African women's unique vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS [electronic resource] : communication perspectives and promises / Linda K. Fuller
出版項
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
版本
1st ed
說明
xvii, 309 p
附註
Electronic reproduction. Basingstoke, England : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Mode of access:World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Title from title screen (viewed on Mar. 3, 2009). Access may berestricted to users at subscribing institutions
African Women's Unique Vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS examines the biomedical, socio-cultural, economic, legal/political, and educational aspects faced by real women in Africa, at the same time offering areas of hope in terms of communication for development case studies and role models. Based on the author's hands-on experience working in West Africa with a number of HIV/AIDS and media organizations, it is reader/researcher friendly, providing more than 800 references and helpful appendiceswith some 900 acronyms, contact data for 450 African HIV/AIDS-related organizations, African terms,websites, African embassies and liaisons,media, billboards, African AIDS-related films, and much more
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-290) and index
Introduction to African women and HIV/AIDS -- Biomedical vulnerabilities -- Sociocultural vulnerabilities -- Economic vulnerabilities -- Legal and political vulnerabilities -- Educational vulnerabilities -- Communication perspectives -- Communication promises -- Appendix 1: Acronyms -- Appendix II: African HIV/AIDS-related organizations -- Appendix III: African terms -- Appendix IV: AfricanHIV/AIDS-related websites -- Appendix V: African embassies and liaisons in the U.S -- Appendix VI: African media -- Appendix VII: African HIV/AIDS-related billboards -- Appendix VIII: African AIDS-related films
