Working towards AIDS 2014 in Melbourne: a partnership approach to priority issues in HIV/AIDS

The Contexts of HIV and AIDS: Learning from Development in Social and Community Research and Theory

Dédé Oetomo, PhDGAYa NUSANTARA Foundation, Indonesia

Working towards AIDS 2014 in Melbourne: a partnership approach to priority issues in HIV/AIDS

“Social scientists have made serious attempts to understand the complex biomedical approaches to HIV and AIDS. It is time the reverse is practised. Biomedical scientists should attempt to understand the equally complex social theories and methodologies.”

Working towards AIDS 2014 in Melbourne: a partnership approach to priority issues in HIV/AIDS

Micro-level theories:• Action & interaction• Ethnomethodology• Conversation & discourse analysis• Social constructionism

Working towards AIDS 2014 in Melbourne: a partnership approach to priority issues in HIV/AIDS

Macro-level theories:• Political economy• Complex understanding of ideologies (incl. culture, belief system [faith])

Working towards AIDS 2014 in Melbourne: a partnership approach to priority issues in HIV/AIDS

Meso-level theories:• Agency• Policy making, policy shaping and implementation