One small ethical issue arising in ethnographic research

Article Abstract:

The non-interference of ethnographers in some cultures, such as injection-drug users visiting sites called shooting galleries where they may inject drugs possibly with contaminated needles, may cause more harm than good to the people of that culture. Intervention could protect the individuals from the spread of HIV and other diseases. However, ethnographers believe in voluntary participation and asking questions related exclusively to the research problem at hand. They consider it inappropriate to bring about changes in the culture. This leads them to ignore certain health hazards, which could be easily precluded.

Research, Ethical aspects, Ethnology, Cultural anthropology

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Analyzing proposed new public policies

Article Abstract:

The analyses of several proposed US government policies to check the spread of HIV are given. To analyze the policies it is necessary to list the goals, feasibility, human rights involved and results of implementing the policy. Proposed policies such as denying admission into the first grade to HIV infected children, banning the sale of injections without a prescription, banning federal aid to non-profit organizations spending more than 5% of their revenue on advocacy and compulsory testing of all newborn children for HIV are discussed.

Prevention, Political aspects, Medical policy, Health policy

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HIV surveillance: what's hot, what's not

Article Abstract:

Several methods have been devised to monitor the HIV epidemic in the US. Among these are the use of surveillance data, case reporting by HIV-infected individuals, name reporting and the sampling of sentinel populations such as all hospitalized patients or pregnant women. The latest methods also involve testing people for HIV infection using two tests with varying sensitivity and respond to events that are separated in time.

Methods, Testing, HIV patients, Demographic surveys

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