A5101885604- Sex work and related issues
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Human Rights and Development
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Legal Issues in South Africa
- African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues
- School Choice and Performance
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Diverse Education Studies and Reforms
- Comparative and International Law Studies
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Education Discipline and Inequality
- International Law and Human Rights
- Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Gender Politics and Representation
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Critical Race Theory in Education
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
Virginia Wesleyan College
2016-2020
Wesleyan University
2020
University of Utah
2018
Digital Research Alliance of Canada
2008-2011
AIDS Research Alliance
2008-2011
Paul De Lay and co-authors introduce a Collection on the design of targets for ending AIDS epidemic.
UNAIDS and a broad range of partners have collaborated to establish new set HIV prevention targets be achieved by 2025 as an intermediate step towards the sustainable development target for 2030.The number infections in world continues decline, part due extraordinary expansion effective treatment. However, decline is geographically heterogeneous, with some regions reporting rise incidence. The incidence that was agreed 2020 has been missed.A exciting technologies become available or are...
Background Although HIV and tuberculosis (TB) prevalence are high in prisons throughout sub‐Saharan Africa, little research has been conducted on factors related to prevention, testing treatment services. Methods To better understand the relationship between prison conditions, criminal justice system, TB Zambian prisons, we a mixed‐method study, including: facility assessments in‐depth interviews with 246 prisoners 30 officers at six prisons; review of legislation policy governing system; 46...
Recent years have seen a push to apply criminal law HIV exposure and transmission, often driven by the wish respond concerns about ongoing rapid spread of in many countries. Particularly Africa, some groups begun advocate for criminalization response serious phenomenon women being infected with through sexual violence or partners who do not reveal their diagnoses them. While these issues must be urgently addressed, closer analysis complex raised transmission reveals that is unlikely prevent...
Since the beginning of epidemic, protection human rights has been an integral component in response to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The high degree stigma and discrimination associated with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) made not only a priority ensure people living at-risk for HIV, but address public health goals as well. Advances understanding impact antiretroviral treatment on HIV prevention provide exciting opportunities even paradigm shift terms AIDS prevention....
The widespread phenomenon of enacting HIV-specific laws to criminally punish transmission of, exposure to, or non-disclosure HIV, is counter-active good public health conceptions and repugnant elementary human rights principles. authors provide ten reasons why criminal prosecutions are bad strategy in the epidemic.
Expanding access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) has both individual health benefits and potential decrease HIV incidence. Ensuring services is a significant human rights issue successful programmes require adequate protections community support. However, the cost of specific support interventions for equitable, sustainable non-discriminatory ART are not well described. Human were identified using literature through consultations with experts. Specific costs then determined these sector...
In 2010, UNAIDS put forward their bold vision of the "Three Zeros," to envisage a world in which there were zero new infections, AIDS deaths and discrimination [1]. One form against people living with HIV that remains all too common threat lives wellbeing, as well goal ending epidemic, is criminalization. criminalization describes unjust application criminal similar laws ostensibly based on status, either via HIV-specific statutes or general other laws. are almost invariably exceedingly...
Throughout the HIV epidemic, criminal law has been invoked to deter and punish sexual transmission. The public health community not favored enactment of laws specifically targeting people with HIV, nor endorsed application general - but neither it taken a vigorous stand against them. Meanwhile, governments continue adopt HIV-specific laws, individuals be prosecuted under around world. This comment argues that cannot draw reasonable, enforceable lines between non-criminal behavior, protect or...
The study discussed in this article examined the relationships between support from parents, teachers, and peers; contextual risks; select achievement outcomes a representative sample of African American female high school seniors enrolled an urban district southeastern Virginia. Quantitative analysis revealed that some variables were predictive better others associated with poorer outcomes. Qualitative identified significant similarities differences within respect to types sources reported...
Advanced cancer patients on hospice and their spouse caregivers are encouraged to talk about make plans for the end of life. In previous communication research both pronouns emotion terms have been examined assess presence degree personal agency collaborative coping. Recent studies also suggest that patient caregiver death-talk (the use death-related words such as “dead”, “die”, “dying”, “death”) reflects greater death acceptance among caregivers. This secondary data-analysis a multi-site...
Abstract Although students must successfully navigate transition years in school pursuit of sustained academic success, not enough is known about the context-linked experiences African American male adolescents as they seek to traverse their senior year, one most important pivotal points time for all students. This study examined relationship between perceptions support from significant others, exposure contextual risks, and two achievement outcomes a representative sample 139 high seniors....