{"product_id":"introduction-to-syndemics-isbn-9780470472033","title":"Introduction to Syndemics","description":"This book explains the growing field of syndemic theory and research, a framework for the analysis and prevention of disease interactions that addresses underlying social and environmental causes. This perspective complements single-issue prevention strategies, which can be effective for discrete problems, but often are mismatched to the goal of protecting the public's health in its widest sense.  \u003cp\u003e\"Merrill Singer has astutely described why health problems should not be seen in isolation, but rather in the context of other diseases and the social and economic inequities that fuel them. An important read for public health and social scientists.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eMichael H. Merson\u003c\/b\u003e, director, Duke Global Health Institute\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Not only does this book provide a persuasive theoretical biosocial model of syndemics, but it also illustrates the model with a wide variety of fascinating historical and contemporary examples.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003ePeter J. Brown\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of Anthropology and Global Health and director, Center for Health, Culture, and Society, Emory University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The concept of syndemics is Singer's most important contribution to critical medical anthropology as it interfaces with an ecosocial approach to epidemiology.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eMark Nichter\u003c\/b\u003e, Regents Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Merrill Singer offers the public the most comprehensive work ever written on this key area of research and policy making.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eFrancisco I. Bastos\u003c\/b\u003e, chairman of the graduate studies on epidemiology, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Exquisitely describes how this new approach is a critical tool that brings together veterinary, medical, and social sciences to solve emerging infectious and non-infectious diseases of today's world.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eBonnie Buntain\u003c\/b\u003e, MS, DVM, diplomate, American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"For too long the great integrative perspectives on modern biomedicine and public health disease ecology and social medicine-have remained more or less separate. In this innovative and provocative book, Merrill Singer develops a valuable synthesis that will reshape the way we think about health and disease.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eWarwick H. Anderson, MD, PhD\u003c\/b\u003e, professorial research fellow, Department of History and Centre for Values, Ethics, and the Law in Medicine, University of Sidney\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePreface.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eINTRODUCING KEY CONCEPTS IN SYNDEMICS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eLEARNING FROM LICHEN: RECONCEPTUALIZING HEALTH AND DISEASE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Not Planting Cut Flowers: The Weight of History.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGerm Theory and the Biomedical Conception of Disease.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevolutions in Biomedical Realities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems with Postulates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConfronting Comorbidity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToward Syndemic Reconceptualization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocal Knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConnections: Human and Nonhuman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Terms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eSYNDEMIC CASES.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eTRUCKING BETWEEN THE BAILIWICKS: MULTIDISCIPLINARITY, SAVA, AND SYNERGIES IN HEALTH.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Multidisciplinarity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Term \u003ci\u003eSyndemic.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe SAVA Syndemic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSAVA Among Victims of Domestic Violence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSAVA Among MSM.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSAVA Among Street Drug Users.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSAVA Among Commercial Sex Workers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSAVA and Public Health.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Terms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 EXEMPLARS: SYNDEMIC CASE STUDIES.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSyllables in the Biological Message.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVarieties of Microlevel Disease Interaction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSyndemic Diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRenocardiac Syndemic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSARS–Chronic Disease Syndemic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAsthma-Infl uenza Syndemic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiabulimia Syndemic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Terms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 HIV\/AIDS AND OTHER INFECTIONS: IMMUNE IMPARITY AND SYNDEMOGENESIS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssessing the HIV\/AIDS Syndemics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpportunistic Infections and HIV\/AIDS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSexually Transmitted Disease Syndemics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHepatitis and HIV\/AIDS Syndemic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTuberculosis and HIV\/AIDS Syndemic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMalaria and HIV\/AIDS Syndemic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVL and HIV\/AIDS Syndemic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHelminths and HIV\/AIDS Syndemic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Terms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 BEYOND CONTAGION: HIV\/AIDS AND NONINFECTIOUS DISEASE SYNDEMOGENESIS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Aging Epidemic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInfectious and Chronic Disease Connections.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKidney Disease and HIV.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFood Insuffi ciency and HIV.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCardiovascular Diseases and HIV\/AIDS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmotional and Cognitive Health and HIV\/AIDS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCountersyndemics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Terms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART THREE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eSOCIETY, HISTORY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eINEQUITY AS A COFACTOR: THE SYNDEMIC IMPACT OF SOCIAL DISPARITIES.