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人如何利用佛教治疗传统作为应对艾滋病毒/艾滋病和其他健康紧急情况的替代和补充疗法。通过在几个文化多样的泰国地区进行的个案研究，该项目预计将提供比较深入的了解宗教和健康的交叉点，在亚洲社会遭受艾滋病毒流行病和亚洲移民社区在澳大利亚。预期成果包括在泰国和其他东南亚社会的弱势少数群体社区以及澳大利亚的亚洲男同性恋者中加强艾滋病毒教育的方法，他们对替代疗法的了解很少。

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.