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Communication and HIV/AIDS

This Working Group aims to develop an overview of existing and completed work in this area to identify gaps and to determine what work exists, worldwide and across agencies; to analyse this information and to draw up an IAMCR research agenda. This group is working towards research completion, publishing and distribution of findings. The purpose is to examine different perspectives from around the world on the enormous challenge HIV/AIDS presents to the field of communication—in terms of programmes, research, ethics, and many other cultural issues.

Chairs:
Sara Cardey [Contact]
Nancy Muturi [Contact]
Joseph Muyangata [Contact]

This is examining perspectives from around the world on the enormous challenge HIV/AIDS presents to the field of communication—in terms of programmes, research, ethics, and many other cultural issues. This group offers a forum for testing and critically reviewing interventions and policy employed to change behaviours. Closely aligned with the IAMCR theme on Policy & Law, this working group is often concerned with specific communities of actors and so is located under this theme as well.

Members of the Communication and HIV/AIDS Working Group.

Stockholm 2008 - Communication and HIV/AIDS Working Group Call for Papers

EXTENDED DEADLINE: 15 FEBRUARY 2008!

The Communication and HIV/AIDS Working Group hereby invites colleagues to submit abstracts for the IAMCR World Conference to be held in Stockholm in July. We invite abstracts which reflect both theoretical and methodological challenges in HIV/AIDS communication research as well as abstracts reflecting upon and presenting results from on-the-ground communication experiences. These experiences may well reflect the complexity of the fight against HIV/AIDS, including, for example, policy challenges, the implications of socio-economic or cultural contexts, the roll out of ARVs, campaign fatigue, the role of FBOs, governance and accountability issues, etc.