Crossing borders : migration, ethnicity, and AIDS / edited by Mary Haour-Knipe and Richard Rector.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haour-Knipe, Mary.

Rector, Richard.

Series:

Social aspects of AIDS.

Social aspects of AIDS

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects.

AIDS (Disease).

AIDS (Disease)--Prevention.

AIDS (Disease)--Government policy.

Immigrants--Health and hygiene.

Immigrants.

Minorities--Health and hygiene.

Minorities.

Migrant labor--Health and hygiene.

Migrant labor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Bristol, PA : Taylor & Francis, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Academics and activists have come together in this edited volume to tackle the complex issues surrounding migration and AIDS. The book sets the agenda for the development of HIV/AIDS prevention and care programme in migrant and minority ethnic communities. Issues covered include: migration patterns; policies for migrant health; legal and human rights issues as they affect mobile populations; racism and stigma; and HIV/AIDS prevention, care and programme evaluation as they pertain to migrant communities. The editors end with an overview of some of the key issues which remain to be addressed. Th

Contents:

""Book Cover""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Foreword I""; ""Foreword II""; ""Series Editor's Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Migration Patterns""; ""Migration, Migration Policy and AIDS""; ""AIDS and HIV, Migrants and Refugees: International Legal and Human Rights Dimensions""; ""The Person Behind the Virus: Migration, Human Factors and Some Moral and Ethical Questions""; ""Migrants and AIDS: Themes of Vulnerability and Resistance""; ""Stigma and Racism as they Affect Minority Ethnic Communities""

""HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities in Europe: A Challenge for Policy Makers, NGOs and Health Educators""""A National AIDS Prevention Programme for Migrants""; ""Care Issues and Migrants""; ""Culture in the Clinic: Danish Service Providers' View of Immigrants with HIV""; ""Asylum Seekers and Clandestine Populations""; ""Transnational AIDS/STD Prevention among Migrant Prostitutes in Europe""; ""International Networking: Building Migrants' Networks across Europe""; ""Programme Evaluation""; ""Conclusion: Shaping a Response""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-74530-7

0-203-48284-0

1-280-40556-2

9786610405565

1-135-74531-5

9780203482841

OCLC:

475886715