Population Reports articles from September 1989

Population Reports archives from September 1989

AIDS education - a beginning.
September 1, 1989... AIDS Education--A Beginning Nearly everywhere that AIDS has been found, AIDS education programs are underway. Most governments are using broadcast and print mass media to reach the general population. Local groups, often growing out of...

The extent of the epidemic. (AIDS)
September 1, 1989... The Extent of the Epidemic At least through the turn of the century, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) will kill more and more people each year. Perhaps half a million people now have AIDS or have already died of it (475). But far...

How is the virus spread? (AIDS virus; includes information on safer sex)
September 1, 1989... How Is the Virus Spread? The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS, is most often transmitted during: * Sexual intercourse. * Needle-sharing for intravenous drug use, * Pregnancy, from mother to fetus, and *...

Mass media programs for the general public. (includes related articles)
September 1, 1989... Mass Media Programs for the General Public Mass media information and education programs for the general public are often the first step in national AIDS prevention efforts. In virtually every country where AIDS has been reported, the national...

Programs for people at high risk. (AIDS education for men who have sex with men, for prostitutes, for intravenous drug users; includes related article)
September 1, 1989... Programs for People at High Risk Unlike AIDS education programs for the general public, which address people at many different levels of risk, programs for homosexual and bisexual men, for prostitutes, and for intravenous drug user are directed...

Counseling. (AIDS counseling; includes related articles)
September 1, 1989... Counseling Counseling is face-to-face communication in which one person helps another make decisions and act on them (139). If counseling is to help prevent the spread of AIDS, it must give people the information and skills: * To understand...

Evaluation. (of AIDS education programs)
September 1, 1989... Evaluation Evaluation is particularly important in AIDS education programs. With so little experience to draw on and so much at stake, planners need to learn as much as possible from each project and program. Research and planning for...

Family planning and AIDS prevention. (includes related article)
September 1, 1989... Family Planning and AIDS Prevention In addition to supplying condoms, family planning providers are assuming a larger role in AIDS prevention. This is a logical and important step. Although family planning programs have not worked with all the...

Lessons from family planning programs. (includes related article)
September 1, 1989... Lessons from Family Planning Programs Family planning programs have operated for almost three decades. They have been evaluated more extensively and with greater sophistication than most other health programs (134, 386). Because family...

Bibliography. (AIDS education) (bibliography)
September 1, 1989... Bibliography An asterisk (*) denotes an item that was particularly useful in the preparation of this issue of Population Reports. 1. ANONYMOUS. AIDS education and prevention efforts ineffective in adolescents. OB/GYN News 23(14): 1, 26-27....