African American women and HIV/AIDS : critical responses / edited by Dorie J. Gilbert and Ednita M. Wright ; foreword by Mindy Thompson Fullilove.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Mindy Thompson Fullilove -- Introduction / Dorie J. Gilbert and Ednita M. Wright -- I. Reconstructing the Reality of African American Women and HIV/AIDS -- 1. The Sociocultural Construction of AIDS among African American Women / Dorie J. Gilbert -- 2. Deep from Within the Well: Voices of African American Women Living with HIV/AIDS / Ednita M. Wright -- 3. Substance Abuse and African Americans: The Need for Africentric-Based Substance Abuse Treatment Models / Cheryl Tawede Grills -- II. The Collective Impact: Women, HIV-Affected Families, and Communities Impacted by and Responding to AIDS -- 4. HIV-Positive African American Women and Their Families: Barriers to Effective Family Coping / Sharon E. Williams -- 5. African American HIV-Affected Children and Adolescents: Intersecting Vulnerabilities / Dorie J. Gilbert --

6. Focus on Solutions: Harlem Dowling-West Side Center for Children and Family Services: A Comprehensive Response to Working with HIV-Affected Children and Families / Melba Butler and Chedgzsey Smith-McKeever -- 7. Life Transformations of HIV-Positive African American Women: Theories and Evidence of Change / Mildred Williamson -- 8. Making a Way Out of No Way: Spiritual Coping for HIV-Positive African American Women / Ednita M. Wright -- 9. Focus on Solutions: Black Churches Respond to AIDS: Interview with Pernessa C. Seele, Founder and CEO of The Balm In Gilead / Dorie J. Gilbert -- III. African American Adolescent Females: Invisible and at Risk -- 10. African American Adolescent Girls: Neglected and Disrespected / Ella Mizzell Kelly -- 11. Focus on Solutions: A Community-Based Mother/Daughter HIV Risk-Reduction Intervention / Barbara L. Dancy --

12. Focus on Solutions: A Culturally Sensitive, Computer-Based AIDS Prevention Program Targeting African American Women on College Campuses / Heather A. Katz -- IV. Community and Policy Action: A Call to Action -- 13. Culturally Grounded Responses: HIV/AIDS Practice and Counseling Issues for African American Women / Patricia Stewart -- 14. Focus on Solutions: Blacks Assisting Blacks Against AIDS: Taking Care of Our Own / Dana Williams -- 15. HIV/AIDS Policy and African American Women / Tonya E. Perry.

Gathering the collective wisdom of scholars, researchers, and social work professionals, this volume addresses the specific needs of the most disenfranchised--and least accurately represented--population impacted by AIDS.