title: Analyzing HIV/AIDS and Alcohol and Other Drug Use as a Social Problem.
abstract: Most prevention and intervention activities directed toward HIV/AIDS and alcohol and other drug use separately as well as the combining of the two (e.g., those who are both HIV/AIDS and using alcohol and other drugs) comes in the form of specific, individualized therapies without consideration of social influences that may have a greater impact on this population. Approaching this social problem from the narrowed view of individualized, mi-cro solutions disregards the larger social conditions that affect or perhaps even are at the root of the problem. This paper analyzes the social problem of HIV/AIDS and alcohol and other drug abuse using three sociological perspectives-social construction theory, ethnomethodology, and conflict theory-informing the reader of the broader influences accompanying this problem.
authors.affiliation: University at Buffalo School of Social Work, Buffalo, New York.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: Silver
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wolf Adelv Unegv Waya