Call for Papers: HIV/AIDS and the African Child, 04/02

INSTITUTE FOR THE AFRICAN CHILD

CALL FOR PAPERS

HIV/AIDS and the African Child: Health Challenges, Educational Possibilities

April 11-13, 2002 Athens, Ohio USA

The Institute for the African Child at Ohio University announces its fourth annual conference, HIV/AIDS and the African Child: Health Challenges, Educational Possibilities, to be held in Athens, Ohio from 11-13 April 2002. Paper and panel presentations are sought that address this complex health and social issue from all academic and practitioner perspectives.

The Institute for the African Child was founded in 1998 to promote collaboration between Ohio University's Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Communication, Education, Health and Human Services and Osteopathic Medicine on every dimension of children and child survival across Africa. Previous conferences have focused on the African girl child, child soldiers, and on setting an agenda for the Institute. The Institute sponsors a series of courses during the Summer Quarter, attracting graduate students and professionals from all over Africa.

Scholars and practitioners from every discipline are encouraged to participate in the conference with papers and/or media presentations related to its broad theme, stressing descriptive, analytical and prescriptive approaches to the issues of HIV/AIDS and the Africa's children. Children and their families, communities and the state, are all possible foci of presentations as well in that the Institute for the African Child fosters interdisciplinary research. 'HIV/AIDS Awareness in the Secondary Curriculum and Teacher Preparation,' 'Medical Intervention with Children with AIDS in Rural Areas,' 'AIDS and Refugee Populations,' 'School Teachers and HIV/AIDS' would be a few examples of paper topics. We hope to have as many regions of the continent as possible represented in the presentations.

Send a one-page abstract by January 15, 2002 to Mr. Abdul Lamin, Conference Coordinator, Institute for the African Child, Burson House, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701 USA or by email to lamin@ohio.edu. Registration materials for the conference are available by mail and online at www.ohiou.edu/Toguna. Dr. Diane Ciekawy in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Ohio University is the Conference Convener.

In cooperation with the Institute for the African Child, Ohio University Press will publish a volume related to this conference, edited by Arvind Singhal and Stephen Howard. Prospective publication date is World AIDS Day, 2003. See accompanying call for papers for the book for further information.

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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
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