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDisease in the Time of Disparity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Making Social of Disease.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiologizing Experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSupersyndemics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHealth and Human Rights.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Terms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 SYNDEMICS AND THE WORLDS THEY MADE.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore Now.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIrish Famine Syndemic of 1741.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGibraltar Cholera Syndemic of 1865.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMassachusetts Scarlet Fever Syndemic of the 1800s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Influenza Syndemic of 1918.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSyndemics Among Native Americans on the American Frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSyndemics of the Mormon Migration.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSyndemics of War.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Terms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 A WORLD OUT OF BALANCE: EMERGENT AND REEMERGENT ECOSYNDEMICS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmergent Syndemics of a Troubled World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Emergent Infection to Emergent Syndemic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReemergent Diseases and Emergent Syndemics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuperinfection: Intragenus Syndemics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIatrogenic Syndemics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnintended Countersyndemics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcosyndemics and the Anthropocene.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Terms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FOUR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAPPLICATIONS OF THE SYNDEMIC PERSPECTIVE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ePRACTICAL UTILITY: MOBILIZING THE SYNDEMIC MODEL IN THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Study Syndemics?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic Health and Syndemic Prevention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMedical Treatment of Syndemics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModeling Syndemics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFuture Syndemics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Terms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGLOSSARY.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eREFERENCES.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eINDEX.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMerrill Singer,\u003c\/b\u003e a cultural and medical anthropologist who earned his PhD degree from the University of Utah, holds a dual appointment as senior research scientist at the Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention and professor of anthropology at the University of Connecticut. Additionally, he is affi liated with the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) at Yale University. He has authored, coauthored, or edited twenty books and over two hundred articles and book chapters on health and social issues. Active in the building of social science of health theory, the development of methods in qualitative health research, and the use of research in the development of community - based health promotion and intervention, he has been the recipient of the Rudolph Virchow Award from the Critical Anthropology of Health Caucus of the Society for Medical Anthropology, the George Foster Practicing Medical Anthropology Award from the Society for Medical Anthropology, the AIDS and Anthropology Prize Paper award from the AIDS and Anthropology Research Group, and the Prize for Distinguished Achievement in the Critical Study of North America from the Society for the Anthropology of North America. Since 1984 he has been the principal investigator on a continuous series of basic and applied federally funded health studies, and he has carried out health research in the United States, Brazil, China, and Haiti.  This book explains the growing field of syndemic theory and research, a framework for the analysis and prevention of disease interactions that addresses underlying social and environmental causes. This perspective complements single-issue prevention strategies, which can be effective for discrete problems, but often are mismatched to the goal of protecting the public's health in its widest sense.  \u003cp\u003e\"Merrill Singer has astutely described why health problems should not be seen in isolation, but rather in the context of other diseases and the social and economic inequities that fuel them. An important read for public health and social scientists.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eMichael H. Merson\u003c\/b\u003e, director, Duke Global Health Institute\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Not only does this book provide a persuasive theoretical biosocial model of syndemics, but it also illustrates the model with a wide variety of fascinating historical and contemporary examples.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003ePeter J. Brown\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of Anthropology and Global Health and director, Center for Health, Culture, and Society, Emory University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The concept of syndemics is Singer's most important contribution to critical medical anthropology as it interfaces with an ecosocial approach to epidemiology.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eMark Nichter\u003c\/b\u003e, Regents Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Merrill Singer offers the public the most comprehensive work ever written on this key area of research and policy making.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eFrancisco I. Bastos\u003c\/b\u003e, chairman of the graduate studies on epidemiology, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Exquisitely describes how this new approach is a critical tool that brings together veterinary, medical, and social sciences to solve emerging infectious and non-infectious diseases of today's world.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eBonnie Buntain\u003c\/b\u003e, MS, DVM, diplomate, American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"For too long the great integrative perspectives on modern biomedicine and public health disease ecology and social medicine-have remained more or less separate. In this innovative and provocative book, Merrill Singer develops a valuable synthesis that will reshape the way we think about health and disease.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eWarwick H. 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