Multiculturalism as Disease: Advocating AIDS
Tags: AIDS (Disease); HIV infections; MULTICULTURALISM; SONTAG, Susan; EDUCATION
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- Superintendents' Views On AIDS: A National Survey. Keough, Katherine E.; Seaton, George // Phi Delta Kappan;Jan88, Vol. 69 Issue 5, p358
Reports on surveys which showed that government officials, legislators of every political persuasion, physicians and educators seem to agree that the public must be informed and educated about AIDS. Number of states which have already mandated the inclusion of information on AIDS in the...
- Always someone else's fault. Mandalia, Sejal // New Statesman;2/28/2005, Vol. 134 Issue 4729, p12
Discusses the proposal of Tory leader Michael Howard that all non-European Union migrants to Great Britain be screened for HIV. Reference to the book "AIDS and Its Metaphors," by Susan Sontag; Report that the director general of the Indian Council of Medical Research demanded a legal ban on all...
- A Traditional Society in Change Encounters HIV/AIDS: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Risk Behavior Among Students in Northwestern China. L�nn, Elin; Sahlholm, Karin; Maimaiti, Rena; Abdukarim, Kaisaier; Andersson, Rune // AIDS Patient Care & STDs;Jan2007, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p48
China has to date in general only been moderately affected by the global HIV epidemic, but there are cities, particularly in Yunnan, with a high prevalence. This situation seems to be changing, however, with the risk of a rapidly growing epidemic. Our aim was to investigate the level of...
- Decision-Making Therapy in HIV/AIDS: The African Experience. Nwoye, Augustine // Dialectical Anthropology;2004, Vol. 28 Issue 3/4, p377
The challenge of providing relevant and sophisticated counseling interventions to people with HIV/AIDS in Africa has greatly intensified. The task has shifted from what it was deemed to entail at the first decade of the disease. Then, it was understood to involve the process of bringing healing...
- Children with AIDS How Schools Are Handling the Crisis. Reed, Sally // Phi Delta Kappan;Jan88, Vol. 69 Issue 5, pK1
Describes the experiences of families with a child with AIDS. Charges of parents against school who were discriminating against their children; Details of the case of the three Ray brothers, Ricky, Robert and Randy Ray, who have been barred from classes because they carry antibodies to the...
- Spiritual Wellness for Clients With HIV/AIDS: Review of Counseling Issues. Holt, Jennifer L.; Houg, Bonnie L.; Romano, John L. // Journal of Counseling & Development;Spring99, Vol. 77 Issue 2, p160
The epidemic of HIV/AIDS has resulted in an increasing population of individuals in need of counseling services: persons Jiving with AIDS, as well as family, friends, and caregivers. The relationship between HIV/AIDS clients' counseling and spiritual issues is demonstrated by a review of salient...
- Education of Children with HIV Infection. Preboth, Monica // American Family Physician;01/15/2001, Vol. 63 Issue 2, p378
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- Physician and Infection Control Practitioner HIV/AIDS Reporting Characteristics. Jones, Jeffrey L.; Meyer, Pamela; Garrison, Carol; Kettinger, Lynda; Hermann, Patricia // American Journal of Public Health;Jun92, Vol. 82 Issue 6, p889
We surveyed a random sample of South Carolina physicians and infection control practitioners about the reporting of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases. Of physicians surveyed, 79% indicated that HIV infection as well as AIDS should be reported...
- The virtual vaccine. Zingale, Daniel // Advocate;07/21/98, Issue 764, p36
Opinion. Emphasizes the importance of HIV prevention and education as a way to combat AIDS. Increase in risky sexual behaviors in gay men after it was found that protease cocktail therapy could lower HIV level in the bloodstream; Flaws in the federal government's HIV prevention efforts; Need...
