TOPIC: Prevention & Education
OTHER KEYWORDS: Asians & Pacific Islanders, Youth
TITLE: Multicultural Considerations for HIV/AIDS Prevention Education: An Asian Pacific Islander American Perspective
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Sileo TW, Prater MA, Pateman B, Sileo NM. Multicultural Considerations for HIV/AIDS Prevention Education: An Asian Pacific Islander American Perspective. J of HIV/AIDS Prev and Educ for Adolesc and Children. 2001; 4(4): 23-41.
SUMMARY
The article offers a rationale for the importance of providing a cultural specific approach to HIV/AIDS prevention for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. There are significant changes in the United States population as a result of increasing numbers of immigrants who enter the country annually; people from Asian and Pacific Rim countries emigrate to the US more rapidly than any other group. The article explores changing population demographics, health-risk behaviors related to HIV/AIDS, as well as linguistic and cultural characteristics of Asian Pacific Islander Americans that must be addressed in HIV/AIDS prevention education programs.