From peasant society to manufacturing society : how change aggravates HIV and AIDS among youth in Vietnam

Since the early 1990's when the first cases of HIV were found in Vietnam, the number of people infected with HIV has been increasing. Over half of the Vietnamese population is under the age of 25 and 78.9% of the reported cases of HIV are people between the ages of 20 and 39. This thesis work has be...

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Autor principal: Nielsen, Mette Holst
Formato: H2
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development 2009
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description Since the early 1990's when the first cases of HIV were found in Vietnam, the number of people infected with HIV has been increasing. Over half of the Vietnamese population is under the age of 25 and 78.9% of the reported cases of HIV are people between the ages of 20 and 39. This thesis work has been undertaken to evaluate whether there is a need to focus more on the youth in terms of prevention within HIV and AIDS related to the move from a peasant society to a more industrialised society. To investigate this, a literature desk study was carried out supported by key informant interviews and a small questionnaire. It was found that specifically the HIV and AIDS law, stigma, discrimination, gender roles, and risk-behaviour of migrants and the Vietnamese youth were important factors linked with vulnerability and livelihood change after doi moi. Although more research on a national level on the subject is needed, the findings indicate that changes have happened since doi moi which influences the linkages between livelihood change and HIV and AIDS vulnerability among the youth in Vietnam.
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spelling RepoSLU4362012-04-20T14:09:37Z From peasant society to manufacturing society : how change aggravates HIV and AIDS among youth in Vietnam Nielsen, Mette Holst HIV/AIDS Vietnam Doi moi Vulnerability Livelihood Youth Risk-behaviour Migration Gender roles Stigma Since the early 1990's when the first cases of HIV were found in Vietnam, the number of people infected with HIV has been increasing. Over half of the Vietnamese population is under the age of 25 and 78.9% of the reported cases of HIV are people between the ages of 20 and 39. This thesis work has been undertaken to evaluate whether there is a need to focus more on the youth in terms of prevention within HIV and AIDS related to the move from a peasant society to a more industrialised society. To investigate this, a literature desk study was carried out supported by key informant interviews and a small questionnaire. It was found that specifically the HIV and AIDS law, stigma, discrimination, gender roles, and risk-behaviour of migrants and the Vietnamese youth were important factors linked with vulnerability and livelihood change after doi moi. Although more research on a national level on the subject is needed, the findings indicate that changes have happened since doi moi which influences the linkages between livelihood change and HIV and AIDS vulnerability among the youth in Vietnam. SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development 2009 H2 eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/436/
spellingShingle HIV/AIDS
Vietnam
Doi moi
Vulnerability
Livelihood
Youth
Risk-behaviour
Migration
Gender roles
Stigma
Nielsen, Mette Holst
From peasant society to manufacturing society : how change aggravates HIV and AIDS among youth in Vietnam
title From peasant society to manufacturing society : how change aggravates HIV and AIDS among youth in Vietnam
title_full From peasant society to manufacturing society : how change aggravates HIV and AIDS among youth in Vietnam
title_fullStr From peasant society to manufacturing society : how change aggravates HIV and AIDS among youth in Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed From peasant society to manufacturing society : how change aggravates HIV and AIDS among youth in Vietnam
title_short From peasant society to manufacturing society : how change aggravates HIV and AIDS among youth in Vietnam
title_sort from peasant society to manufacturing society : how change aggravates hiv and aids among youth in vietnam
topic HIV/AIDS
Vietnam
Doi moi
Vulnerability
Livelihood
Youth
Risk-behaviour
Migration
Gender roles
Stigma