Between a Jan. 31, 2010 New York Times Op-ed (Sex Ed in Washington) and follow-up responses on Feb. 6 (Sex Ed, With No Federal Strings?) debating the merits and disconnects of sexual education, the Times reported on the findings of a recent study of an abstinence-only intervention (Quick Response to Study of Abstinence Education). From the [...]
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Chapters 1-3 are rounding out, and the pilot study is imminent!
Looking for early HIV and AIDS imagery for my dissertation, I came across the following article and website recently: Trebay, G. (2009, December 11). Lost to AIDS, but Still Friended. The New York Times. Retrieved December 12, 2009, from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/fashion/13memorial.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hpw http://www.avert.org/history-science.htm
Today I had the pleasure of conducting dissertation research at the Library of Congress. Standing on the steps of the Jefferson building, I took the photo above of the U.S. Capitol building.
I’m finally here in DC…
The Washington Post reports (In Africa, Courts Shape Views on AIDS: Rulings Hold Power To Ease or Deepen Stigma of Disease) on the human rights issues reflecting the intersection between sociocultural stigma and legal methods of control. From the article: Laws crafted to deal with such a vast constituency, experts say, could help curb the [...]
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The BBC (Antibodies ‘may aid HIV jab hunt’) reports that two new antibodies have been discovered that target a protein that produces the “spike” HIV uses to enter cells. From the article: “HIV vaccine research will be a long-term effort and we certainly shouldn’t expect these findings to lead to a vaccine in a few years.” [...]
Looking for the model of sexual education in the district where I attended middle and high school for a chapter for my dissertation, I came across this article in the St. Petersburg Times: Floridians want sex ed in schools (March 1, 2008). From the article: Pinellas County sixth-graders have a growth and development unit that [...]
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Tonight I’m working in PubMed and importing articles on HIV stigma into RefWorks for my literature review. There’s a helpful tutorial provided by the USF library for how to import from health databases here. Tomorrow I’m going to check out Zotero.
Today I’m designing the sky view of two educational interventions: CDC and DOE IES. The CDC Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions (DEBI) project is located here, and the “best evidence” interventions specific to high-risk youth are located on this page.