HIV books


	The Complete HIV/AIDS Teaching Kit with CD-Rom by: Josefina Card, Angela Amarillas, Alana Conner, Diana Dull Akers, Julie Solomon publisher: Springer Publishing Company, LLC., published: 2007-09-28 ISBN: 0826103162 sales rank: 891536 Product Description In today's highly emotional HIV/AIDS debates, HIV risk behaviors are often simplistically described as a matter of "human choice," with little attention paid to the complex social, environmental, cultural, and economic factors impacting these choices. It is critically important to understand not only the science of the disease but also the behavioral and sociocultural influences that both facilitate, and prevent the spread of HIV. This unique teaching kit--a research-based resource for a diverse audience, including academics, students, and health professionals--facilitates this understanding. The book covers the biomedical, social, psychological, and behavioral aspects of AIDS, thus providing a multidisciplinary view of prevention and treatment. The Complete HIV/AIDS Teaching Kit offers an overview of what science knows about the incidence, prevalence, antecedents, consequences, prevention, and treatment of HIV/AIDS and is organized in four parts: HIV/AIDS: The Epidemic Preventing AIDS Living with HIV/AIDS Gender, Culture, and HIV/AIDS Use the companion volume, Tools for Building Culturally Competent HIV Prevention Programs (Springer Publishing late 2007), to answer all your questions about program structure, effectiveness, goals, recruitment, evaluation, and more. Review
	The Land and Property Rights of Women and Orphans in the Context of HIV and AIDS: Case Studies From Zimbabwe publisher: Human Sciences Research Council, published: 2007-04-01 ISBN: 0796921350 sales rank: 1679022 Product Description Based on interviews with key informants, focus group discussions, and a semi-structured interview questionnaire, this study?framed around four Zimbabwean sites located in communal, resettlement, and urban areas?provides revealing empirical evidence and new insights as to how the land question has unfolded with particular reference to woman and orphans. The research critically examines Zimbabwe?s land and agriculture policies, and the utilization and efficacy of legal redress. It suggests and develops policy responses to cushion the impact of HIV/AIDS on local communities, especially dispossessed women, and analyzes the critical roles played by women in establishing and managing urban and rural support initiatives. Review
	Be Prepared: The Complete Financial, Legal, and Practical Guide to Living with Cancer, HIV, and other Life-Challenging Conditions by: David Landay publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, published: 2000-01-24 ISBN: 0312253745 sales rank: 850061 Review This is a good reference book with information on many areas of concern all in one book. Well organized and seems to be quite accurate. Before I start my review let me just say I read the previous reviews for this book and I don't understand the ranting of Betty Burk's review. It is very clear that she has not read this book and is on some personal vendetta against the gay culture. It's amazing how she speaks out about name calling from "bullies" on the internet but has no problem with singling out young gay men as being "evil." I hope Betty is judged as she judges others. At age 34, I was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer that has metasized to my liver. At the time of my surgery to remove a large tumor from my colon, my oncologist gave me a 50% chance of living another two years. Today, I've survived over a year and a half of chemotherapy and still going strong. My wife discovered this book one day at our oncology clinic at a time where we where struggling with a lifetime cap on my health insurance and monthly bills from the hospital that would burn up the cap in a year. This book, though a little bit dated with the recent drug plans offered by Medicare, covers pretty much everything you should be thinking about when dealing with a life challenging condition. From dealing with your employer, your rights as a person with a disability, to private insurance and disability, and of course your options for long term care, social security, Medicare and Medicaid. It also encourages you as well as gives you hints on how you can take action as your own advocate. I highly recommend anyone facing a life challenging illness or disability to read at least the first chapter of this book. The chapters are well listed and you can skip very easily to the places you are most interested in. I'd also encourage family members to read it as well. Overall, it's a wealth of information written in "grandma's english" which makes it very easy to understand. I thank David Landay for providing us with this great resource. "Be Prepared" is the only guide to provide a comprehensive and accessible map for coping with the maze of financial, legal, tax, and practical issues. It was refreshing to just discover that a financial planner somewhere "out there" had taken the diagnosis and progression of chronic illness into consideration. Many books from planners are written with a "what if you get an illness" or "after you owe thousands in medical bills" viewpoint. This is a great book for understanding the basics when you have a chronic illness but are not yet owing over a hundred thousand dollars in medical bills. I highly recommend it to all of those with chronic illness that my organization serves through HopeKeepers Magazine--telling them it's WELL worth the expense. It is easy to access and understand and includes over three hundred tips, with guidance on these and other topics: How to obtain, keep, and maximize use of your health insurance coverage. * How to maximize your income and manage your debts. * How to make new uses of assets, such as turning life insurance into cash and using credit as a nest egg. * How to assess work issues, including the legal protections relating to your current job or a new one. * How to prepare for disability, make it work for you, and return to work without compromising your benefits. * How to minimize your taxes. * How to tailor your investment and retirement strategy to meet the needs of your condition. * How to choose and use the best professional services, including doctors, home care, hospitals, nursing homes, pharmacies, and hospices. * How to find, evaluate, and finance promising new drugs and treatments.
