Religion, Ritual and Health in HIV-Affected Thai Communities

该项目旨在了解被社会边缘化的泰国男同性恋者和变性者如何利用佛教治疗传统作为应对艾滋病毒/艾滋病和其他卫生紧急情况的替代和补充疗法。通过在泰国几个不同文化地区进行的案例研究，该项目期望提供比较深入的了解，了解在遭受艾滋病毒流行的亚洲社会和在澳大利亚的亚洲移民社区中宗教与健康的交集。预期的结果包括在泰国和其他东南亚社会的弱势少数族裔社区以及澳大利亚的亚裔男同性恋者中加强艾滋病毒教育的方法，他们求助于替代疗法的情况鲜为人知。

This project aims to understand how socially marginalised Thai gay men and transgenders draw on Buddhist healing traditions as alternative and complementary therapies in dealing with HIV/AIDS and other health emergencies. Through case studies undertaken in several culturally diverse Thai regions, this project expects to provide comparative insight into the intersections of religion and health in Asian societies suffering HIV epidemics and among Asian migrant communities in Australia. Expected outcomes include enhanced approaches to HIV education among vulnerable minority communities in Thailand and other Southeast Asian societies as well as among Asian gay men in Australia, whose recourse to alternative therapies is poorly understood.