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Confronting AIDS Through Literature by Judith Laurence Pastore Pdf
This anthology offers an array of viewpoints on the use of literature to confront AIDS. In Part 1, the authors (a.o. Michael Denneny, Paul Reed, James W. Jones) chronicle the increasing significance of AIDS in fiction, journalism, drama, and contemporary spirituality. Part 2 offers a sampling of creative writing on AIDS with fragments by a.o. Paul Monette, Melvin Dixon, Joel Redon, David Feinberg. Part 3 shows how AIDS literature can enlighten and energize humanities, composition, and medical students
This revised and updated edition of the pathbreaking report on the global AIDS epidemic outlines the strategic role that government must play in slowing the spread of HIV and mitigating the impact of AIDS. Drawing on the knowledge accumulated in the 17 years since the virus that causes AIDS was first identified, the report highlights policies that are most likely to be effective in managing the epidemic. These include early actions to minimize the spread of the virus, aiming preventive interventions at high risk groups, and evaluating measures that would assist households affected by AIDS according to the same standards applied to other health issues. This revised edition will a valuable resource for public health, policymakers, researchers, and anyone with an interest in this devastating global health crisis.
National Academy of Sciences,Institute of Medicine,Committee on a National Strategy for AIDS
Author : National Academy of Sciences,Institute of Medicine,Committee on a National Strategy for AIDS Publisher : National Academies Press Page : 393 pages File Size : 50,7 Mb Release : 1986-02-01 Category : Medical ISBN : 9780309036993
Confronting AIDS by National Academy of Sciences,Institute of Medicine,Committee on a National Strategy for AIDS Pdf
This volume examines the complex medical, social, ethical, financial, and scientific problems arising from the AIDS epidemic and offers dozens of public policy and research recommendations for an appropriate national response to this dread disease.
In the face of life-threatening news, how does our view of life change—and what do we do it transform it? Remaking a Life uses the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a lens to understand how women generate radical improvements in their social well being in the face of social stigma and economic disadvantage. Drawing on interviews with nationally recognized AIDS activists as well as over one hundred Chicago-based women living with HIV/AIDS, Celeste Watkins-Hayes takes readers on an uplifting journey through women’s transformative projects, a multidimensional process in which women shift their approach to their physical, social, economic, and political survival, thereby changing their viewpoint of “dying from” AIDS to “living with” it. With an eye towards improving the lives of women, Remaking a Life provides techniques to encourage private, nonprofit, and government agencies to successfully collaborate, and shares policy ideas with the hope of alleviating the injuries of inequality faced by those living with HIV/AIDS everyday.
Institute of Medicine,Committee for the Oversight of AIDS Activities
Author : Institute of Medicine,Committee for the Oversight of AIDS Activities Publisher : National Academies Press Page : 252 pages File Size : 55,5 Mb Release : 1988-02-01 Category : Medical ISBN : 9780309038799
Confronting AIDS by Institute of Medicine,Committee for the Oversight of AIDS Activities Pdf
How far have we come in the fight against AIDS since the Institute of Medicine released Confronting AIDS: Directions for Public Health, Health Care, and Research in 1986? This updated volume examines our progress in implementing the recommendations set forth in the first book. It also highlights new information and events that have given rise to the need for new directions in responding to this disease.
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on a National Strategy for AIDS.
Author : Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on a National Strategy for AIDS. Publisher : Unknown Page : 0 pages File Size : 43,8 Mb Release : 1986 Category : AIDS (Disease) ISBN : LCCN:86023779
United States. Agency for International Development
Author : United States. Agency for International Development Publisher : Unknown Page : 142 pages File Size : 48,9 Mb Release : 1992 Category : AIDS (Disease) ISBN : CORNELL:31924068936636
Institute of Medicine,Committee on Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Author : Institute of Medicine,Committee on Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Publisher : National Academies Press Page : 446 pages File Size : 44,7 Mb Release : 1997-03-28 Category : Medical ISBN : 9780309175470
The Hidden Epidemic by Institute of Medicine,Committee on Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Pdf
The United States has the dubious distinction of leading the industrialized world in overall rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), with 12 million new cases annually. About 3 million teenagers contract an STD each year, and many will have long-term health problems as a result. Women and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to these diseases and their health consequences. In addition, STDs increase the risk of HIV transmission. The Hidden Epidemic examines the scope of sexually transmitted infections in the United States and provides a critical assessment of the nation's response to this public health crisis. The book identifies the components of an effective national STD prevention and control strategy and provides direction for an appropriate response to the epidemic. Recommendations for improving public awareness and education, reaching women and adolescents, integrating public health programs, training health care professionals, modifying messages from the mass media, and supporting future research are included. The book documents the epidemiological dimensions and the economic and social costs of STDs, describing them as "a secret epidemic" with tremendous consequences. The committee frankly discusses the confusing and often hypocritical nature of how Americans deal with issues regarding sexualityâ€"the conflicting messages conveyed in the mass media, the reluctance to promote condom use, the controversy over sex education for teenagers, and the issue of personal blame. The Hidden Epidemic identifies key elements of effective, culturally appropriate programs to promote healthy behavior by adolescents and adults. It examines the problem of fragmentation in STD services and provides examples of communities that have formed partnerships between stakeholders to develop integrated approaches. The committee's recommendations provide a practical foundation on which to build an integrated national program to help young people and adults develop habits of healthy sexuality. The Hidden Epidemic was written for both health care professionals and people without a medical background and will be indispensable to anyone concerned about preventing and controlling STDs.
