The Changing Face of AIDS

VINCENT J. LYNCH is Director of Continuing Education and Lecturer at the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work. He founded the Annual International Conference on Social Work and AIDS, which has been held continuously since 1989. He continues to serve as principal organizer for that conference. He also has served as a liaison on HIV/AIDS issues to the International Federation of Social Workers, Geneva, Switzerland, and to the International Association of Schools of Social Work, Vienna, Austria. GARY A. LLOYD is Professor at the San Jose State College School of Social Work. He has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization's Global Programme on AIDS and was among the very first group of social workers to focus their professional energies in the area of AIDS care. He was the 1990 recipient of the Social Worker of the Year Award, presented by the National Association of Social Workers. He serves as organizer for the Annual International Conference on Social Work and AIDS. MANUEL F. FIMBRES is Professor at the San Jose State University School of Social Work. He, with Carl G. Leukefeld, co-authored a social work classic in AIDS care, Responding to AIDS: Psychosocial Initiatives (1987). He is among the very first group of social workers to become actively involved in AIDS care, and his current area of special interest is the development of HIV prevention and educational services in communities of color. He has served on the Board of the National AIDS Minority Council, Washington, D.C. He also serves as an organizer for the Annual International Conference on Social Work and AIDS.

Preface by Vincent J. Lynch Introduction: Challenges for the Social Worker in Meeting the AIDS Crisis by Carl G. Leukefeld HIV/AIDS and Social Work: An Overview AIDS: Future Directions for Education and Practice by Esther Chachkes Service Delivery Issues Improving Service Delivery in HIV/AIDS Organizations by Marsha Zibalese-Crawford The Organization and Delivery of AIDS Case Management by John D. Piette, Bruce J. Thompson, John A. Fleishman, and Vincent Mor Approaches to Developing Mental Health Services in Community-Based AIDS Organizations by Patricia U. Giulino Special Populations: Approaches to Intervention HIV Disease: Toward Comprehensive Services for Families by Paul A. Wilson HIV Infection in Infants, Children, and Adolescents: Implications for Social Work Practice by Lori S. Wiener, Cynthia D. Fair, and Richard T. Granowsky HIV-Positive Women: Finding a Voice in the AIDS Pandemic by Susan Taylor-Brown Gay Men and HIV: The Band Plays On by Steven Cadwell Addressing HIV Disease Issues with the Seriously and Persistently Mentally Ill by Maureen M. Underwood, Karen Kahn, Thomas Johnson, and Steven Godin Substance Abuse and HIV Disease: A Multidimensional Challenge to Caregivers by Jack B. Stein and Robert H. Hodge HIV/AIDS Prevention in Communities of Color: Strategies for Collaboration and Coalition Building by Manuel F. Fimbres A Synthesis Epilogue: Persisting Research and Practice Issues in the Second Decade of HIV Disease by Gary A. Lloyd Index