Stopping AIDS : AIDS/HIV education and the mass medea in Europe

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Stopping AIDS : AIDS/HIV education and the mass medea in Europe

Kaye Wellings and Becky Field

Addison Wesley Longman, 1996

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Includes indexes

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Description

This unique and highly topical book provides the first comparative survey of the use of mass media campaigns in the areas of HIV/AIDS prevention and health promotion in Europe. Extensively illustrated throughout with material from the campaigns examined, Stopping AIDS looks at the very different approaches adopted across Europe. Each chapter: Highlights the background to the campaigns analysed. * Looks at the social and political context in which they were developed and used. * Assesses the intended and unintentional effects of campaigns. * Discusses the positive and negative impacts of the campaigns.

Table of Contents

  • Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Setting the agenda. 3. Targetting interventions. 4. Getting the message. 5. Influencing the social climate: solidarity campaigns. 6. Motivating behaviour change. 7. Eroding barriers to preventive action. 8. Specific issues in AIDS public education
  • Dealing with sensitivities
  • Sustaining public awareness - 'AIDS' is still with us'
  • Integration into sexual health
  • Condom normalisation. 9. Evaluating AIDS public education campaigns. Country reports
  • Austria. Belgium. Denmark. Finland. France. Germany. Greece. Iceland. Ireland. Italy. Luxembourg. The Netherlands. Norway. Portugal. Spain. Sweden. Switzerland. United Kingdom. Index.

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  • NCID
    BA30769748
  • ISBN
    • 0582292271
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 263 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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