The Source: Volume 3, Issue 2, December 1999/January 2000

The Source: Volume 3, Issue 2, December 1999/January 2000

Reports

Voices of a Generation: Teenage Girls on Sex, School, and Self

American Association of University Women Educational Foundation and Pamela Haag

This report includes over 2,000 comments from girls on peer pressure, sexuality, media, and school. It explores differences in girls' responses by race, ethnicity, and age.

1999; $14.95; AAUW, Sales Office, Department 511, P.O. Box 251, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701-0251; Phone: 800/225-9998, extension 511; Fax: 301/206-9789; Web site: http://www.aauw.org

New Books

The Century of Sex-Playboy's History of the Sexual Revolution 1900-1999
James R. Peterson, Editor
This book is a chronology of this century's sexual milestones that have transformed American popular culture. The author argues that the "sexual revolution" of the sixties and seventies was part of a larger social evolution, which began generations before the advent of penicillin, Playboy, and the Pill. The author weaves a decade-by-decade narrative filled with colorful characters, causes, and events. Each chapter ends with a time capsule of the decade. It also includes a 32-page color insert of images that convey the sexual climate of each decade.
1999; $35; ISBN 0-8021-1652-3; Publishers Group West, 1700 Fourth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710; Phone: 800/788-3123; Fax: 510/528-3444; Web site: http://www.pgw.com

Exploring The Dimensions of Human Sexuality
Jerrold S. Greenberg, Clint E. Bruess, and Debra W. Haffner
This comprehensive college textbook focuses on the theme that our feelings, attitudes, and beliefs about sexuality are influenced by our internal and external environments. Chapters include sexuality research; anatomy; gender dimensions; contraception; sexuality in adulthood; sexually transmitted diseases; and sexual ethics, morality, and the law.
1999; $59; ISBN 0-7637-0859-3; Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc., 40 Tall Pine Drive, Sudbury, MA 01776; Phone: 800/832-0034; Fax: 978/443-8000; Web site: http://www.jbpub.com

How to Have Theory in an Epidemic-Cultural Chronicles of AIDS
Paula A. Treichler
This book addresses the cultural evolution of the AIDS epidemic through a comprehensive collection of related writings. Chapters include "AIDS and HIV Infection in the Third World: A First World Chronicle," "Seduced and Terrorized: AIDS in the Media," and "How to Have Theory in an Epidemic: The Evolution of AIDS, Treatment, and Activism."
1999; $22.95; ISBN 0-8223-2318-4; Duke University Press, 905 W. Main Street, Suite 18B, Durham, NC 27701; Phone: 888/651-0122; Fax: 888/0124; Web site: http://www.duke.edu/web/dupress/index.html

Sexual Ideology and Schooling: Towards Democratic Sexuality Education
Alexander McKay
This book analyzes the debate surrounding sexuality education in schools. It examines implications for the content of education programs.
1998; $23.95; ISBN 0-920354-43-2; The Althouse Press, Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario, 1137 Western Road, London, ON, Canada N6G 1G7; Phone: 519-661-2096; Fax: 519-661-3833; Web site: http://www.uwo.ca/edu/press

Conferences

Contraceptive Technology: Issues and Options in Reproductive Health Care is scheduled for March 16-18, 2000, in Washington, DC, at the Grand Hyatt Washington, and on March 30-April 1, 2000 in San Francisco, CA at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco. Sessions will address contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, and sexual health. SIECUS President, Debra W. Haffner, M.P.H., will be the conference luncheon speaker. Registration fees before February 2, 2000 (for Washington, DC) and before February 16 (for San Francisco), 2000 are $425/doctors; $315/nurses, physicians assistants, residents, and other health professionals; and $245 full-time students.

For more information:

Contemporary Forums
19000 Silvergate Drive
Dublin, CA 94568-2257
Phone: 925/828-7100, extension 3
Fax: 800/329-9923
Web site: http://www.cforums.com

The 18th National Conference on Health Education and Health Promotion and the SOPHE Mid-year Scientific Conference, is scheduled for May 16-19, 2000, in Denver, CO. The theme of the conference is "Health Promotion Excellence in the New Century: Ascending New Heights." Sessions will concentrate on health promotion policy and advocacy; workforce training; technology; and healthy people from 2010 and beyond.

For more information and a bulletin:

Association of State and Territorial Directors of Health
Promotions and Public Health Education
750 First Street, N.E., Suite 1050
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: 202/312-6460
Fax: 202/216-7610
Web site: http://www.astdhpphe.org