1st Edition

International Perspectives on Women and HIV

Edited By Samuel A MacMaster, Brian E Bride, CINDY DAVIS Copyright 2009
214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

Throughout the world, the threat of HIV/AIDS to women’s health has become the focus of increased concern. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2004) reports that almost 20 million women and girls are living with HIV globally, accounting for nearly half of all people living with HIV worldwide. Infection rates among women are rising in every region worldwide including high-income... Read more
  1. International Perspectives on Women and HIV: An Overview: An Overview  Samuel A. MacMaster, Brian E. Bride, Cindy L. Davis, and Lisa Docktor
  2. Rapid Ethnographic Assessment of HIV/AIDS Among Garifuna Communities in Honduras  Miriam Sabin, George Luber, Keith Sabin, Mayte Paredes, and Edgar Monterroso
  3. East African Mothers with HIV  Jean Burke, Neema Peter Majule, George Ikongo, and Michael Burke
  4. Analysis of HIV Caregivers in South Africa  Lisa Webb-Robbins, and Zane Wilson
  5. A model program for increasing treatment access for African American women who use crack cocaine and are at risk for contracting HIV  Samuel Okpaku, Samuel MacMaster, Sheila Dennie, and Deon Tolliver
  6. HIV prevention programs in the Black Church  Schnavia Smith, Jeronda Davis, and Wilhelmena Lee-Ouga
  7. Women, Economic Development and HIV/AIDS  Lisa Webb-Robbins, and Na’ama Ben David
  8. Gendered Economic, Social, and Cultural Challenges to HIV/AIDS Prevention and Intervention for Chinese Women  Catherine So-kum Tang
  9. Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours Related to HIV and AIDS among Female College Students in Taiwan  Wei-Chen Tung, Jie Hu, Cindy Davis, Wei-Kang Tung, and Yin-Mei Lin
  10. Fallout from Communism: The role of Feminism in fighting HIV/AIDS among women in Russia  Michael Humble, and Brian Bride
  11. Culturally Grounded HIV prevention for Latina Adolescents in Border Areas  Rodney Ellis, Lori Holleran, Samuel MacMaster, Laura Hopson, and Debra Nilson
  12. Women in India: The context and impact of HIV/AIDS  Sonal Doshi, and Bindi Ghandi

Biography

Samuel A. MacMaster is Associate Professor at the College of Social Work, University of Tennessee, USA.

Brian E. Bride is Associate Professor at the School of Social Work, University of Georgia, USA.

Cindy L. Davis is Associate Professor at the College of Social Work, University of Tennessee, USA.