ERIC Number: ED467767
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2001
Pages: 174
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ISBN: ISBN-0-7890-1442-4
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HIV/AIDS and Children in the English Speaking Caribbean.
Dicks, Barbara A., Ed.
This collection of papers addresses the HIV/AIDS situation among English-speaking children in the Caribbean. Papers include: "Preface" (C. James Hospedales); "Introduction"; (Barbara A. Dicks); "HIV/AIDS: Challenging a Monster" (Brendan Bain); "HIV/AIDS in Caribbean Children and Adolescents" (Noreen Jack); "Social and Demographic Factors Affecting the HIV Infected Children in Barbados" (M. Anne St. John and Alok Kumar); "Knowledge, Attitudes, and Sexual Practice among the HIV Infected Women with Repeated Childbirths in Barbados" (Alok Kumar and M. Anne St. John); "Psychocultural Factors Associated with HIV Infection among Trinidad and Tobago Adolescents" (Dexter R. Voisin and Maria Dillon-Remy); "Residential Care for Children with HIV/AIDS in Trinidad and Tobago" (Innette Marcia Cambridge); "Developing a Theory-Based, Culturally Sensitive Intervention for Adolescents: The Antigua School Project" (G. Aisha Gilliam, Agatha Eke, Felicity Aymer, and Cheryl O'Neil); "Sexual Risk-Taking Behavior and HIV Knowledge of Kingston's Street Boys" (Tiffany Robinson, Trevor Thompson, and Brendan Bain); "Popular Music and Sexual Behavior Among Female Adolescents in Jamaica: A Case-Control Study" (Desmalee Holder-Nevins and Brendan Bain); and "School-Based HIV/AIDS Education in Grenada" (Roger L.Radix and Holger Hansen). (Individual papers contain references.) (SM)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Birth, Children, Comprehensive School Health Education, Cultural Influences, Culturally Relevant Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level, Males, Parent Attitudes, Popular Music, Psychological Patterns, Residential Care, Sexuality, Socioeconomic Influences
Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580.
Publication Type: Books; Collected Works - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Barbados; Grenada; Jamaica; Trinidad and Tobago
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