Children and HIV/AIDS

by Anderson,Gary

• ISBN13: 9780765804884
• ISBN10: 0765804883
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-05-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

In December 1982, the Centers for Disease Control received the first reports of cases of children with HIV/AIDS. Since that time, the child welfare system, as well as other human service organizations, have been coping with & responding to the crises of children & families living with HIV/AIDS, including the considerable number of children affected by AIDS through the illness of their parents, siblings, or other family members. This volume is intended as a resource for personnel within the child welfare field serving children & families whose lives are touched by HIV & AIDS. The contributors add insight to & fuel the discussion of the fight against AIDS. They provide tools to help better serve the children & adolescents that the current epidemic so tragically affects. Originally published as a special issue of Child Welfare, this volume examines lessons learned from a variety of perspectives & settings, & identifies a number of continuing challenges facing the field. Children & HIV/AIDS is an invaluable compendium that should be read by social workers & health specialists & all those affected by the epidemic.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Donna Pressma
Bruce Hershfield
Introduction	1	(6)
Gary Anderson
Constance Ryan
Susan Taylor-Brown
Myra White-Gray
HIV Infection and Children: A Medical Overview	7	(8)
Virginia M. Anderson
Factors Associated with Parents' Decision to Disclose Their HIV Diagnosis to Their Children	15	(22)
Lori S. Wiener
Haven B. Battles
Nancy E. Heilman
Parental Loss Due to HIV: Caring for Children as a Community Issue---The Rochester, New York Experience	37	(24)
Susan Taylor-Brown
Judith Ann Teeter
Evelyn Blackburn
Linda Oinen
Lennard Wedderburn
PERMANENCY PLANNING
Custody Planning with HIV-Affected Families: Considerations for Child Welfare Workers	61	(18)
Sally Mason
Improving Permanency Planning in Families with HIV Disease	79	(16)
Barbara H. Draimin
Ivy Gamble
Amy Shire
Jan Hudis
HIV AND ADOLESCENTS
Correlates and Distribution of HIV Risk Behaviors among Homeless Youths in New York City: Implications for Prevention and Policy	95	(14)
Michael C. Clatts
W. Rees Davis
J.L. Sotheran
Aylin Attillasoy
HIV Prevention for Youths in Independent Living Programs: Expanding Life Options	109	(14)
Wendy F. Auslander
Vered Slonim-Nevo
Diane Elze
Michael Sherraden
Shared Experiences: Three Programs Serving HIV-Positive Youths	123	(30)
Adam Tenner
Rudy Feudo
Elizabeth R. Woods
A Place Called HOPE: Group Psychotherapy for Adolescents of Parents with HIV/AIDS	153
Marianne Gunther
Sheila Crandles
Gillian Williams
Margaret Swain