UWI Press to publish Dr Misir’s work on HIV/ AIDS

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The University of the West Indies Press has approved for publication pro-chancellor of the University of Guyana Dr Prem Misir’ s book manuscript on HIV/ AIDS knowledge and stigma-related attitudes among high school students in Guyana.

University of Guyana Pro-Chancellor Dr Prem Misir

University of the West Indies Press General Manager Linda Speth in her note to Dr Misir said, “The work has been peer reviewed and revised according to our guidelines and suggestions, and we are delighted to be adding such an important book to our publishing programme.”
The study assessed HIV/ AIDS knowledge and stigma-related attitudes toward HIV/ AIDS among high school students, and determined any relationship between the demographic variables of gender, age, religion, and race/ ethnicity and HIV/ AIDS knowledge, and stigma-related attitudes toward HIV/ AIDS. The study’s conclusion showed fissures in HIV/ AIDS knowledge and substantial stigma-related attitudes.
The implication that knowledge did not seem to impact attitude and behaviour change, given the moderate HIV/ AIDS knowledge and a high prevalence of stigma-related attitudes, would suggest that these HIV/ AIDS apprehensions and negative attitudes may have links with sexual and other prejudices.
In addition, the editor of the bi-monthly peer-reviewed Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (JIAPAC) Dr Jose M Zuniga has accepted Dr Misir’s revised manuscript “Structuration Theory: A Conceptual Framework for HIV/ AIDS Stigma”. JIAPAC is a SAGE Journal.

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