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Family and HIV/AIDS, 2012
Cultural and Contextual Issues in Prevention and Treatment
Coordinators: Pequegnat Willo, Bell Carl
Language: EnglishSubjects for Family and HIV/AIDS:
Publication date: 10-2014
364 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 10-2011
364 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
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CarlC. Bell, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health and Director of the Institute for Juvenile Research (IJR),University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). IJR is century old, multi-million dollar academic institute providing child and family research, training, and service, employing 257 academic faculty and support staff. Dr. Bell is President and C.E.O. - Community Mental Health Council (CMHC) and Foundation, Inc. in Chicago. CMHC a large multi-million comprehensive community mental health center employing 390 social service geniuses. During 40 years, he has published more than 450 articles, chapters,and books on mental health and authored The Sanity of Survival. He has been interviewed by Ebony; Jet; Essence; Emerge;New York Times; Chicago Tribune Magazine; People Magazine; Chicago Reporter; "Nightline";ABC News; NPR; "CBS Sunday Morning"; The News Hour with Jim Lehrer; the Tom Joyner Morning Show; Chicago Tonight; and the "Today" show. A1967 graduate of UIC, he earned his M.D. from Meharry College in Nashville,Tennessee in 1971. He completed his psychiatric residency in 1974 at the Illinois State Psychiatric Institute/Institute for Juvenile Research in Chicago.
Willo Pequegnat, Ph.D., is Associate Director of the International AIDS Prevention Research in the NIMH Division of AIDS Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Pequegnat has a range of experience with both national and international HIV/STD prevention research and has expertise in primary and secondary behavioral preventive interventions,stress and coping, psychological, neuropsychological, and physical functioning,and quality of life. Her research involves multilevel social organization and complex relationships: couples, families, communities, societal (media,policy), technological (internet, web, smart phones, etc.). She is working on the issue of social instability, such as consequences of war, terrorism,migration, fema
Addresses the contribution of different families members to prevention and treatment of its members
Uses a definition of families that recognizes the reality of today’s families, the latest research findings gathered into one volume that have implications for preventing and treating HIV/AIDS and other major diseases
Outlines the challenges for the next decade and suggests some creative solutions
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras