Orphans -- Africa, Sub-Saharan; Children of AIDS patients -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
The AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa has many social, economic, and political effects on the region. I argue that the most devastating effect of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa is the increase in orphaned children, commonly called AIDS orphans. An...
Geography -- Study and teaching; Geography -- Study and teaching -- Aids and devices;
Introduction
The main objective of this curriculum guide is to provide educators with materials
and resources designed to promote cultural awareness with middle school students
and meet specific geographic objectives and standards. Geography is a...
AIDS (Disease) -- Psychological aspects; Minority women -- Health and hygiene; Sexual minorities -- Health and hygiene; AIDS (Disease) in women -- Social networks
Women who have sex with women (WSW) are an understudied population. This study examined the differences between sexual minority women of color with HIV/AIDS and sexual minority women of color without HIV/AIDS. Outcome variables that were measured...
HIV/AIDS has wrecked extensive epidemiological devastation around the world, claiming over 26 million lives. The subsequent impact of the disease has inundated millions with tragedy, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa where nearly three-quarters of...
AIDS (Disease) -- United States; HIV (Viruses) -- United States; Prisons -- Health aspects -- United States
Infectious disease rates are ten times more prevalent in state prison systems than in the United State's general population. Rates of HIV infection are eight to twenty times higher in the incarcerated population than the general population. Twenty...
Norman Mailer has never been portrayed as a favorite of female readers;
moreover, he has been persistently misunderstood in terms of the female role in his works
throughout his fifty-six year writing career. These misinterpretations may be...
Algebra -- Study and teaching (Middle school); Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Audio-visual aids; Manipulatives (Education)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the importance of manipulatives in
supporting algebraic thinking in the middle grades, and reasons why they are misused, or
not used at all. Middle school algebra teachers from both urban and suburban...
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Primary) --- Audio-visual aids; Manipulatives (Education)
This study investigated the effectiveness of virtual manipulatives versus concrete manipulatives on third grade students’ understanding of mathematical concepts.
The participants in this study were 40 third grade students who attended the same...
In the early 1960s, Canon Clinton R. Jones, Jr. of the Episcopal Church, assigned to Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford, Connecticut, became concerned about the plight of homosexuals and transgendered people. Alarmed by stories of the...
It is estimated that approximately 5.3 million persons in the United States are substance abusers. The devastating consequences of substance abuse includes high rates of criminal activities, incarceration, high rates of student dropout, high...
