Call for Papers: "HIV/AIDS and African Children..", Edited Book 04/02

(An Edited Book)

by

Arvind Singhal and W.Stephen Howard Ohio University

Submissions are invited for an edited volume entitled HIV/AIDS and African Children: Health Challenges and Educational Possibilities. This edited volume is being supported by Ohio University's Institute for the African Child <ohiou.edu/Toguna> and will be published by the Research in International Studies of the Ohio University Press <ohiou.edu/oupress>.

The Institute for the African Child at Ohio University was established in 1998 to focus on the health, education, and development issues facing Africa's children, and to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration across the social sciences, communication, health, education and medical fields. Our vision of African development is a child-centric and future oriented one.

Why this volume on HIV/AIDS and children? An estimated 45 million people worldwide are living with HIV/AIDS; over 21 million people have died, leaving behind some 16 million AIDS orphans. The African continent has been most ravaged by HIV/AIDS. HIV prevalence rates in most countries in the Southern African region range from 20 to 40 percent of all adults, and children represent a quarter of that statistic. The marginal position of children has made them particularly vulnerable to further spread of the disease.

Full-length chapters (6,000 to 7,000 words) and shorter case-studies (1,000 to 2,500 words) are invited from both scholars and practitioners with disciplinary affiliations in public health, communication, education, development, social work, and other relevant areas. Submissions with implications for policy, strategy, and advocacy are especially welcome.

Please mail one hard copy of the manuscript and one copy on floppy disk (in MS-Word format) for consideration to Steve Howard, Director, African Studies Program, Burson House, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA by April 1, 2002. Submissions may also be made via email attachments to howard@ohio.edu. An abstract of 200 words with contact information and brief biographies of all authors should accompany the manuscript.

For substantive information, please feel free to contact either of the volume editors; Arvind Singhal (Tel: 740-593-4903; Fax: 740-593-4810; email: singhal@ohio.edu) or W.Stephen Howard (Tel: 740-593-1834; Fax: 740-593-1837; email: howard@ohio.edu).

Ohio University's Institute for the African Child is also hosting an international and interdisciplinary conference on the same topic of "HIV/AIDS and African Children: Health Challenges and Educational Possibilities" on the Athens, Ohio campus April 11 to 13, 2002. So those submitting papers to the present edited book are strongly encouraged to also attend the international conference. The call for papers for the international conference is available at ohiou.edu/toguna. For further information about the conference contact Mr. Abdul Lamin, Conference Coordinator, lamin@ohio.edu.

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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 16:38:31 -0400 From: Abdul Lamin <lamin@ohio.edu> Subject: Interational Conference and Upcoming Book on HIV/AIDS and the African Child Message-ID: <2695731542.1003423111@dhcp-224-191.cns.ohiou.edu>