AIDS Education: Reaching Diverse Populations

Since the time AIDS and HIV infection were first discovered, no medical cures have been developed. It became clear early on that education would be the cornerstone in the fight against AIDS, and that assessment remains true in the 1990s. This book describes how to tailor HIV education and prevention efforts to specific communities, including how to identify those most at risk, what types of interventions are most appropriate to those communities, how to "engage" those most at risk, and the role of participatory evaluation in determining the effectiveness of community education efforts.

Describes projects and strategies in HIV prevention education for particular populations, including gay men and youth, women who have sex with women, rural Southerners, Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, Latinos, street youth, adolescent girls, sexual assault survivors, and prisoners. Offers advice on tailoring HIV education to specific communities, identifying and engaging those most at risk, and using participatory evaluation to determine effectiveness. For health educators, policymakers, and researchers.
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Challenges the current "state of the art" with regard to HIV-prevention education and highlights the work of a few of the many dedicated, pioneering health educators working to stop the spread of HIV.

Since the time AIDS and HIV infection were first discovered, no medical cures have been developed. It became clear early on that education would be the cornerstone in the fight against AIDS, and that assessment remains true in the 1990s. This book describes how to tailor HIV education and prevention efforts to specific communities, including how to identify those most at risk, what types of interventions are most appropriate to those communities, how to "engage" those most at risk, and the role of participatory evaluation in determining the effectiveness of community education efforts.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-228) and index.

Introduction: Targeting AIDS Education and Prevention Programs by Melinda K. Moore and Martin L. Forst

Successes and Failures in the Gay Community: HIV Prevention Workshops at Gay Men's Health Crisis by James M. Holmes and Steven Humes

Building a Proud Gay Identity: Adult Responsibility for Ending the Expanding HIV Epidemic Among Gay Male Youth by Brian T. Byrnes

Targeting Education for Women Who Have Sex with Women by Mary K. Irvine

Red Clay and Rednecks: HIV Prevention in Rural Southern Communities by Robert Barret and Adam Robinson

HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention in the Asian-American and Pacific-Islander Communities by Michael Jang

Evolution of a Model of Popular Health Education for Environmental Change in the Latino Community by Susana Hennessey Toure and Cassandra Hernandez Vives

HIV Prevention Strategies with Homeless and Street Youth by Meredith Larson and Melissa Schatz

AIDS Education: Innovative Methods for Adolescents in New Orleans by Lillian Lioeanjie

Contextualizing the Development of Adolescent Girls: The Missing Piece in HIV Education by Mary Bentley and Kathryn Herr

HIV Education and the Sexual Assault Survivor by Elizabeth R. Cocina and Cassandra R. Thomas

Reaching In: The Challenge for HIV/AIDS Educators in the Criminal Justice System by James F. Duffield

Maestro: A Cross-Cultural HIV/AIDS Training Curriculum for Diverse Disciplines and Communities by Chris Sandoval

Effective Program Evaluation by Martin L. Forst and Melinda K. Moore

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