Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Womens' Health (ACEWH)
British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (BCCEWH)
Centres of Excellence for Women's Health Research Bulletins (CEWHRB)
Media Type:
Online
Paper
Author:
Lorraine Greaves
Olena Hankivsky
Georgia Livadiotakis
Renée Cormier
Analyzes gender differences, differences between formal and informal caregivers, and regional (British Columbia, Quebec and Nova Scotia) and diagnosis-related differences between male and female palliative caregivers.
Provides an analysis of women, AIDS, and representation (in both print and visual culture) with a specfic focus on the issue of care and the "good woman" figure.
Includes bibliographical references and index. --- Review, Network Spring/Summer 2002: Self-sacrificing mothers and forgiving wives, caretaking lesbians, and vigilant maternal surrogates – these "good women" are all familiar figures in the visual and print culture relating to AIDS. The author describes how texts on AIDS reproduce this historically entrenched paradigm of sacrifice and care that reinforces biases about race and sexuality. While caretaking is a fundamental human obligation, the book demonstrates how it currently falls primarily to those members of society with the least power.
Forms a coalition of individuals and organizations which provides leadership, support and advocacy for Aboriginal people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.
Describes the history and the production of "Marmalade or Jam - A recipe for understanding AIDS," a booklet created to inform and educate elders on HIV/AIDS questions and issues.
Southern African AIDS Training Programme (SAT Programme)
Provides guidelines on counselling people who are infected with HIV, who are concerned about being infected with HIV, or who are living with or caring for people with AIDS.
Provides an illustrated, fictional account of a group of intravenous drug users and prostitutes in Winnipeg, designed to teach readers about the importance of safer sex and using clean needles to reduce the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS.
Prepared for the Canada-U.S.A. Women's Health Forum in 1996. Discusses the current situation regarding women and HIV/AIDS. Presents Health Canada's HIV/AIDS promotion initiatives for women.
