AEGiS-BKREV: AIDS and Adolescents

(BKREV) AIDS and Adolescents

Harwood Academic Publishers, PO Box 200029 Riverfront Plaza Station, Newark, NJ 07102-0301. 206p., bibliog., index. ISBN 90-5702-039-4. $30.00.
edited by Lorraine Sherr. 1997.

Books that cover adolescents and AIDS are few. This is very unfortunate since this is the group of individuals who need to be informed about the disease more than ever before. It is, therefore, extremely important that researchers conduct research on this group of people and report their findings on a timely basis. This book attempts to take a long hard look at AIDS and adolescents. "In this text a series of contributions have been compiled to explore adolescent issues ranging from sexual behaviour, health education campaigns, HIV prevention and HIV/AIDS care."

The titles of the chapters indicate the wide coverage of the articles written by contributors from around the world: "Adolescents and HIV in Our Midst," "HIV and AIDS in Adolescence: Epidemiology," "AIDS Diagnosis in U. S. Adolescents (1981-1993)," "Facts and Fictions of Adolescent Risk," "Young People, Sexuality, HIV and AIDS Education," "Expanding the Context: Australian Adolescents' Behaviours and Beliefs about HIV/AIDS and Other STDs," "Adolescents and HIV Risk Due to Drug Injection or Sex with Drug Injectors in the United States," "Adolescents and Emerging Sexuality," "Adolescents Facing AIDS and Hemophilia," "Adaptation and Coping of HIV Infected Adolescents Living in France," "The Medical Management of AIDS in Adolescents," and "Looking forward: Future Directions for Prevention of HIV among Adolescents."

The final chapter on future directions admits that it is a formidable challenge to believe that we can change the behavior of adolescents so that they will be prevented from becoming HIV positive. However, "there is accumulating empirical data indicating that increasing condom use is an achievable goal." That is a challenge that will pit some churches against research and education. There is still too little being taught in schools about condom use and other methods of preventing one from becoming HIV positive. Parents, clergy, and politicians just do not see the light that this has to be done if we are going to keep the adolescents from becoming HIV positive. This is a recommended book for all libraries, including all school libraries.

Keywords: AIDS in Adolescence; Teenagers; Sexual Behavior; Social Aspects

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Copyright © 1999 - The University of Illinois at Chicago. All materials in the journal are subject to copyright by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois and may be reprinted or redistributed for the noncommercial purpose of scientific or educational advancement granted by Sections 107 and 108 of the Copyright Revision Act of 1976. For other reprinting, redistribution, or translation, address requests to H. Robert Malinowsky, University of Illinois at Chicago Library, PO Box 8198, Chicago, IL 60680 or electronically to hrm@uic.edu.

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