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Women at Risk

Issues in the Primary Prevention of AIDS

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Ann O’Leary

    1. Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, Busch Campus, New Brunswick, USA

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  2. Loretta Sweet Jemmott

    1. School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

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Part of the book series: Aids Prevention and Mental Health (APMH)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. General Issues in the Prevention of AIDS in Women

    • Ann O’Leary, Loretta Sweet Jemmott
    Pages 1-12

  3. Interactions among HIV, Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Socioeconomic Status, and Poverty in Women

    • Sevgi O. Aral, Judith N. Wasserheit
    Pages 13-41

  4. Women-Centered Prevention Techniques and Technologies

    • Erica L. Gollub
    Pages 43-82

  5. Childhood Sexual Abuse and AIDS

    • Beatriz Perez, Gail Kennedy, Mindy Thompson Fullilove
    Pages 83-101

  6. Preventing AIDS in Female Adolescents

    • Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Loretta Sweet Jemmott, John B. Jemmott III
    Pages 103-129

  7. African American Women and HIV-Risk-Reduction Issues

    • Loretta Sweet Jemmott, Veronica Catan, Adeline Nyamathi, Joyce Anastasia
    Pages 131-157

  8. Latinas and AIDS

    • M. Isabel Fernandez
    Pages 159-174

  9. Drug-Using Women and HIV

    • Gloria Weissman, Vivian Brown
    Pages 175-193

  10. Female Sex Workers

    • Judith Blackfield Cohen, Priscilla Alexander
    Pages 195-218

  11. Women and AIDS in Developing Countries

    • Marcela Raffaelli, Jennifer Pranke
    Pages 219-236

  12. Lesbian Women and HIV/AIDS

    • Kathleen M. Morrow
    Pages 237-256

  13. Future Directions

    • Ann O’Leary, Loretta Sweet Jemmott
    Pages 257-259

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 261-278
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AIDS is the fourth leading cause of death among women of childbearing age and is increasing by about 8% a year in this group. * And yet, our understanding of the impact of HIV and AIDS on women's lives remains fragmented and incomplete. After a decade of struggling with mounting surveys of risk behavior, clinical trials, and behavioral interventions that were based primarily on experience with gay communities in large cities and, subsequently, on the needs of injection drug users, we have not given programs for women the attention they require if they are to be meaningful, effective, and gender appropriate. This book will introduce the reader to the range of complex issues of HIV and AIDS in women's lives. Ann O'Leary and Loretta Sweet Jemmott have assembled an impres­ sive list of authors who have contributed chapters from different disciplinary viewpoints. The reader will find information on prevention programs that have been effective for adolescent girls, on culturally specific strategies for African American and Latina women, and on the multiple issues of sub­ stance use and HIV that need to be faced by any outreach and intervention programs for drug-using women.

Reviews

`... topics are comprehensive and current...rich with statistics and many studies with findings...a useful text for teaching and referencing in research...[recommended] for all researchers, program developers, grant writers, AIDS activists, and journalists.'
AIDS Education and Prevention, 8:5
`... timely and significant. The articles present clear and thoughtful expositions of theory, together with case illustrations that provide insights into treatment issues. Clinicians ... will find this a valuable source of information, organized so as to enhance its use as a resource.'
Readings (1996)
`... significant ... this book is a valuable resource for AIDS clinicians, researchers and policy makers.'
Journal of Feminist Family Therapy

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, Busch Campus, New Brunswick, USA

    Ann O’Leary

  • School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

    Loretta Sweet Jemmott

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