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The Role of Social Science in Shaping the Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STI) Discourse

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The chapter argues that a critical review of the research conducted from the social sciences and epidemiology fields on STI have constructed categories of “risk”, as well as developed insights into preventing stigma and disease. The discussion includes how public health discourses, health service delivery, and research have forged partnerships with social sciences to create social categories that may have caused harm and perhaps even contributed to STI spread via marginalization, stigma and “othering.” Finally, it discusses how research in the last decade has helped shape STI policy, public health campaigns, and community outreach discourses, with a particular focus on the USA. A case study from the perspective of a sexual health practitioner is used to highlight the utilities of social science concepts in clinical practice.

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  1. School of Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Victor Minichiello & John Scott

  2. Department of Community Health and Social Sciences, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York, NY, USA

    Christian Grov

  3. Albert Einstein College of Medicine & Montefiore Health System, New York, NY, USA

    Viraj Patel

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Minichiello, V., Scott, J., Grov, C., Patel, V. (2023). The Role of Social Science in Shaping the Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STI) Discourse. In: Liamputtong, P. (eds) Handbook of Social Sciences and Global Public Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96778-9_76-1

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