Islam and Health Policies Related to HIV Prevention in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Barmania, Sima (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Reiss, Michael J. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health,
• Subjects: Health promotion.; Health-Religious aspects.; Medical policy.; Islam.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Religion and Health.; Health Policy.

This salient text presents a culturally aware public health approach to the HIV epidemic in Malaysia, a country emblematic of the Muslim world's response to the crisis. It explores complex interactions of religion with health as a source of coping as well as stigma and denial, particularly as I...