ISG 44: Church Communities Confronting HIV and AIDS by Gideon Byamugisha Pdf
A new title in the ISG series to help Christians and churches around the world meet the enormous challenges that HIV/AIDS presents, particularly in African countries.
Confronting Discrimination and Inequality in China by Errol Mendes,Sakunthala Srighanthan Pdf
Confronting Discrimination and Inequality in China focuses on the most challenging areas of discrimination and inequality in China, including discrimination faced by HIV/AIDS afflicted individuals, rural populations, migrant workers, women, people with disabilities, and ethnic minorities. The Canadian contributors offer rich regional, national, and international perspectives on how constitutions, laws, policies, and practices, both in Canada and in other parts of the world, battle discrimination and the conflicts that rise out of it. The Chinese contributors include some of the most independent-minded scholars and practitioners in China. Their assessments of the challenges facing China in the areas of discrimination and inequality not only attest to their personal courage and intellectual freedom but also add an important perspective on this emerging superpower.
Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Publisher : National Academies Press Page : 781 pages File Size : 54,8 Mb Release : 2009-02-06 Category : Medical ISBN : 9780309082655
Unequal Treatment by Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Pdf
Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from differing socioeconomic conditions. There is, however, increasing evidence that even after such differences are accounted for, race and ethnicity remain significant predictors of the quality of health care received. In Unequal Treatment, a panel of experts documents this evidence and explores how persons of color experience the health care environment. The book examines how disparities in treatment may arise in health care systems and looks at aspects of the clinical encounter that may contribute to such disparities. Patients' and providers' attitudes, expectations, and behavior are analyzed. How to intervene? Unequal Treatment offers recommendations for improvements in medical care financing, allocation of care, availability of language translation, community-based care, and other arenas. The committee highlights the potential of cross-cultural education to improve provider-patient communication and offers a detailed look at how to integrate cross-cultural learning within the health professions. The book concludes with recommendations for data collection and research initiatives. Unequal Treatment will be vitally important to health care policymakers, administrators, providers, educators, and students as well as advocates for people of color.
Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Committee on the Options for Overseas Placement of U.S. Health Professionals
Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Committee on the Options for Overseas Placement of U.S. Health Professionals Publisher : National Academies Press Page : 264 pages File Size : 45,5 Mb Release : 2005-06-27 Category : Medical ISBN : 9780309165167
Healers Abroad by Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Committee on the Options for Overseas Placement of U.S. Health Professionals Pdf
Healers Abroad:Americans Responding to the Human Resource Crisis in HIV/AIDS calls for the federal government to create and fund the United States Global Health Service (GHS) to mobilize the nation�s best health care professionals and other highly skilled experts to help combat HIV/AIDS in hard-hit African, Caribbean, and Southeast Asian countries. The dearth of qualified health care workers in many lowincome nations is often the biggest roadblock to mounting effective responses to public health needs. The proposal�s goal is to build the capacity of targeted countries to fight the HIV/AIDS pandemic over the long run. The GHS would be comprised of six multifaceted components. Full-time, salaried professionals would make up the organization�s pivotal �service corps,� working side-by-side with other colleagues already on the ground to provide medical care and drug therapy to affected populations while offering local counterparts training and assistance in clinical, technical, and managerial areas.
National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Panel on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs
Author : National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Panel on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs Publisher : National Academies Press Page : 352 pages File Size : 54,8 Mb Release : 1995-09-14 Category : Medical ISBN : 9780309176217
Preventing HIV Transmission by National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Panel on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs Pdf
This volume addresses the interface of two major national problems: the epidemic of HIV-AIDS and the widespread use of illegal injection drugs. Should communities have the option of giving drug users sterile needles or bleach for cleaning needs in order to reduce the spread of HIV? Does needle distribution worsen the drug problem, as opponents of such programs argue? Do they reduce the spread of other serious diseases, such as hepatitis? Do they result in more used needles being carelessly discarded in the community? The panel takes a critical look at the available data on needle exchange and bleach distribution programs, reaches conclusions about their efficacy, and offers concrete recommendations for public policy to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. The book includes current knowledge about the epidemiologies of HIV/AIDS and injection drug use; characteristics of needle exchange and bleach distribution programs and views on those programs from diverse community groups; and a discussion of laws designed to control possession of needles, their impact on needle sharing among injection drug users, and their implications for needle exchange programs.
Author : Arvind Singhal,W. Stephen Howard Publisher : Ohio University Press Page : 284 pages File Size : 54,7 Mb Release : 2003 Category : AIDS (Disease) in children ISBN : 9780896802322
The Children of Africa Confront AIDS by Arvind Singhal,W. Stephen Howard Pdf
The Children of Africa Confront AIDS depicts the reality of how African children deal with the AIDS epidemic, and how the discourse of their vulnerability affects acts of coping and courage.
