Children and HIV/AIDS

In December 1982 the Centers for Disease Control received the first reports of cases of children with HIV/AIDS. Since that time the child welfare system as well as other human service organizations have been coping with and responding to the crises of children and families living with HIV/AIDS including the considerable number of children affected by AIDS through the illness of their parents siblings or other family members. This volume is intended as a resource for personnel within the child welfare field serving children and families whose lives are touched by HIV and AIDS. The contributors add insight to and fuel the discussion of the fight against AIDS. They provide tools to help better serve the children and adolescents that the current epidemic so tragically affects. Chapters and contributors include: Factors Associated with Parents' Decision to Disclose Their HIV Diagnosis to Their Children by Lori S. Wiener Haven B. Battles and Nancy E. Heilman; Custody Planning with HIV-Affected Families by Sally Mason; Correlates and Distribution of HIV Risk Behaviors Among Homeless Youths in New York City by Michael C. Clatts W. Rees Davis J. L. Sotheran and Aylin Attillasoy; and HIV Prevention for Youths in Independent Living Programs by Wendy F. Auslander Vered Slonim-Nevo Diane Elze and Michael Sherraden. Originally published as a special issue of 'Child Welfare' this volume examines lessons learned from a variety of perspectives and settings and identifies a number of continuing challenges facing the field. 'Children and HIV/AIDS' is an invaluable compendium that should be read by social workers and health specialists and all those affected by the epidemic. Language: English