	The HIV Pandemic: Local and Global Implications publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, published: 2008-02-09 ISBN: 0199237409 sales rank: 1484600 Product Description As we approach the 25th anniversary of the first recognition fo HIV/AIDS in 1981, this book reflects on the international impact of the disease. It has persistently remained a global issue, with more than 50 million people worldwide estimated to have been infected since that date. This ambitious book, written by 165 authors from 30 countries, offers a multi-country comparative study that examines how the response to the common, global threat of HIV is shaped by the history, culture, institutions and health systems of the individual countries affected. Increasingly the shift of health systems has been from prevention only as the main containment strategy, to a strategy that includes scaling up HIV treatment, and care and prevention services, including antiretroviral therapy. Thus, all parts of the health system must be involved; policy makers, healthcare professionals and users of the services have been forced to think differently about how services are financed, how resources are allocated, how systems are structured and organized, how services are delivered by patients, and how the resulting activity is monitored and evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, equity and acceptability of the response. The book is unique in attempting to describe and assess a range of responses across the globe by situating them within the characteristics of each country and its health system. Most chapters combine a health policy expert with an HIV specialist, allowing both a 'top down' health system approach and a 'bottom up' HIV-specific perspective. There are thematic and analytical sections, which provide an overview and some suggestions for solutions to the most serious outstanding issues, and chapters which analyze specific country and organizational responses. There is no perfect health system, but the evidence provided here allows the sharing of knowledge, and an opportunity to assess the impact and reactions, to an epidemic that must be considered a long term issue. Review
	Strong Women, Dangerous Times: Gender and HIV/AIDS in Africa publisher: Nova Science Publishers, published: 2009-04 ISBN: 1606927361 sales rank: 4086108 Product Description HIV/AIDS is holding firm as one of the worst diseases in history and the leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa. This collection of essays shares various case studies from sub-Saharan Africa and one from the African Diaspora that demonstrate how multi-faceted women's lives, and thus their HIV risk, are. Notwithstanding women's marginalisation, the essays in this volume maintain that women in Africa are not merely puppets of globalisation, cultural norms, or biological imperatives, but rather agents in their own livelihoods. In each case we see women presented with many challenges that they must navigate in order to mitigate their HIV risk. Some of the most trying challenges are based on economic and political structures that occur at various scales, from the global to the household. While structural factors are indeed important, the authors in this volume also show that traditional norms, cultural beliefs, and gender roles are equally necessary to consider when planning HIV prevention programs. Gender disempowerment is of particular importance, as it is seen in all of these case studies. In order for the HIV epidemic to dissipate in sub-Saharan Africa, prevention programs that truly understand the local circumstances and strive for gender equality must be instituted immediately and broadly. The book is divided into three parts, each concentrating on a different aspect of women and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. The first part provides case studies of the social, political, economic, cultural, and geographic dynamics that play into women's and girls' risk for the virus. The second part transitions into case studies of prevention, concentrating on condom use. The chapters in the final section expand on Part II by highlighting other ways of promoting HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention across the region. In short, the papers in this volume highlight the complicated decision making processes that women in countries of sub-Saharan Africa must make when it comes to HIV risk. In many cases, women find themselves in economically dependent relationships with men whereby they must stay in sexually risky situations to be able to feed themselves and, very often, their children. Review
	HIV/AIDS - HOW EXPERTS SPREAD THE VIRUS by: Ushonye Ayim publisher: Lulu.com, published: 2007-08-06 ISBN: 1411644468 sales rank: 8054954 Product Description This book, 'HIV/AIDS - HOW EXPERT SPREAD THE VIRUS' is indeed an eye-opener. It is the fastest media known to mankind in curbing the spread of the dreaded human virus. This text is a product of scientific revolution. It is intended to make the medical scientist return with spontaneous immediacy into the clinical laboratory, to proffer superior preventive measures against the scourge. Review
	HIV and AIDS (All You Wanted to Know About) by: Savitri Ramaiah publisher: Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd ,India, published: 2001-07-02 ISBN: 812072304X sales rank: 1745048 Product Description A product of the combined knowledge and experience of many doctors and scientists, this book offers a clear look at sickness and therapy - therapy which uses both alternative care and conventional method. Review
	HIV Positive by: Bernard Wolf publisher: Dutton Juvenile, published: 1997-05-01 ISBN: 0525454594 sales rank: 1587631 Product Description A photographic portrait of a mother suffering from AIDS captures the ups and downs of her daily life, from shopping trips and enjoying a meal to her frequent doctor visits and family therapy sessions." Review
	HIV + Sex: The Psychosocial And Interpersonal Dynamics Of Hiv-seropositive Gay And Bisexual Men's Relationships publisher: American Psychological Association (APA), published: 2005-04 ISBN: 1591472458 sales rank: 1540283 Product Description HIV is no longer a death sentence and persons with HIV are living longer, healthier and more sexually active lives. Nevertheless, the sexual practices fo gay men libing with HIV have largely been ignored. This book illuminates the struggles faced by HIV-positive gay and bisexual men as sexual beings, but also describes the myriad ways in which many of these men are able to celebrate their sexuality. This distinictive and timely volume offers meaningful and practical information for anyone working with HIV seropositive gay and bisexual men in both research and service domains. Review
	HIV and Psychiatry: Training and Resource Manual publisher: Cambridge University Press, published: 2005-07-25 ISBN: 0521009189 sales rank: 1634223 Product Description This new edition of HIV and Psychiatry is fully revised and brings together a strong, international team of experts to create the most up-to-date handbook for mental health professionals dealing with HIV-infected and HIV-affected people. HIV care has become more complex, involving increasingly successful treatments with combinations of antiretrovirals from different classes. Patients now live longer, making the need for effective psychiatric care greater than ever to ensure good adherence to drug treatments and the best possible quality of life. Using case studies throughout, this training manual addresses all of the issues involved in caring for HIV and AIDS patients in order to help clinicians provide the best, state-of-the-art care for these individuals. Review

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