Aids und Religion

Der psychologische Beitrag von Buddhismus und Christentum zu Präventionsstrategien gegen die psychosozialen Folgen von HIV/Aids. Ein Vergleich zwischen SĂ¼dostasien und Europa am Beispiel Thailands und Luxemburgs

By (author) Carsten Klöpfer Series edited by Hannes Stubbe Series edited by Chirly dos Santos-Stubbe

Book cover: Aids und Religion

Extent: 596 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Medicine, Religious Studies

Series: Kolner Beitrage zur Ethnopsychologie und Transkulturellen Psychologie

Language: German

Paperback (Published)

(September 2012)

ISBN: 9783847100072

6.22 x 9.49 inches

Price: $119.00

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Vor den physischen Folgen stirbt man an Einsamkeit – Der Beitrag von Religion zur Reduzierung psychosozialer Folgen von HIV/Aids.


To effectively mitigate the psychosocial consequences of HIV and Aids, the specific cultural psychological and psychosocial circumstances must be taken into account. This volume examines the psychological background of the effects of HIV/Aids, coping strategies and intercultural and intracultural preventive concepts in Southeast Asian and European societies, taking Thailand and Luxembourg as examples. New risk groups and a new risk behaviour require concepts for adequate psychological training programmes to offset the anxieties and everyday stigmatisation of people infected with HIV/Aids. Cultural specifics should be utilised for successful holistic prevention measures. The empirical part of this study uses expert interviews to isolate the factors necessary for an effective preventive strategy appropriate to the respective culture. Examples of good practice concretise concretise and verify these factors and in this way demonstrate possibilities for their innovative application.

Carsten Klöpfer ist Doktor der Psychologie und Diplom-Sozialarbeiter. Er war unter anderem fĂ¼r die GTZ in Nepal und Kambodscha und ein Jahr fĂ¼r die Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung in Thailand tätig.

  • By (author) Carsten Klöpfer
  • Series edited by Hannes Stubbe
  • Series edited by Chirly dos Santos-Stubbe