Providing HIV/AIDS Education for Jewish Adolescents


 

Publication Date: June 1998

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Sandra Black

Research Area: Health

Keywords: Education; Health; Jewish Organizations

Type: Report

Coverage: Massachusetts

Abstract:

AIDS: Jewish Voices, a program of the Boston Jewish Family and Children's Services, aims to increase Jewish communal support and involvement in HIV/AIDS issues through educational workshops, a speaker's bureau, and support groups. This article describes an education and preventive program for Jewish adolescents offered in Jewish school settings that uses an interactive script format to engage participants in discussion and self-reflection.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.74 no.4, Summer 1998.