Pequengnat, Willo (Editor) <br/><br/>
Family and HIV/AIDS: Cultural and contextual issues in prevention and treatment 

 - New York  Springer  c2012 
 - 364 
<br/><br/> Three decades into the HIV pandemic, the goals remain clear: reduce the number of infections,improve the health outcomes of those who are infected, and eliminate disparities in care. And one observation continues to gain credence: families are a powerful resource in preventing, adapting to, and coping with HIV.  Recognizing their complex role as educators, mentors, and caregivers, Family and HIV/AIDS assembles a wealth of findings from successful prevention and intervention strategies and provides models for translating evidence into effective real-world practice. Chapters spotlight the differing roles of mothers and fathers in prevention efforts, clarify the need for family/community collaborations, and examine core issues of culture,ethnicity, gender, and diagnosis (e.g., minority families, adolescents with psychological disorders). Throughout, risk reduction and health promotion are shown as a viable public health strategy A reference with considerable utility across the health, mental health, and related disciplines,Family and HIV/AIDS will be a go-to resource for practitioners working with families, researchers studying at-risk populations, administrators seeking to create new (or evaluate existing)prevention and care programs, and policymakers involved in funding such programs. 
<br/><br/>Contents<br/>Part I Overview of Family and HIV and Mental Health<br/>1. Family and HIV/AIDS: First Line of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention<br/>2. Family as the Model for Prevention of Mental and Physical Health Problems<br/>3. The Role of Settings in Family Based Prevention of HIV/STDs<br/><br/>Part II Role of Families in Prevention and Care<br/>4. Parents as HIV/AIDS Educators<br/>5. Mothers: The Major Force in Preventing HIV/STD Risk Behaviors<br/>6. Fathers and HIV/AIDS: A Missing Factor in Developing Interventions But Not in the Lives of Their Children<br/>7. Couple-Based HIV Prevention and Treatment: State of Science, Gaps, and Future Directions<br/>8. The Role of Families Among Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Confronting HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa<br/>9. Collaborating with Families and Communities to Prevent Youth HIV Risk Taking and Exposure<br/>10. Families and HIV Medication Adherence<br/><br/>Part III Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Issues in Families<br/>11. Family-Based HIV Prevention with African American and Hispanic Youth<br/>12. Parents as Agents of HIV Prevention for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth<br/>13. Family-Based HIV-Prevention for Adolescents with Psychiatric Disorders<br/><br/>Part IV Implementing Family Systems Evidence-Based Prevention<br/>14. Adaptation of Interventions for Families Affected by HIV<br/>15. Promoting Family-Focused Evidenced-Based Practice in Frontline HIV/AIDS Care<br/><br/>Part V Challenges for the Future<br/>16. Future Directions for Family-Based Prevention and Treatment Research: Challenges and Emerging Issues<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-1-4614-0438-5 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label> Allied Informatics, Jaipur 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medical
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.979205  / PEQ