Introduction

Audience

The theorization of health issues is crucial both for understanding and as a guide for action. By providing a forum for academics and practitioners to engage with the theoretical development of the health debate, Social Theory & Health aims to develop the theoretical underpinnings of health research and service delivery.

The journal is of interest to scholars of health-related sociology; nursing, health and clinical psychologists; health and public policy analysts and theorists in related disciplines.

News

Special Issue: HIV/AIDS

Guest Editors: Eric Mykhalovskiy and Marsha Rosengarten
This special issue aims to renew the social and cultural analysis of HIV/AIDS in its third decade and examines issues ranging from mass HIV treatment programmes in Africa to HIV prevention.  Featuring articles written by scholars from USA, Canada and South Africa, including a collective interview with Judy Auerbach, Susan Kippax, Steven Epstein, Didier Fassin, Barry Adam and Dennis Altman, this issue provides fascinating new social and cultural perspectives on prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.

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