Women and AIDS Coping and Care /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: OỚ"Leary, Ann. (Editor), Jemmott, Loretta Sweet. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Series: AIDS Prevention and Mental Health,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Public health.; Health promotion.; Epidemiology.; Social sciences.; Health psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Health Psychology.; Social Sciences, general.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Although women were understudied in the early years of the epidemic, research and practice devoted to understanding and ameliorating the effects of the AIDS epidemic have begun in recent years. Women and AIDS is the first comprehensive exploration of the medical and psychosocial concerns and issues...

Table of Contents:

• Epidemiology, Manifestations, and Treatment of HIV Infection in Women
• Psychosocial Stress and Adaptation Processes for Women Coping with HIV/AIDS
• Intervening with Adolescent Girls Living with HIV
• Drug-Using Women and HIV
• ỚSSelective KinỚ<U+00fd>
• Clinical and Psychosocial Issues of Women with HIV/AIDS
• WomenỚ"s Reproductive Decisions in the Context of HIV Infection
• The Design, Participants, and Selected Early Findings of the HIV Epidemiology Research (HER) Study
• For Whose Benefit? Women and AIDS Public Policy.