Do Community Planning Groups (cpgs) Influence HIV Prevention Policy? An Analysis of California CPGs

2003 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie J. Rose ◽  
Cynthia A. Gómez ◽  
Dellanira Valencia-Garcia
JAMA ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 274 (16) ◽  
pp. 1270-1270
Author(s):  
D. R. Holtgrave

JAMA ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 274 (16) ◽  
pp. 1270
Author(s):  
David R. Holtgrave

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Jenkins ◽  
J. Carey ◽  
K. Cranston ◽  
A. Robbins ◽  
K. Batchelor ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Jane Wathuta

Abstract The United Nations’s (UN) sustainable development goals (SDGs) include the target (3.3) of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030. A major challenge in this regard is to curb the incidence of HIV among adolescents, the number two cause of their death in Africa. In Eastern and Southern Africa, they are mainly infected through heterosexual transmission. Research findings about parental influence on the sexual behavior of their adolescent children are reviewed and findings indicate that parental communication, monitoring and connectedness contribute to the avoidance of risky sexual behavior in adolescents. This article evaluates the extent to which these three dimensions of parenting have been factored in to current HIV prevention recommendations relating to adolescent boys and girls. Four pertinent UN reports are analyzed and the results used to demonstrate that the positive role of parents or primary caregivers vis-à-vis risky sexual behavior has tendentially been back-grounded or even potentially undermined. A more explicit inclusion of parents in adolescent HIV prevention policy and practice is essential – obstacles notwithstanding – enabling their indispensable partnership towards ending an epidemic mostly driven by sexual risk behavior. Evidence from successful or promising projects is included to illustrate the practical feasibility and fruitfulness of this approach.


2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-29
Author(s):  
Sovan Dey

HIV/AIDS, a worldwide epidemic, affects Bangladesh, not only among the high risk groups, but also the general population. The number of HIV cases has increased recently, especially among injecting drug users, men who have sex with men, and female sex workers. Furthermore, unsafe blood supplies to hospitals and cross-border migration have worsened the current situation in the country. It is necessary for the Government and policy makers to consider revising the existing HIV/AIDS policy. Comparative content analysis is employed to analyze the National Policy on HIV/AIDS Prevention of Bangladesh (1997) with The Essential Policy Actions for Prevention proposed by UNAIDS (2005) in its policy position paper, `Intensifying HIV Prevention’. Recommendations are made for amendments to the Bangladesh policy after the analysis; the inclusion of religious leaders, people living with HIV/AIDS involved in policy making and programme implementation, and review and reform in some of the current legal frameworks regarding gender equity and stigma.


2005 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 321-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. Webster ◽  
William W. Darrow ◽  
Jay P. Paul ◽  
Randall A. Roark ◽  
Richard A. Taylor ◽  
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