Hiv/AIDS and Children in the English Speaking Caribbean

ISBN-13: 9780789014412 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 194 str.

Barbara A. Dicks

Opis

HIV/AIDS experts from the Caribbean region examine the biopsychosocial, environmental, spiritual, and policy issues that impact HIV/AIDS prevention and service delivery for children and adolescents in Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica, and The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. They give special att

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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

O autorze

Barbara A Dicks