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ERIC Number: ED372876
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: 125
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Seasons: The National Native American AIDS Prevention Center Quarterly. Summer 1990-Autumn 1992.
Rush, Andrea Green, Ed.
Seasons, Sum,Fall 1990 Win-Fall 1991 Win-Aut 1992
Nine issues of this quarterly periodical examine AIDS prevention, education, and health care services for Native Americans and their communities. Major articles include personal narratives, interviews, roundtable discussions, program descriptions, guidelines for physicians and educators, and overviews of available services, and cover the following topics: (1) stereotypes and negative attitudes toward homosexuality and AIDS patients in Native American communities and among health-care and human services workers; (2) Alaska Natives' lack of access to AIDS testing, risk factors for the spread of HIV among Alaska Natives, and efforts by outreach workers to provide AIDS education to Native villages; (3) chemical dependency as a risk factor for contracting AIDS and the role of substance-abuse workers in providing AIDS education; (4) tribal substance abuse programs that incorporate AIDS education and sex education; (5) the efforts of Native American AIDS patients to educate others; (6) AIDS prevention education in Oklahoma's Indian communities; (7) confidentiality issues, particularly at Indian Health Service facilities; (8) culture-based counseling and education for the prevention of high risk behaviors; (9) building a cooperative relationship between physician and patient; (10) the high risk of AIDS in communities of color and how these communities can educate their youth; (11) a 19-year-old Indian woman who works as an AIDS peer educator; (12) traditional cultural values and techniques as applied to HIV survival issues; and (13) issues of sexuality and sexual identity. Also included are reviews of available educational and prevention materials; artwork; poems; employment opportunities; and announcements of conferences, workshops, and public events. (SV)
National Native American AIDS Prevention Center, 6239 College Avenue, Suite 201, Oakland, CA 94618 (free subscriptions).
Publication Type: Collected Works - Serials
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control (DHHS/PHS), Atlanta, GA.
Authoring Institution: National Native American AIDS Prevention Center, Oakland, CA.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A