HIV/AIDS and Adolescents

Professor Prem Misir is Pro Vice-Chancellor of Solomon Islands Campus, & Professor and Head of the School of Public Health at The University of the South Pacific (USP).  He holds a Ph.D (University of Hull, England); MPH (University of Manchester, England); M.Phil (University of Surrey, England); B.S.Sc. (Honours) (Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland); and is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH, England). He is the former Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana and was Executive Director of the Health Sector Development Unit (HSDU), Ministry of Health, Government of Guyana, where he managed the Global Fund. He also was the Head of the Press and Publicity Unit, Office of the President, Government of Guyana. Professor Misir was the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Fiji, a Visiting Professor at the University of the West Indies, Anton de Kom University in Suriname, and received an honorary professorship from the University of Central Lancashire in England.

• Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Systematic Review of the Literature.- Chapter 3 Methodology.- Chapter 4 HIV/AIDS Knowledge.- Chapter 5 HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Socio-demographics.- Chapter 6 Predictors of Knowledge & Stigma-related Attitudes/Perceptions.- Chapter 7 HIV/AIDS Stigma and Socio-demographics.- Chapter 8 Discussion and Implications.