Beyond disease clustering and interaction, the
term syndemic also points to the importance of
social conditions in disease concentrations, interactions
and consequences. In syndemics, the interaction
of diseases or other health problems (e.g.,
malnutrition) commonly arises because of adverse
social conditions (e.g., poverty, stigmatization,
oppressive social relationships) that put socially
devalued groups at heightened risk. As Farmer
(1999) argues with reference to TB, it is impossible
to understand its persistence in poor countries as
well as its recent resurgence among the poor in
industrialized countries without assessing how social
forces, such as political violence and racism, come to
be embodied and expressed as individual pathology.
An examination of STDs in Connecticut generally,
and Hartford specifically, presented below, suggests
the existence of an STD syndemic (STDS) involving
several co-morbid diseases rooted in the social
conditions of poverty and racial discrimination.
Beyond disease clustering and interaction, theterm syndemic also points to the importance ofsocial conditions in disease concentrations, interactionsand consequences. In syndemics, the interactionof diseases or other health problems (e.g.,malnutrition) commonly arises because of adversesocial conditions (e.g., poverty, stigmatization,oppressive social relationships) that put sociallydevalued groups at heightened risk. As Farmer(1999) argues with reference to TB, it is impossibleto understand its persistence in poor countries aswell as its recent resurgence among the poor inindustrialized countries without assessing how socialforces, such as political violence and racism, come tobe embodied and expressed as individual pathology.An examination of STDs in Connecticut generally,and Hartford specifically, presented below, suggeststhe existence of an STD syndemic (STDS) involvingseveral co-morbid diseases rooted in the socialconditions of poverty and racial discrimination.
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