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Moving beyond biomedicalization in the HIV response: Implications for community involvement and community leadership among men who have sex with men and transgender people

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  • Aggleton, P.
  • Parker, R.

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As the world enjoys the promise of biomedical advances against HIV, numerous challenges remain. Some of these are connected to politics, others are connected to resource constraints. Other barriers are linked to the need to ensure that the concepts used to think about HIV remain current. Terms such as "MSM" (men who have sex with men) and "community" require critical interrogation at a moment when their political origins seem forgotten. Likewise, struggles between groups most affected by HIV and scientists and policymakers (an enduring feature of the epidemic) remain a key aspect of the response. The dangers of co-option and distraction remain real. In this context, it is vital to promote community ownership, political commitment, solidarity, and respect for differences, not as competing values, but as part of the ultimate solution to HIV. © 2015, American Public Health Association Inc. All rights reserved.

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  • Aggleton, P. & Parker, R., 2015. "Moving beyond biomedicalization in the HIV response: Implications for community involvement and community leadership among men who have sex with men and transgender people," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 105(8), pages 1552-1558.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2015.302614_8
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302614
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    1. Ryan, Molly & Mendelsohn, Joshua B. & Daftary, Amrita & Yang, Minhui & Bullock, Sandra & Lebouché, Bertrand & Calzavara, Liviana, 2022. "Dual pharmaceutical citizenship: Exploring biomedicalization in the daily lives of mixed HIV-serostatus couples in Canada," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 298(C).

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