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Peer reviewedPinching, Anthony J. – School Science Review, 1987
Discusses what is currently known about acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), including routes for the transmission of the AIDS virus, the prevention of AIDS, and some of the non-issues regarding the disease. Urges community leaders and teachers to become more involved in AIDS education. (TW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Disease Control, Disease Incidence, Diseases
Download full textJanowiak, John J. – 1994
Given the ambiguities and serious consequences of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), health professionals must not over simplify HIV transmission. An alarming paradox underlies HIV infection: a preventable disease rooted in human intimacy is reaching pandemic proportions. Well-publicized instances in which persons with AIDS have been shunned…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Attitudes, Beliefs, Communicable Diseases
Mann, Jonathan M.; And Others – Scientific American, 1988
Suggests that at least 5,000,000 people are infected by the virus and that within the next five years 1,000,000 new cases will emerge. Describes three distinct infection patterns of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome that are apparent worldwide. (RT)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Diseases, Epidemiology
Peer reviewedKeeling, Richard P. – Science, Technology, & Human Values, 1987
Discusses the importance of education as the primary response of higher education to the epidemic associated with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Focuses on the personal, social and institutional issues that bear on AIDS education on college campuses and the important features of AIDS education programs. (TW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, College Science, Disease Control, Disease Incidence
Bishop, George D. – 1988
Recent research in lay conceptions of physical illness has indicated that lay people understand physical illness through the use of illness schemas. These schemas are thought to include at least five components: identity, cause, time line, consequences, and cure. This research examined two of these components, cause and consequences, through the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Cognitive Processes, Communicable Diseases, Diseases
Peer reviewedWhitney, Christopher K. – Mental Retardation, 1989
The hemophilia community has been deeply affected by the catastrophe of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). The use of blood products that had first restored the potential for normal survival now bring the threat of AIDS infection and fear and discrimination from others. Strong leadership has come from the National Hemophilia Foundation.…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Diseases, Medical Services
Peer reviewedHuber, Jeffrey T.; Gillaspy, Mary L. – Library Trends, 1998
The body of knowledge associated with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) represents complexity not present in any other disease. A controlled vocabulary and classification structure used to organize the body of knowledge associated with HIV/AIDS is discussed. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Classification, Communicable Diseases
Peer reviewedFreimuth, Vicki S.; And Others – Science, Technology, & Human Values, 1987
Reports on a study designed to provide insight on college students' perception about acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Focuses on students knowledge about AIDS, their perceptions about their own risk, and any change in behavior they have made in response to the AIDS risk. (TW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Behavior Change, College Students, Disease Control
Heise, Lori – World Watch, 1988
Asserts that AIDS could undermine decades of progress toward improved health and sustained economic development in third world countries. Discusses the spread of AIDS, its multiplier effect, its impact on women and children, and international responses to the crisis. (TW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Developing Nations, Disease Incidence, Diseases
Peer reviewedKeeling, Richard P. – Journal of Counseling and Development, 1993
Describes human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), newly characterized human retrovirus which causes chronic, progressive, immune deficiency disease, the most severe phase of which is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Reviews most important current epidemiologic, clinical, and virologic information about HIV and HIV disease and provides…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Chronic Illness, Diseases, Epidemiology
Peer reviewedMcCutchan, J. Allen – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1990
Presents overview of medical aspects of human immunodeficiency virus Type 1 (HIV-1) disease. Addresses structure and replication of virus, current methods for detecting HIV-1 in infected persons, effects of the virus on immune system, and clinical course of HIV-1 disease. Emphasizes variable causes of progression through HIV-1 infection stages;…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Chronic Illness, Clinical Diagnosis, Diseases
Peer reviewedBeaudin, Christy L.; Chambre, Susan M. – American Behavioral Scientist, 1996
Examines the social, biological, and political forces that changed the public policy conception of HIV/AIDS from an acute epidemic to a chronic illness. Provides an overview of the institutional and social responses to the disease. Discusses and defines characteristics of the chronic illness and plague models. (MJP)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Chronic Illness, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control
Peer reviewedOrlander, Jay D.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1994
A study assessed the effectiveness of a weekly outpatient clinic for staging and triage of newly identified human-immunodeficiency-virus (HIV)-infected patients on 21 medical residents' attitudes and knowledge regarding HIV patient care, as compared with 20 control students. Results indicated that the experience positively affected student…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Clinics
Miller, Jean Marie – Illinois Schools Journal, 1989
Public schools in Illinois have been developing policies for students and employees with AIDS or AIDS-Related Complex (ARC). Following national and state guidelines and recommendations, boards of education have adopted approaches that include procedures and policies for individual determinations regarding students and personnel, curriculum…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Attendance, Board of Education Policy, Communicable Diseases
National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. – 1988
Topics addressed in this report were suggested at a meeting of staff from the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment (NCHSR) and other Public Health Service representatives held in 1988 to update the Public Health Service's plan for the prevention and control of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Diseases, Health Services, Public Health
