Adolescents and AIDS
Subtitle: a generation in jeopardy
By: edited by Ralph J. DiClemente
Contributors: DiClemente, Ralph J
Publisher: Sage; Sage Publications
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Newbury Park, Calif; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: AIDS (Disease) in adolescence -- United States; AIDS (Disease) in adolescence -- United States -- Prevention; AIDS (Disease) in adolescence -- Government policy -- United States
Description: There hasn't been a resource to inform readers about the HIV risk confronting our adolescent population--until now! In Adolescents and AIDS, leading researchers in health, medicine, sociology, and psychology describe the risks to this vulnerable population. Divided into three parts (epidemiology, prevention/risk reduction, and policy), this comprehensive book addresses not only adolescents in general, but includes specific chapters on high-risk populations such as minority, incarcerated and homeless youth. The authors explore the data and theoretical underpinnings necessary for designing and implementing effective risk-reduction and prevention programs by approaching the AIDS epidemic as a social and developmental crisis that adolescents are ill-prepared to address. While proposing appropriate theoretical models for behavior change, the book also evaluates the effectiveness of various intervention strategies ranging from school-based programs to mass-media approaches and offers public policy recommendations for intervening for this population. Health professionals, researchers, policy analysts, clinicians, counselors, and students will find this timely text a valuable resource.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index