LEADER 04034nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910786117103321 005 20230126210145.0 010 $a0-8047-8614-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804786140 035 $a(CKB)2670000000340032 035 $a(EBL)1144083 035 $a(OCoLC)830161148 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000832759 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12367375 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000832759 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10899709 035 $a(PQKB)10341078 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1144083 035 $a(DE-B1597)564581 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804786140 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1144083 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10674429 035 $a(OCoLC)1178769260 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000340032 100 $a20121002d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBirth in the age of AIDS$b[electronic resource] $ewomen, reproduction, and HIV/AIDS in India /$fCecilia Van Hollen 210 $aStanford, Calif. $cStanford University Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8047-8422-1 311 0 $a0-8047-8423-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tNote on Statistics and Transliteration --$tAbbreviations --$tPrologue. Into the Well and Out Again --$t1. Birth in the Age of AIDS --$t2. India Responds to the Epidemic --$t3. ?The HIV Test Is Like an Immunization? --$t4. ?I Don?t Need My Husband?s Permission? --$t5. HIV/AIDS and the Gendering of Stigma --$t6. To Birth or Not to Birth? --$t7. HIV-Positive Women Give Birth --$t8. Breast or Bottle? --$t9. Creating a Storm --$tEpilogue. Memory Boxes --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aBirth in the Age of AIDS is a vivid and poignant portrayal of the experiences of HIV-positive women in India during pregnancy, birth, and motherhood at the beginning of the 21st century. The government of India, together with global health organizations, established an important public health initiative to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child. While this program, which targets poor women attending public maternity hospitals, has improved health outcomes for infants, it has resulted in sometimes devastatingly negative consequences for poor, young mothers because these women are being tested for HIV in far greater numbers than their male spouses and are often blamed for bringing this highly stigmatized disease into the family. Based on research conducted by the author in India, this book chronicles the experiences of women from the point of their decisions about whether to accept HIV testing, through their decisions about whether or not to continue with the birth if they test HIV-positive, their birthing experiences in hospitals, decisions and practices surrounding breast-feeding vs. bottle-feeding, and their hopes and fears for the future of their children. 606 $aAIDS (Disease) in pregnancy$zIndia 606 $aAIDS (Disease)$xSocial aspects$zIndia 606 $aChildbirth$xSocial aspects$zIndia 606 $aHIV infections$xTransmission$zIndia$xPrevention 606 $aHIV-positive women$xServices for$zIndia 606 $aMedical anthropology$zIndia 606 $aPregnant women$xServices for$zIndia 615 0$aAIDS (Disease) in pregnancy 615 0$aAIDS (Disease)$xSocial aspects 615 0$aChildbirth$xSocial aspects 615 0$aHIV infections$xTransmission$xPrevention. 615 0$aHIV-positive women$xServices for 615 0$aMedical anthropology 615 0$aPregnant women$xServices for 676 $a362.19697/9200954 700 $aVan Hollen$b Cecilia Coale$01117653 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786117103321 996 $aBirth in the age of AIDS$93719514 997 $aUNINA