Women at Risk: Issues in the Primary Prevention of AIDS (Aids Prevention and Mental Health) - Hardcover

 
9780306450419: Women at Risk: Issues in the Primary Prevention of AIDS (Aids Prevention and Mental Health)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0306450410 ISBN 13: 9780306450419
Publisher: Springer, 1995

Synopsis

AIDS is the fourth leading cause of death among women of childbearing age and is increasing by about 8% a year in this group. * And yet, our understanding of the impact of HIV and AIDS on women's lives remains fragmented and incomplete. After a decade of struggling with mounting surveys of risk behavior, clinical trials, and behavioral interventions that were based primarily on experience with gay communities in large cities and, subsequently, on the needs of injection drug users, we have not given programs for women the attention they require if they are to be meaningful, effective, and gender appropriate. This book will introduce the reader to the range of complex issues of HIV and AIDS in women's lives. Ann O'Leary and Loretta Sweet Jemmott have assembled an impres­ sive list of authors who have contributed chapters from different disciplinary viewpoints. The reader will find information on prevention programs that have been effective for adolescent girls, on culturally specific strategies for African American and Latina women, and on the multiple issues of sub­ stance use and HIV that need to be faced by any outreach and intervention programs for drug-using women.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review

`... topics are comprehensive and current...rich with statistics and many studies with findings...a useful text for teaching and referencing in research...[recommended] for all researchers, program developers, grant writers, AIDS activists, and journalists.'
AIDS Education and Prevention, 8:5
`... timely and significant. The articles present clear and thoughtful expositions of theory, together with case illustrations that provide insights into treatment issues. Clinicians ... will find this a valuable source of information, organized so as to enhance its use as a resource.'
Readings (1996)
`... significant ... this book is a valuable resource for AIDS clinicians, researchers and policy makers.'
Journal of Feminist Family Therapy

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Springer
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0306450410
ISBN 13 
9780306450419
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
292
Editor
O'Leary PhD Ann, Jemmott Loretta Sweet

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9781489910592: Women at Risk: Issues in the Primary Prevention of AIDS (Aids Prevention and Mental Health)

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  148991059X ISBN 13:  9781489910592
Publisher: Springer, 2013
Softcover