Communication Perspectives on HIV/AIDS for the 21st Century

by Edgar; Timothy

• ISBN13: 9780805858266
• ISBN10: 0805858261
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-08-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Emerson College, Boston, MA. Focuses on current key communication issues relating to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Covers social stigma associated with HIV/AIDS, reducing risky sex, and more. For students, practitioners, and researchers. Hardcover, softcover available. DNLM: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome-prevention & control.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Editors	p. xix
Contributors	p. xxiii
Review Chapters
The Role of Partner Communication in Safer Sexual Behavior: A Theoretical and Empirical Review	p. 3
Communication Skills Training in HIV Prevention Interventions	p. 29
The Social and Personal Dynamics of HIV Stigma	p. 67
Social Support and Living with HIV: Findings from Qualitative Studies	p. 101
Infusing HIV Test Counseling Practice with Harm Reduction Theory: An Integrated Model for Voluntary Counseling and Testing	p. 137
Talking About HIV and AIDS: A Focus on Parent-Child Discussions	p. 169
Culture and the Development of HIV Prevention and Treatment Programs	p. 193
Mass Media Campaigns as a Tool for HIV Prevention	p. 221
Entertainment Education and HIV Prevention	p. 253
The Agenda-Setting Process and HIV/AIDS	p. 277
The Rhetoric of Science versus Politics in U.S. HIV Testing and Prevention Policy	p. 297
Health Literacy and AIDS Treatment and Prevention	p. 329
Internet and Other Computer Technology-Based Interventions for STD/HIV Prevention	p. 351
Intervention Exemplar Chapters
Reducing Risky Sex Through the Use of Interactive Video Technology	p. 379
The Internet: Accessible and Affordable HIV Prevention for Rural MSM	p. 385
Using Communication Strategies in an HIV Prevention Curriculum to Enhance African-American Adolescents' Adoption of HIV-Preventive Behaviors	p. 389
Social and Sexual Networks at STOP AIDS Project: A New Strategy for Diffusing Messages	p. 395
Leveraging Entertainment Media to Communicate About AIDS: The Kaiser Family Foundation Media Partnership Model	p. 401
"For People Like Us": Mobilizing Communities for HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment, Care, and Support	p. 407
A Network-Oriented HIV Prevention Intervention: The SHIELD Study	p. 413
Faith and the ABCs of HIV: The Approach of "I Choose Life-Africa"	p. 419
A TTM-Tailored Condom Use Intervention for At-Risk Women and Men	p. 423
Patnership for Health Program Development: A Brief Safer-Sex Intervention for HIV Outpatient Clinics	p. 429
Using Technology to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, STDs, and HIV	p. 435
Author Index	p. 441
Subject Index	p. 465
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