Buch, Englisch, 94 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 153 g
Current Issues in Community Practice
Buch, Englisch, 94 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 153 g
ISBN: 978-1-138-01228-8
Verlag: Routledge
Develop a positive working relationship between researchers and community groups focusing on HIV/AIDS prevention, and discover how to evaluate HIV/AIDS programs! An indispensable manual for everyone involved with HIV/AIDS research, prevention techniques, and the needs of individuals with HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS Prevention: Current Issues in Community Practice covers everything from the likelihood of condom usage by college women to the psychological effects on minority men infected with the HIV/AIDS virus. Essential reading for psychologists, research scientists who work with communities or who are involved in AIDS prevention programs, and for care takers of people with HIV/AIDS, Contemporary Topics in HIV/AIDS Prevention covers the necessary collaborative steps needed to create a positive researcher/community based organization (COB) partnership that will benefit researchers and those affected by the disease. In HIV/AIDS Prevention, you will examine many different models designed to effectively foster a positive researcher/CBO relationship while learning how to overcome problems you may encounter when researching a social issue or working with a researcher. This book also explains how and why many HIV prevention programs have been poorly evaluated due to a lack of funds and social politics. In addition, you will discover how you can obtain and/or perform a true evaluation of an HIV prevention program. In HIV/AIDS Prevention, you will explore many important issues and factors that help create successful programs, including: - factors necessary for valid HIV/AIDS prevention program evaluations - assessments of coping strategies, psychological variables, and the physical well-being of African- American and Latino men living with HIV/AIDS - steps for the collaborative process between researchers and community groups - making a good match between community-based organizations and researchersHIV/AIDS Prevention gives you pertinent information and guidelines for selecting a community-based organization to work with and the steps to creating a successful relationship. This book will give you the strategies and information you need in order to give pastoral support and prevention education to at-risk individuals. You will discover what is necessary for a true HIV/AIDS prevention program evaluation.
Zielgruppe
Professional Practice & Development
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin HIV, AIDS
Weitere Infos & Material
- Building Collaborative Partnerships to Improve Community-Based HIV Prevention Research: The University-CBO Collaborative Partnership (UCCP) Model (Gary Harper and Doreen Salina) - Ongoing Evaluation in AIDS Service Organizations: Building Meaningful Evaluation Activities (Robin Miller and J. Brian Cassel) - The Influence of Beliefs, Attitudes, and Concern About HIV/AIDS on Comdom Use in College Women (Doreen Salina, Lisa Razzano, and Linda Lesondak) - Psychological Distress Among HIV-Impacted African-America and Latino Males (Rocco Domanico and Isiaah Crawford) - Index - Reference Notes Included
