1st Edition

AIDS and Adolescents

Edited By Lorraine Sherr Copyright 1997
222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1997, Aids and Adolescents provided an insight into a wide range of adolescent issues which were rarely compiled in one volume at the time. Much of the HIV epidemic response had been at the individual level in the hope that this narrow focus would provide the key to containment and resolution of spread. However, over the ten years since the epidemic had taken hold, it... Read more

Acknowledgements.  Contributors.  1. Introduction Lorraine Sherr  2. Adolescents and HIV in our Midst Lorraine Sherr  3. HIV and AIDS in Adolescence: Epidemiology Jonathan Elford  4. AIDS Diagnosis in US Adolescents (1981-1993): The Future Arrives Cheryl A. Kennedy & Haftan M. Eckholdt  5. Facts and Fictions of Adolescent Risk Susan Kippax & June Crawford  6. Young People, Sexuality, HIV and AIDS Education Peter Aggleton & Ian Warwick  7. Expanding the Context: Australian Adolescents’ Behaviours and Beliefs about HIV/AIDS and other STDs Doreen Rosenthal  8. Adolescents and HIV Risk Due to Drug Injection or Sex with Drug Injectors in the United States Samuel R. Friedman, Alan Neagus, Benny Jose, Richard Curtis, Gene A. McGrady, Mildred Vera, Richard Lovely, Jonathan Zenilman, Valerie Johnson, Helene R. White, Denise Paone, Don C. Des Jarlais  9. Adolescents and Emerging Sexuality Glynis M. Breakwell  10. Adolescents Facing AIDS and Hemophilia: Neuropsychological and Psychosocial Findings and Issues Stephen R. Hooper & J. Kenneth Whitt  11. Adaptation and Coping of HIV Infected Adolescents Living in France Isabelle Funck-Brentano, Florence Veber, Marianne Debre & Stéphane Blanche  12. The Medical Management of AIDS in Adolescents Barry S. Peters & Ann Reid  13. Looking Forward: Future Directions for Prevention of HIV among Adolescents Ralph J. DiClemente.  Index.

Biography

Lorraine Sherr