Education and HIV/AIDS : education as a humanitarian response / / edited by Nalini Asha Biggs

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, NY, : Continuum, c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.196/97920071
• Soggetto topico: HIV infections - Social aspects; Education - Health aspects; AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects
• Altri autori: BiggsNalini Asha
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Terms; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Global Overview; 1 International Responses to HIV/AIDS and Education; 2 The Politics of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR); 3 Health Promotion through ABC Education: Agenda Setting and the Development of the ABC Strategy in Zambia; 4 HIV/AIDS Education for HIV-Positive Women Living in India; 5 The Education Sector Response to HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean ; 6 HIV and the Internet Use: Sharing and Receiving Treatment Information7 HIV/AIDS Education in Turkey; 8 Conclusion; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Education and HIV/AIDS draws together contributors with expertise in HIV/AIDS and education working around the world, including Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe, the USA and the Caribbean, from a variety of perspectives. Contributors explore the changing nature of education in light of this epidemic, as well as the impact of public health issues on educational institutions, in a range of different contexts. Within each chapter, the contributors pull apart a variety of relationships HIV/AIDS has with education; some provide a comparative analysis of global responses and international
• Titolo autorizzato: Education and HIV
• ISBN: 1-283-38040-4; 9786613380401; 1-4411-7902-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816201203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Education as a Humanitarian Response