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AJPH First Look, published online ahead of print May 30, 2007
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The Political Economy of Marriage and HIV: The ABC Approach, "Safe" Infidelity, and Managing Moral Risk in Uganda

Shanti A. Parikh, PhD

Shanti A. Parikh is with the Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.


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  		FIGURE 1—— A Ugandan HIV prevention poster depicting faithfulness as the route to morality and marital happiness.

Note. In this poster, infidelity is equated with immorality, and married people seduced by potential lovers are represented as weak, immoral, and backward.

 

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  		FIGURE 2—— A popular HIV prevention poster from the 1990s that distinguishes good "safe" people from immoral "unsafe" people at risk of drowning.

Note. The title reads, "Do not drown in the AIDS flood; always be on board." Although the message might lead some people to change their risky behavior, it could induce others to deny it.

 




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