Letting Them Die

Catherine Campbell is a Reader at the London School of Economics and an External Professor at the University of Natal.

"A remarkable book . . . a signal example of why Campbell is considered one of the foremost researchers on HIV and AIDS. It is trenchant, troubling, meticulously reasoned and compellingly written."—New England Journal of Medicine". . . of universal interest . . . a guidebook for anyone running or working in a health related programme in a developing country . . ."—African Review of Books"A compelling demonstration of the value and power of qualitative research and process evaluation . . . intriguing and important . . . provides an inspiring intervention paradigm."—Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology"Brave, frank, perceptive . . . a uniquely detailed description and interpretation."—Population and Development Review"An important and compelling contribution to the field of public health education . . . recommended to all those interested in finding ways of addressing the basic issues of health care inequality and social injustice through community education and organisation"—Health Education and Behavior"Arguably the most important practitioner critique to have appeared in recent years . . . a landmark book. . . . I salute the author's intellectual honesty."—Anthropology in Action"A superb analysis of community development initiatives . . . well researched, intelligently summarised, and riveting . . . an important and compelling contribution."—European Journal of Development Research"The book is a major achievement, setting the standard for rigorous evaluation of planning and delivering HIV prevention. It should be required reading . . . for all interested in developing or evaluating social interventions to promote health."—Health Education Research"This is a splendid and courageous book. . . . Tidily organised, properly directed and well-written. It will be significant reading for health and AIDS activists, those involved in development studies and social theorists of various stripes."—Journal of Health Psychology"A superb ethnography of a leading HIV/AIDS prevention programme . . . There is an honesty in Campbell's writing that makes uncomfortable reading"—New Political Economy

• Preliminary Table of Contents: AcknowledgmentsPart 1. Sexuality and Sexual Health in the Summertown Mining Community: Context and Concepts1. Sexuality, Participation, and Social Change2. "Going underground and going after women": HIV Transmission amongst Mineworkers3. Mobilizing a Local Community to Prevent HIV/AIDS: The Summertown Project4. Community, Participation, and Sexual Health: Conceptual ChallengesPart 2. Sexuality, Sexual Health, and Peer Education amongst Summertown Sex Workers5. The Social Organization of Commercial Sex Work6. Sex Workers Organize to Fight HIV Transmission: Community-Led Peer Education in an Informal, "Hard-to-Reach" Setting7. Factors Shaping the Success of Community Mobilisation in Informal SettingsPart 3. Sexuality and Sexual Health amongst Young People in Summertown8. HIV Transmission amongst Young People: Gender, Social Norms, and Sexuality9. Changing Young People's Sexual Behavior?: Youth-Led Participatory HIV Prevention in SummertownPart 4. Power, Participation, and Political Will: The Context of HIV Prevention Efforts10. Make or Break: Stakeholder Collaboration in Project Planning11. Make or Break: Technical Capacity and Grassroots Identification with Project Goals12. Commitment, Conceptualization, and Capacity