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AIDS, the "other plague": a history of AIDS prevention education in Vancouver, 1983-1994 Marjoribanks , Bruce
Abstract
This study describes how AIDS prevention education programs were constructed, delivered, and implemented in Vancouver between 1983 and 1994. Biodeterministic models of disease are examined through a historical analysis of documents that include newsletters, minutes of board meetings, policy reviews, annual reports, and personal journals. This study assumes that AIDS is as much a sociocultural phenomenon as it is biological. The findings suggest that present educational guidelines for AIDS prevention are unable to identify what messages should be communicated and fail to identify to whom they should be conveyed. This study does not recommend the use of biodeterministic models of AIDS prevention education which reflect plague metaphors. Instead, culturally relevant strategies need to be developed throughout all aspects of AIDS prevention curricula.
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AIDS, the "other plague": a history of AIDS prevention education in Vancouver, 1983-1994
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University of British Columbia
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Date Issued |
1996
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Description |
This study describes how AIDS prevention education
programs were constructed, delivered, and implemented in
Vancouver between 1983 and 1994. Biodeterministic models of
disease are examined through a historical analysis of
documents that include newsletters, minutes of board
meetings, policy reviews, annual reports, and personal
journals. This study assumes that AIDS is as much a sociocultural
phenomenon as it is biological.
The findings suggest that present educational
guidelines for AIDS prevention are unable to identify what
messages should be communicated and fail to identify to whom
they should be conveyed. This study does not recommend the
use of biodeterministic models of AIDS prevention education
which reflect plague metaphors. Instead, culturally relevant
strategies need to be developed throughout all aspects of
AIDS prevention curricula.
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application/pdf
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eng
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Date Available |
2009-02-03
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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DOI |
10.14288/1.0064608
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University of British Columbia
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1996-05
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Graduate
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DSpace
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