Empowerment, community mobilization and social change in the face of HIV/AIDS

摘要: In the 15 years since it was identified HIV/AIDS has spread rapidly throughout world. While our basic understanding of epidemiology HIV and development treatment technologies improved is predicted that 90% pandemic will affect developing countries which lack resources to achieve prevention care treatment. The early mid 1990s however have given shape a second set developments represent transformation paradigms guided response epidemic. First despite an apparent reduction in global critical thinking about social cultural economic political etiology disease expanded from issues individual risk those vulnerability. Secondly this growing perception dynamics led revision dominant theories models efforts (AIDS education empowerment) encompass multi-dimensional collective empowerment community mobilization as effective strategies. Finally struggle control being viewed part far-reaching justice change address underlying contribute disease. Focusing on these presents opportunity develop truly coalition respond challenge by overcoming gaps divide us fact increasingly expanding definition "us" include "them."