Two book reviews
Tatiana Andreeva
Two book reviews in Russian of books in Russian have been published in TCPHEE this week.
Short descriptions in English and links to full texts follow below.
Homosexuality in the provinces: book review
Maxim Kasianczuk
Abstract
The paper announces the report on complex biobehavioral survey of HIV-vulnerable social group — men who have sex with men — MSM. The study was conducted in a town of Mariupol (situated in Eastern Ukraine), which until recently was not covered by wide-scale HIV-prevention and service projects.
Keywords
MSM; Ukraine; sexual and risky behavior; HIV awareness; social networks.
http://journals.uran.ua/tcphee/article/view/14670
Public Health as an object of sociology: Book review
Evgeniy Ershov
Abstract
Book review of the monograph by V.A.Medik and A.M.Osipov "Public Health: medical and sociological analysis"
The book review refers to a recently published monograph devoted to sociology of medicine. The monograph contains an overview of recent studies conducted in Russia in the field of sociology of public health. Authors overview concepts used in public health as well as results of their own research. They also discuss measures that are deemed relevant to improve population health and cover wide range of medical and social challenges of health care in Russia. The monograph may be interesting for health care managers and researchers.
Keywords
sociology; public health; Russian Federation