

289 – 301

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The article gives an introduction to the issue of the specifics of residential care in Cambodia. It considers the rising number of orphans in the country, despite the world-wide trend of transition to family or community care. Simultaneously, the author asks the reasons for this phenomenon and gives answers from personal practice and the practice of other organisations working in this area. The article also describes a project by St. Elizabeth’s University of Health and Social Work in Bratislava, House of Family as an orphanage, which has been helping Cambodian children with HIV/AIDS since 2003.

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Medyczne i demograficzne determinanty nasilenia symptomow traumy zwiazanej z zespolem HIV/AIDS

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Rzeszutek M.

Psychologia-Etologia-Genetyka

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2011

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vol. 24

27-44

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This article presents a study of relations between demographic and medical variables, such as being HIV+ vs. HIV/AIDS, addiction, sexual orientation, education, and intensity of trauma symptoms in HIV+ men and women. These studies were run on 310 HIV + people. Intensity of trauma symptoms was assessed with the Factorial version of the PTSD Inventory (PTSDF) and above mentioned variables were analysed by means of a special survey. The results suggest that addiction, sexual orientation and education are linked to the level of trauma symptoms in HIV+ participants.

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Scottish and Slovak university student discussions about stigmatized persons: A challenge for education – moving towards democracy and inclusion

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Plichtová J.

Journal of Pedagogy

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2013

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vol. 4

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issue 2

188-207

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The paper compares discussions in 12 groups of university students (6 Slovak and 6 Scottish) equal in sex and age. The participants discussed the same problem - how to control the spread of HIV/AIDS and respect medical confidentiality (MC). Systematic comparisons revealed striking differences between the two national groups. The Scottish discussants were more cooperative than the Slovaks; they devoted more attention to analysing the problem and to creating a shared understanding of it. Although there was a temptation to contravene MC and the individual rights of those infected with HIV in both the Slovak and Scottish groups, only the Scottish discussants came to the conclusion, collaboratively and through argumentative exchange, that such proposals would be counterproductive in controlling the spread of HIV or in protecting public health. In the Slovak groups even participants who were opposed to discriminative proposals were not able to convince their fellow discussants that MC should not be contravened. Links are drawn between the findings and critical pedagogy and inclusion.

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SCOTTISH AND SLOVAK UNIVERSITY STUDENT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT STIGMATIZED PERSONS: A CHALLENGE FOR EDUCATION – MOVING TOWARDS DEMOCRACY AND INCLUSION

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Plichtová J.

Pedagogický časopis (Journal of Pedagogy)

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2013

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vol. 4

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issue 2

188 – 207

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The paper compares discussions in 12 groups of university students (6 Slovak and 6 Scottish) equal in sex and age. The participants discussed the same problem - how to control the spread of HIV/AIDS and respect medical confidentiality (MC). Systematic comparisons revealed striking differences between the two national groups. The Scottish discussants were more cooperative than the Slovaks; they devoted more attention to analysing the problem and to creating a shared understanding of it. Although there was a temptation to contravene MC and the individual rights of those infected with HIV in both the Slovak and Scottish groups, only the Scottish discussants came to the conclusion, collaboratively and through argumentative exchange, that such proposals would be counterproductive in controlling the spread of HIV or in protecting public health. In the Slovak groups even participants who were opposed to discriminative proposals were not able to convince their fellow discussants that MC should not be contravened. Links are drawn between the findings and critical pedagogy and inclusion.

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The Cognitive Closure of Science Case Study: the Discourse about the Etiology of AIDS, 1981–1986

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Afeltowicz Ł.

Polish Sociological Review

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2013

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vol. 180

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issue 4

497-522

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As the sociology of scientific knowledge has revealed, research fields may frequently maintain or legitimize hypotheses independently or in the absence of experimental data or other empirical evidence constituting conclusive scientific proof in accordance with declared methodological standards. This essay aims to show certain of the mechanisms and social factors that allow scientific discourse to function as a self-referential system, i.e., in an autonomous manner in regards to the border conditions of empirical experience, as described by W. Quine. I particularly concentrate here on how the organization of scientific work in selected disciplines can result in the local findings of individual laboratories being quickly transformed into unrevisable facts (black boxes). The phenomenon of the self-reference of scientific discourse is well illustrated by the case of the debate on the cause of AIDS. This discourse was so configured that by referring to one another and by theoretical imputation researchers caused the hypothesis on the causal relation between HIV and AIDS to begin to be accepted as an indisputable fact, even though the corroborating evidence had not appeared in the meantime.

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Health of Young People as One of the Elements of the State Youth Policy in Ukraine

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Naidych M. A.

Kultura i Edukacja

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2013

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issue 5(98)

221-233

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The study is prepared at the Department of International Information of Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University. The paper describes the healthcare system in Ukraine. The basic legal documents that relate directly to this issue are considered. The main health threats for Ukrainian youth are defined. Some of the social programs and projects related to healthy lifestyle of Ukrainian youth are examined.

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Stigma of people living with HIV/AIDS

The utility of the WAIS-R in the neuropsychological evaluation of HIV seropositive men

Association between social support and temperament and the intensity of PTSD symptoms in a sample of HIV positives

CURBING THE WEB: AN ANALYTICAL EXPLANATION FOR HIV/AIDS MITIGATION AMONG YOUTH IN NIGERIA

“MAIS NOUS AVONS FAIM!” QUELQUES REMARQUES SUR LA PREVENTION DU SIDA A BEIRA (MOZAMBIQUE)

A Litany of Saints: Remembering the Early Years of HIV/AIDS Activism in the First Year of a New Pandemic

Profilaktyka i poradnictwo dla dorosłych w zakresie HIV/AIDS. Zmieniające się potrzeby

Poza homo- i heteronormą Zerwanie z binarnymi przeciwieństwami na przykładzie przedstawień HIV/AIDS w Polsce

Diskurs rizika v prevenci AIDS/ HIV

Deadly Disease vs. Chronic Illness: Competing Understandings of HIV in the HIV Non-Disclosure Debate

Związek cech temperamentu EAS-D ze wsparciem społecznym oraz z satysfakcją z życia u osób zakażonych wirusem HIV

Witaj w klubie AIDS. Cenzura i kanon wobec nienormatywności na przykładzie wystaw „5000 sztuk” i „Ja i AIDS”

Specyfika poradnictwa okołotestowego

Social determinants of awareness and behavior regarding STDs and HIV/AIDS among ever married women in Bangladesh

ŠPECIFIKÁ INŠTITUCIONÁLNEJ NÁHRADNEJ STAROSTLIVOSTI O DETI V KAMBODŽI

Medyczne i demograficzne determinanty nasilenia symptomow traumy zwiazanej z zespolem HIV/AIDS

Scottish and Slovak university student discussions about stigmatized persons: A challenge for education – moving towards democracy and inclusion

SCOTTISH AND SLOVAK UNIVERSITY STUDENT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT STIGMATIZED PERSONS: A CHALLENGE FOR EDUCATION – MOVING TOWARDS DEMOCRACY AND INCLUSION

The Cognitive Closure of Science Case Study: the Discourse about the Etiology of AIDS, 1981–1986

Health of Young People as One of the Elements of the State Youth Policy in Ukraine