The AIDS Challenge: Prevention Education for Young People.

Overview & Synopsis

This book on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) education was developed by national and international experts to aid educators, professionals, parents, and youth leaders in developing and implementing AIDS education programs. Included are: (1) "Living with AIDS" (Jack Martin Balcer); (2) "The AIDS Epidemic: Problems in Limiting Its Impact" (Paul Volberding); (3) "A Dangerous Presence: AIDS in the World Today" (Michael Helquist); (4) "The Laboratory Role in the Study of AIDS" (Judith Wilber); (5) "Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in Infants, Children and Adolescents" (Sandra Schwarcz and George Rutherford); (6) "Developing Community Support for School-Based AIDS Education" (Debra Haffner); (7) "Involving Parents in AIDS Education Programs" (Manya Ungar); (8) "Teacher Training for AIDS Education" (Ellen Wagman and Sandra Orwitz Ludlow); (9) "Evaluation of AIDS Education Programs" (Joyce Fetro); (10) "Natural Allies: Youth Organizations as Partners in AIDS Education" (Jane Quinn); (11) "AIDS Education in a Medical Setting" (Sylvia Villarreal); (12) "AIDS Education in School Settings: Preschool-Grade 3" (Marcia Quackenbush); (13) "AIDS Education in School Settings: Grades 4-6" (Jory Post); (14) AIDS Education in School Settings: Grades 7-9" (Cheri Pies); (15) AIDS Education in School Settings: Grades 10-12" (Marcia Quackenbush); (16) "AIDS Education in Religious Settings: A Catholic Response" (Catherine Pickerel); (17) "Educating for Life: AIDS and Teens in the Jewish Community" (Andrew Rose); (18) "AIDS: Contemporary Challenge to the Protestant Churches" (Claudia Webster); (19) "Controversial Issues in the Classroom" (Mary Lee Tatum); (20) "Adolescents and AIDS: Legal and Ethical Questions Multiply" (Abigail English); (21) "AIDS and IV Drug Use: Prevention Strategies for Youth" (Jack Stein, Sally Jo Jones, and Glen Fischer); (22) "HIV-Infected Students and Schools" (interview with David Kirp); (23) "The Epidemiology of AIDS in Hispanic Adolescents" (Kenneth Castro and Susan Manoff); (24) "Developing Innovative AIDS Prevention Programs for Latino Youth" (Ana Consuelo Matiella); (25) "Delivering Difficult Messages: AIDS Prevention and Black Youth" (Renetia Martin and Florence Stroud); (26) "Runaways, Homeless and Incarcerated Youth" (Renee Woodworth); (27) "AIDS Prevention and Education with Gay and Lesbian Youth" (A. Damien Martin); (28) "AIDS Education for the Hemophilic Youth" (Donna DiMarzo); (29) "AIDS Education for Individuals with Developmental, Learning or Mental Disabilities" (Lynne Stiggall); and (30) "Teaching About AIDS: Youth with Sensory or Physical Disabilities" (Katherine Simpson). Relevant guidelines, recommendations, resolutions and other materials are appended. (NB)