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HIV Health & Your community. A Guide for Action.
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Granich, Reuben; Mermin, Jonathan
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Artículo Disponible
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362.1969 G759
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This book is a comprehensive, easy-to-understand guide for health workers throughout the world, notably in areas with few medical resources. it could be equally useful in a rural village in southern Africa, a major city in Thailand, or a Peace Corps worker's backpack. Designed as a manual for people confronting the HIV epidemic in their communities, it has been written to be easily accessible to those without medical or technical knowledge and without prior training int eh prevention of HIV and the care of those with AIDS.
Topics range from the biology of the virus to designing prevention programs, from the epidemiology of the disease to writing rant proposals. The authors discuss explicitly the risk factors for explaining them and assisting people to change their behavjior. They avoid extensive discussions of medical treatments not available to the vast majority of the people in teh world who have HIV, focusing instead on public health interventions that are possible in less industrialized settings. However, an appendix aimed at readers with medical training discusses common HIV-related illnesses and their tratment. The authors use contemporary examples, most drawn from actual experience, to emphasize the growing prevalence of HIV and to reflect successtul prevention efforts by health workers around the world. Illustrations are used throughout the book to highlight important topics and to increase the accessibility of the text. |
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0-942364-40-6
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The Hesperian Foundation
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2003
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246
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United States of America
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California
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English
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Priscila Barrientos
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Priscila Barrientos
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05/03/2015
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05/03/2015
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