Prisons & AIDS – A Public Health Challenge

A Public Health Challenge

Gebonden Engels 1996 9780787903084
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A Growing Health Crisis

?An illuminating discussion of the complex problems of HIV/AIDS within the correctional setting, including its impact on the families and communities of those incarcerated.––Mervyn F. Silverman, M.D., MPH, former director of health, San Francisco, former president, American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR)

The first book to offer critical information on the proliferation of HIV and AIDS among prison populations, this is a much–needed resource for the design and implementation of education and prevention programs within correctional facilities.

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ISBN13:9780787903084
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Aantal pagina's:272

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Foreword,
<br /> 1. Inmates, HIV, and AIDS: An Overview
<br /> 2. AIDS and Ethnic Minority Inmates
<br /> 3. An Analysis of Current Educational and Prevention Efforts
<br /> 4. Prevention and Juvenile OffAnders
<br /> 5. Policy Response to a Public Health Opportunity
<br /> 6. A Report from the Frontline: Four Case Studies
<br /> 7. Prison Personnel: Gatekeepers to Education and Prevention
<br /> 8. Legal and Legislative Issues
<br /> 9. Worldwide Policies and Practices
<br /> 10. The Public Health Challenge
<br /> Afterword

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