Jail-house Rock: Cuba, AIDS, and the Incorporation of Dissent in Bengt Norborg's Socialism or Death

Abstract — The demerits and merits of Cuba's quarantine facilities for AIDS patients and seropositives have been widely debated. This article expands the debate by referring to the phenomenon of HIV self-injection in Cuba, as documented in the 1995 film, Socialism or Death. There is an assessment of the economic, medical, and educational context which informed the events depicted by the film. HIV self-injection is discussed alongside reference to the development in Cuba of a counter-cultural youth movement based around a common interest in rock music. The testimony of self-injected patients and their families, and the reactions of Cuban medical officials are summarised. Comparisons are made between Cuban policy and radical queer theory.     

Exploring a Model of HIV Prevention Using a Cognitive-Behavioral Skills-Building Framework with Black Immigrants

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This paper addresses the burgeoning Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) crisis in the black community in the United States, particularly black women. A cognitive-behavioral skills-building HIV prevention intervention tailored to the realities of blacks in South Africa is presented as a model that may be modified and adapted for HIV prevention among blacks in the United States. This model of HIV prevention must view blacks as a heterogeneous group that includes African immigrants, and cognitive-behavioral skills-building HIV prevention interventions tailored to the realities of black women are needed for the prevention of heterosexually transmitted HIV infection. The implementation of HIV interventions within accessible sexually transmitted diseases (STD) testing and treatment programs will provide the combined clinical-behavioral approach that is missing in HIV prevention interventions among blacks in the United States.     

On-line public relations: towards an integrated theoretical model

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Much has been said about the so-called information superhighway. Organisations are realising that a whole new world can be created on-line: more and more organisations, and individuals, are entering this superhighway at an incredible rate. Ironically, most people do not have a clue what the information superhighway really is, which is, for example, evident in the 1993 advertisement of the telecommunication giant, Pacific Bell, which claimed that: ‘While others talk about the information superhighway, we're actually building it’, but only launched their consumer Internet access service in 1996. In spite of widespread ignorance, the exponential growth of the Internet provides public relations practitioners with constantly expanding on-line public relations resources and the opportunity to use these online systems to create or enhance the images of organisations in the market place.

Without theory, the field of on-line public relations has no framework for understanding, organising and integrating the many activities and purposes of online public relations. Therefore online public relations needs a body of knowledge grounded in theory. It is clear that the shift is away from mass communication towards dialogical or interactional communication. In order to understand the theory of on-line public relations, it is important to systemise it in terms of a theoretical aporoach. This leads to the main aim of this article, which is to propose a theoretical model, the Or,-line Public Relations (OPR) model, to provide a suitable framework for explaining the on-line public relations process, and if applied in the development of on-line public relations plans or strategies, it can maintain its utility as a framework for the analysis thereof.

Based on a qualitative approach, this article attempts to theoretically explore, describe, interpret and conceptualise the concept on-line public relations, with specific reference to the development of on-line public relations in South Africa, the shift from traditional paradigms to new on-line trends and the integration of on-line public relations with other communication processes. Particular reference is made to the theoretical foundations of on-line public relations, and it is argued that at the root of on-line public relations, as a framework for explaining it, lies the need for an integrated theoretical approach. In the last section, a new OPR model is proposed, and a brief discussion of the elements of the model, the conceptual foundation of on-line information and information overload is presented.     

艾滋病预防教育中大学生对同伴教育的认知态度分析

当前,在艾滋病预防教育领域中,同伴教育发挥着极其重要的作用。但是由于诸多原因致使艾滋病同伴教育得不到很好的推广。文章通过问卷调查的方式,对高校大学生同伴教育在艾滋病预防教育中的认知现状进行了调研,针对调研现状,分析认知不足的原因,提出了相应对策。     

艾滋病防治的世界性法律行动与中国的法律实践

面对艾滋病对社会经济的巨大影响,国际社会和各个国家纷纷通过立法来找寻艾滋病防治的有效路径。近年来的相关研究业已表明,人权保护乃是艾滋病防治工作和艾滋病立法的重要内容。20多年来世界性艾滋病立法行动对人权保护给予了足够的重视。同时,在国际社会的指引下,中国的艾滋病防治立法中也有了更多人权保护的规定。     

社区戒毒和社区康复中防艾研究——以广州市为例

吸毒与艾滋病传播具有非常密切的联系,在社区戒毒和社区康复中推行艾滋病防治工作具有重要意义。2008年我国禁毒法的颁布施行,确立了社区戒毒和社区康复这一崭新的戒毒模式。要完善防艾机制,可以从广泛推进反歧视运动、加强对吸毒和艾滋病人群的关怀与支持等方面入手。广州市在近年来逐渐形成了一套较为成熟的社区戒毒工作中的防艾机制。     

故意传播艾滋病行为的刑法适用

故意传播艾滋病的行为,不构成我国刑法中的传播性病罪,在当代的医疗水平下,可以认为该行为构成故意杀人罪。在审判时,被害人没有死亡的,只能追究行为人故意杀人未遂的刑事责任。经被害人承诺的故意传播艾滋病行为,也构成故意杀人罪。危及公共安全的故意传播艾滋病行为则会构成以危险方法危害公共安全罪。     

艾滋病流行与毒品蔓延问题调查——以普洱市、西双版纳州为例

近年来,我国艾滋病监测资料显示,吸毒者共用针具是现阶段艾滋病流行的主要原因。课题组对普洱市和西双版纳州两个地区艾滋病流行与毒品蔓延情况进行了调研。1.静脉吸毒的人员越多,感染艾滋病的比率越高;2.不同地方、不同高危人群感染艾滋病的主渠道和比率不同。     

艾滋病流行与毒品蔓延问题调查——以云南德宏州和临沧市为例

艾滋病的流行与毒品的蔓延,特别是与共用注射器吸毒具有直接相关关系。调研组对云南省德宏州和临沧市边境地区进行了调研,艾滋病流行与毒品蔓延问题令人担忧。1.云南边疆地区艾滋病流行趋势与毒品犯罪的总趋势密切相关;2.零星贩毒是导致吸毒泛滥和艾滋病流行的最直接因素;3.吸毒仍是云南边疆地区传播艾滋病的主渠道。     

论民族地区吸毒与艾滋病预防现状研究之必要性

我国政府一直十分重视开展吸毒与艾滋病预防的工作,拨专款并设立专门机构对全国受毒品和艾滋病危害较重的地区特别是民族地区进行监测和治理。但是鉴于目前所使用的减低危害的有效措施在民族地区实施有诸多困难,并且这些有效措施与我国现行的法律和政策有抵触的地方。因此,对民族地区进行吸毒与艾滋病预防现状研究,应立足于我国民族地区禁毒斗争实际,借鉴其他国家的成功经验,创建中国特色的减低注射吸毒和艾滋病危害有效措施体系。