Population geography and HIV/AIDS: The challenge of a 'wholly exceptional disease'

This paper justifies and elaborates Huw Jones' identification of HIV/AIDS as a 'wholly exceptional disease'. It identifies the global pattern of the disease and how geographers have dealt with it, and considers its exceptional character in respect of its medical, demographic and behav...

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Published in:Scottish geographical journal 2003-01, Vol.119 (3), p.265-281
Main Authors: Gould, W.T.S., Woods, R.I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
demographic transition
disease diffusion
HIV/AIDS
population geography
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Summary:This paper justifies and elaborates Huw Jones' identification of HIV/AIDS as a 'wholly exceptional disease'. It identifies the global pattern of the disease and how geographers have dealt with it, and considers its exceptional character in respect of its medical, demographic and behavioural dimensions. Implications of these dimensions are integrated into discussions of geographers' use of two major conceptualisations in population analysis: the demographic transition model and disease diffusion models. It is argued that HIV/AIDS is wholly exceptional in that its essentially behavioural character - both in terms of spread and control - must strengthen the case for more explicit behavioural perspectives in population geography.
ISSN:1470-2541
1751-665X
DOI:10.1080/00369220318737178