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HIV prevention workers and injection drug users: A problem‐based realm of adult education practice
Author(s) -
Egan John P.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
new directions for adult and continuing education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0717
pISSN - 1052-2891
DOI - 10.1002/ace.166
Subject(s) - realm , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , adult education , drug education , field (mathematics) , public relations , professional development , function (biology) , sociology , medical education , medicine , psychology , pedagogy , political science , substance abuse , family medicine , psychiatry , law , mathematics , evolutionary biology , pure mathematics , biology
When HIV rates among injection drug users in Vancouver exploded, the field of HIV prevention education expanded beyond the realm of medicine. This chapter examines this unique field of adult education, defined in terms of a social problem rather than as a function of professional or educational background.