AEGiS-BKREV: HIV/AIDS and Children in the English Speaking Caribbean

HIV/AIDS and Children in the English Speaking Caribbean

Haworth Press, 10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. 165p., bibliog. (Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Education for Adolescents and Children, volume 4, nos. 2-3). ISSN 1069-837X. $24.95.
Barbara A. Dicks. 2001.

"The HIV/AIDS epidemic has become a major developmental problem affecting every country in the world, and the Caribbean in particular, where the epidemic is the worst in the Western Hemisphere and second in magnitude only to that in Sub-Saharan Africa." Transmission of the virus has shifted from being predominantly homosexual to mainly heterosexual. As a result, a great effort is being made to publicly educate the people in the Caribbean countries. This combined issue of the Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Education for Adolescents and Children is intended to "serve as a medium to disseminate information among young people on issues related to HIV/AIDS, sexuality, and protective measures against HIV infection and other sexually transmitted infections, as well as living positively with HIV."

The ten papers in this issue cover: "HIV/AIDS-Challenging a Monster," "HIV/AIDS in Caribbean Children and Adolescents," "Social and Demographic Factors Affecting the HIV Infected Children in Barbados," "Knowledge, Attitudes, and Sexual Practice Among the HIV Infected Women with Repeated Childbirths in Barbados," "Psychocultural Factors Associated with HIV Infection Among Trinidad and Tobago Adolescents," "Residential Care for Children with HIV/AIDS in Trinidad and Tobago," "Developing a Theory-Based, Culturally Sensitive Intervention for Adolescents: The Antigua School Project," "Sexual Risk-Taking Behavior and HIV Knowledge of Kingston's Street Boys," "Popular Music and Sexual Behavior Among Female Adolescents in Jamaica," and "School-Based HIV/AIDS Education in Grenada." These are well written research papers that should be of interest to researchers in academic and medical institutions.

Keywords: Caribbean; Adolescents; Young People; Education
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