Family and HIV/AIDS: Cultural and Contextual Issues in Prevention and Treatment
Willo Pequegnat (auth.), Willo Pequegnat, Carl C. Bell (eds.)
Three decades into the HIV pandemic, the goals remain clear: reduce the number of infections,improve the health outcomes of those who are infected, and eliminate disparities in care. And one observation continues to gain credence: families are a powerful resource in preventing, adapting to, and coping with HIV. Recognizing their complex role as educators, mentors, and caregivers, Family and HIV/AIDS assembles a wealth of findings from successful prevention and intervention strategies and provides models for translating evidence into effective real-world practice.Chapters spotlight the differing roles of mothers and fathers in prevention efforts, clarify the need for family/community collaborations, and examine core issues of culture,ethnicity, gender, and diagnosis (e.g., minority families, adolescents with psychological disorders). Throughout, risk reduction and health promotion are shown as a viable public health strategyA reference with considerable utility across the health, mental health, and related disciplines,Family and HIV/AIDS will be a go-to resource for practitioners working with families, researchers studying at-risk populations, administrators seeking to create new (or evaluate existing)prevention and care programs, and policymakers involved in funding such programs.
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Année:
2012
Edition:
1
Editeur::
Springer-Verlag New York
Langue:
english
Pages:
364
ISBN 10:
1461404398
ISBN 13:
9781461404392
Fichier:
PDF, 3.60 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2012