Women and AIDS : coping and care / edited by Ann O'Leary and Loretta Sweet Jemmott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Leary, Ann.

Jemmott, Loretta Sweet.

Series:

Language of science.

AIDS prevention and mental health.

AIDS prevention and mental health

The language of science

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease) in women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2002.

Place of Publication:

New York : Plenum Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although women were understudied in the early years of the epidemic, research and practice devoted to understanding and ameliorating the effects of the AIDS epidemic have begun in recent years. Women and AIDS is the first comprehensive exploration of the medical and psychosocial concerns and issues surrounding women living with HIV/AIDS. Contributors address the biomedical aspects of the disease, stress and coping factors, reproductive and childcare issues, access to care, needs of special populations such as drug-using women and adolescents, and policy recommendations. Researchers and students in psychology, public health, medicine, nursing, sociology, women's studies, and social work will appreciate this reference.

Contents:

Epidemiology, Manifestations, and Treatment of HIV Infection in Women

Psychosocial Stress and Adaptation Processes for Women Coping with HIV/AIDS

Intervening with Adolescent Girls Living with HIV

Drug-Using Women and HIV

“Selective Kin”

Clinical and Psychosocial Issues of Women with HIV/AIDS

Women’s Reproductive Decisions in the Context of HIV Infection

The Design, Participants, and Selected Early Findings of the HIV Epidemiology Research (HER) Study

For Whose Benefit? Women and AIDS Public Policy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-20694-2

9786610206940

0-306-47140-X

OCLC:

923696235