HIV/AIDS and Children in the English Speaking Caribbean

Barbara A Dicks (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

188 Seiten

2002
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7890-1441-2 (ISBN)

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Examine the biopsychosocial, environmental, spiritual, and policy issues that affect HIV/AIDS prevention/service delivery issues for Caribbean youth!This groundbreaking book provides an overview and informed discussion of HIV/AIDS as it affects children and adolescents in Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica, and The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. With contributions from noted HIV/AIDS experts in the region, it examines the biopsychosocial, environmental, spiritual, and policy issues that impact HIV/AIDS prevention/service delivery issues for Caribbean youth. HIV/AIDS and Children in the English Speaking Caribbean breaks the silence on this subject that has existed throughout the Caribbean--second only to Sub-Saharan Africa in terms of the number of people infected with the disease--by focusing attention on the issues, needs, perspectives, policies, and research that impact those affected by the epidemic in that region. This unique book gives special attention to the distinctive differences among Caribbean countries with varying customs based on colonial influences including language, culture, traditions, and religion. User-friendly tables and figures make the statistical information easy to understand.HIV/AIDS and Children in the English Speaking Caribbean discusses a diversity of topics, including:

psycho-cultural issues and adolescents

the impact of dance hall music on HIV and adolescents

school programs

evaluation of residential placements for children with AIDS

sexual risk-taking behaviors of Jamaican street boys

the inaugural lecture on AIDS at the University of the West Indies

. . . and much more.

Everyone whose professional life brings them into contact with this population, including social workers, psychologists, counselors, clinicians, nurses and other health care professionals, as well as educators and their students will find HIV/AIDS and Children in the English Speaking Caribbean a very useful resource for understanding the devastating impact of the HIV/AIDS virus on children and adolescents in that part of the world.

Barbara A Dicks

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

HIV/AIDS--Challenging a Monster

HIV/AIDS in Caribbean Children

Social and Demographic Factors Affecting the HIV Infected Children in Barbados

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Sexual Practice Among HIV Infected Women with Repeated Childbirths in Barbados

Psychocultural Factors Associated with HIV Infection Among Trinidad and Tobago Adolescents

Residential Care for Children with HIV/AIDS in Trinidad and Tobago

Developing a Theory-Based, Culturally Sensitive Intervention for Adolescents: The Antigua School Project

Sexual Risk-Taking Behavior and HIV Knowledge of Kingston's Street Boys

Popular Music and Sexual Behavior Among Female Adolescents in Jamaica--A Case:Control Study

Notes from the Field

School-Based HIV/AIDS Education in Grenada

Index

Reference Notes Included

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.2.2002
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	498 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7890-1441-6 / 0789014416
ISBN-13	978-0-7890-1441-2 / 9780789014412
Zustand	Neuware