The Japanese American Network


AIDS / HIV


Japanese Americans

1. Shimabukuro, Robert. "My Brother Has AIDS." Rice 25-27+ (Oct. 1988).



Asian Americans

1. "AIDS in Los Angeles." Los Angeles Times 10 Aug. 1992, B: 2.
Charts and graphs concerning impact of AIDS on Los Angeles; includes graphs showing that Asian Pacific Islanders comprise 1 percent of all AIDS cases in Los Angeles from 1988.

2. AIDS News. Seattle, Washington: People of Color Against AIDS Network, 1988. Comic book.

3. Anderson, D. Michael, and Gregory M. Christenson. "Ethnic Breakdown of AIDS Related Knowledge and Attitudes from the National Adolescent Student Health Survey." Journal of Health Education 22.1 (Jan. 1991): 30-34. Data on eighth and tenth grade students, broken down by ethnic group.

4. Aoki, B., C. P. N. Ngin, B. Mo, et al. "AIDS Prevention Models in the Asian American Communities." Primary Prevention of AIDS: Psychological Approaches. eds. V. M. Mays, G. W. Albee, and S. F. Schneider. Newbury Park, California: Sage, 1989.

5. Behind the Mask: AIDS. . .It Affects All of Us. Asian Pacific Islander Health Organizations. Oakland, California: AAPCHO, 1990. Available in several Asian languages.

6. Brown, William J. "Culture and AIDS Education: Reaching High-Risk Heterosexuals in Asian-American Communities." Journal of Applied Communication Research 20:3 (August 1992): 275-93.

7. Bush, Valerie Chow, and Angelo Ragaza. "Asians & AIDS: a Community Fights Back." A Magazine (Mar. 1991): 16-20.

8. "California AIDS News Summary." California AIDS Update (Office of AIDS) 3.9 (Oct. 1990). Includes statistics on Asians and Pacific Islanders.

9. "Distribution of AIDS, by Racial/Ethnic Group and Exposure Category, United States, June 1, 1981 - July 4, 1988." Journal of American Medical Association 261.2 (1989)

10. Elckstein, B. "AIDS Awareness Study." Health Marketing Quarterly 6.4 (1989): 65-104.

11. The Impact of AIDS on People of Color in Los Angeles County. Report on a Public Hearing by the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations and Los Angeles County Commission on AIDS . Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, Apr. 1989.

12. Lyons, Judith A. "Asians and AIDS." Rice 18-20+ (Oct. 1988):

13. Naito, Edna Tazuko. "HIV Infection and Asian-Pacific College Students: A Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes and At-Risk Behaviors." Diss. MSW thesis. : California State University, Long Beach, 1991.

14. Nakayama, Takeshi. "Number of Asian/Pacific American HIV/AIDS Cases Increases in Los Angeles County since 1981, total of 134 Confirmed Cases Reported." Rafu Shimpo 7 Nov. 1990.

15. Nunokawa, Jeff. "'All the Sad Young Men': AIDS and the Work of Mourning." Inside/Out: Lesbian Theories, Gay Theories. ed. Diana Fuss. New York and London: Routledge, 1991.

16. Paragas, Tess. "Asians and AIDS: The Deadly Silence." Pacific Ties (UCLA) 18 (Nov. 1989):

17. Shimabukuro, Bob. "Speaking Out: Rethinking AIDS in the Asian Pacific Communities." International Examiner 17 June 1992.
Special four-page supplement, including the article "Serving Asians, Pacific Islanders: Sense of Family Is Important" by Paul Chen.

18. Shimabukuro, Bob. "Speaking Out: Rethinking AIDS in the Asian Pacific Communities." International Examiner 16 Sept. 1992.
Special four-page supplement, including the article "Outreach in the Samoan Community," by Quando Crawford.

19. Shimabukuro, Robert. "My Brother Has AIDS." Rice 25-27+ (Oct. 1988).

20. Shimabukuro, Bob. "Speaking Out: Rethinking AIDS in the Asian Pacific Communities." International Examiner (18 Sept. 1991).
Special eight-page supplement focusing on the impact of AIDS on Asian Pacific Americans.

21. Simonson, Douglas, and Pat Sasaki. Bloodstream Follies. Honolulu, Hawaii: Life Foundation, 1989. Comic book for Asian Pacific youth about HIV transmission.

22. Song, Pat. "Asian Americans and HIV/AIDS." Newsletter, Asian American Resource Workshop, Boston, Massachusetts (Aug. 1992): 1+.

23. "Speaking Out: Rethinking AIDS in the Asian Pacific Communities." International Examiner (18 Mar. 1992).
Special four-page supplement including an interview with Rhine Hart, a Korean American living with AIDS; and summaries of eight workshops from the conference "Taking Charge: People of Color in Solidarity Against the HIV/AIDS Epidemic" held in Seattle, November 14-16, 1991.

24. Strunin, Lee. "Adolescents' Perceptions of Risk for HIV Infection: Implications for Future Research." Social Science & Medicine 32.2 (1991): 221-228. Asian adolescents were the least knowledgeable about HIV infection.

25. Yep, G.A. "First Asian/Pacific Island Men's HIV Conference, Los Angeles, California." Aids Education and Prevention 5:1 (Spring 1993): 87-8.



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