This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Elwood, W. N. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

'The Head that Doesn't Speak One Calls a Cabbage:' Hiv, Aids, Risk, and Social Support in the 21St Century

Center for Public Health and Evaluation Research, Inc., wnelwood{at}earthlink.net

This essay comments on articles in this special issue on HIV and AIDS in the context of social and personal relationships. Specifically, it argues that active communication about sex and condom use and equally vigorous communication regarding HIV-treatment issues is required to reduce HIVtransmissions and to facilitate its treatment. In particular, the articles demonstrate that undereducated, impoverished individuals may require more active and instructional case management than their more informed and affluent counterparts.

Key Words: AIDS • behavior • communication • HIV • risk

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Vol. 19, No. 1, 143-149 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/0265407502191008


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?