Surviving HIV/AIDS in the Inner City: How Resourceful Latinas Beat the Odds

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201 INDEX abortion, 2, 25, 74 abuse: average social/cultural capital and, 58; domestic, 59; emotional, 36, 38, 57; physical, 13, 32, 36, 38, 57; sexual, 13, 36, 37, 38, 39, 55tab, 56fig, 57, 59 ACT UP. See AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power acupuncture, 66, 155, 156 ADAP. See AIDS Drug Assistance Program ADAPT. See Association of Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment addiction, 93; fear of relapse into, 94; managing, 25; recovery from, 30, 37; rehabilitation programs, 48; self-curing, 32. See also drug use African American(s), 2, 54; HIV/AIDS mortality rates among, 30, 70, 76; income levels, 10; racism in depictions of HIV/AIDS, 63; stereotyping of women with HIV/AIDS, 62–63 agency: development of “public voice” and, 59; on one’s own behalf, 4; in structurally constrained environments, 16; structural violence and, 60; structure and, 1–20 AIDS. See HIV/AIDS AIDS Clinical Trial Group 076, 63, 64, 75, 76, 77 AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), 68, 78, 86 AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), 52, 106, 107 AIDS Interfaith Network, 30, 70, 76 AIDS Mastery Workshop, 76, 155 AL-721, 87 Alicia (pseudonym), 26, 54–57, 58, 94, 96, 98, 101, 103, 105, 107, 109, 133, 141, 142, 146, 148–150, 156, 159, 177–178 alliances: assistance from, 4; creation of, 29; cross-agency, 38; expertise in, 6; forming, 165fig; with health care professionals, 25; help in acquiring, 41; social service, 117–127, 127fig, 128; with social workers, 25; support group, 161fig Amelia (pseudonym), 17, 19, 25, 46–48, 91, 92, 96, 100, 125–126, 148–150, 157, 175–176 anger, 27 anxiety, 156–158 ASISTENCIA (pseudonym), 119 Association of Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment (ADAPT), 68, 69 Atripla, 187 Aviles, Armando, 79 AYUDA (pseudonym), 118, 119 AZT (azidothymidine), 43, 63, 64, 74, 76, 77, 186 Banzhaf, Marion, 77 Bardequez, Dr. Arlene, 75 Bergen, Dr. Stanley, 81 Berger, Michele, 22, 59, 96, 122, 130, 131, 134 bleach kits, 69 boarder babies, 72 Bomser, Jeffrey, 86, 87, 155 Bon Jovi, Jon, 186 Booker, Mayor Cory, 186 Boricua, 5 Bourdieu, Pierre, 16, 17, 18, 27, 164–172 Bourgois, Philippe, 16, 17 Branch, George, 80 bureaucracy: ability to manage, 28; dealing with, 6; difficulty in acclimating to demands of, 43; dominance of middle-class workers in, 6 Byrd, Frederick, 78 CAM. See complementary and alternative medicine cancer, 26, 61, 62, 106, 176, 183 capital, cultural/social: ability to function and, 16; adapting to new situations and, 58; average category, 40–51, 58, 59, 137–138; bias born from, 20; broad category, 26–40, 57, 58, 60, 127; as class- and subculture-specific worldview, 17; class specificity and, 170; and clinic use, 136–142; differing treatment due to, 30, 57–58; domestic abuse and, 58; drug use and, 58; economic leverage from, 87; education and, 59; effect on health care outcomes, 20, 57–58; energy/participation level and, 147–151; experience broadening, 60; experiences leading to acquisition of, 167–168; expressed as “habitus,” 17; in management of HIV/AIDS, 164–172; relation to approach to diagnosis, 146–147; risk factors for HIV/AIDS and, 24tab; capital, cultural/social: (continued) sexual abuse and, 59; social toolkits in, 17, 19; sociocultural roles and, 18; solution of daily problems and, 25, 57–58; solving housing problems and, 115–117; struggles with limits of, 58; toolkit, 6; trust and reciprocity in relations of, 18; used to advantage, 5, 6, 57–58; views on use of complementary and alternative medicine and, 153–155 capital, embodied cultural, 18, 27, 142, 143 Caridad (pseudonym), 1–5, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28–29, 60, 88, 91, 96, 98, 100, 126, 145, 156, 184–185 Carlotta (pseudonym), 17, 22, 25, 40–42, 58, 92, 93, 100, 101, 104, 108, 129, 133, 134, 146, 147, 156, 176–177 Carrino, Anthony, 81 Catholicism, 158, 159; abortion and, 2 Celestina (pseudonym), 9, 10, 16, 19, 22, 25, 33–35, 58, 60, 94–96, 96, 105, 145, 152, 157, 158, 183 Charriez, Liz, 78 Chicago (Illinois), 65–66 Chicago Tribune (newspaper), 76 chiropractic care, 66 chlamydial infections, 63 citizenship: access to state and federal programs and, 12; insurance and, 12 clinics: “assembly line” care in, 134; avoidance strategies and, 130; depressing atmosphere in, 132; infectious disease, 26, 27, 131; lack of continuity of care in, 133; lack of doctor-patient interaction in, 131–135, 139–140; managing relations with, 129–145; managing time at, 41, 42; Marshall, 131–132, 138; neighborhood, 131; referrals and, 136–137; relations with health care...