AIDS in the End Zone

Description

Marcus Johnson has just been named star quarterback for the Marina High School Pirates. Former quarterback Brad Timmerman will do anything to depose this new rival and regain his position and popularity—including setting up Marcus with Maria Cruz, who is HIV positive. As secrets are exposed, this encounter will shake the halls of Marina High and change the lives of these students forever. AIDS in the End Zone approaches HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention through a compelling narrative with high school drama, the dangers of high-risk behaviors, and the benefits of public health resources. The graphic novella is the result of an innovative collaboration between editors Kendra S. Albright and Karen W. Gavigan, illustrator Sarah Petrulis, and the authors—students at the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (SCDJJ).

Albright and Gavigan began this project in response to research indicating that the graphic novel format is a highly successful educational tool for motivating young adults to read. They chose HIV/AIDS as their topic because South Carolina ranks eighth in the nation for new HIV cases, while the capital city of Columbia ranks sixth nationally among metropolitan areas. By working with teen students at the SCDJJ, Albright and Gavigan were able to develop characters, a storyline, setting, and dialog as a collaborative project—engaging the students in the public health subject matter as well as in the creative process. This project was funded in part by a grant from the Association for Library and Information Science Education.

Sujets

• HIV
• Médecine
• Syndrome d'immunodéficience acquise
• Maladie infectieuse
• Retroviridae
• Condom
• American
• General
• Comic book
• Disease
• Education
• Retrovirus
• Infection
• ZIP code
• Subject
• General officer
• T cell
• Weight loss
• Immunodeficiency
• Clinic
• Young-adult fiction
• Opportunistic infection
• AIDS
• Sexually transmitted disease
• Symptom
• AVERT
• Amnesia
• América
• VIH
• Teaching
• Subjects
• Public Health

Informations

• Publié par: University of South Carolina Press
• Date de parution: 06 mai 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781611174250
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 24 Mo

Extrait

Where To Get Tested
There are many places where you can get tested for HIV, including your local health depart- ment, public health clinics, and your doctor's office. Many AIDS service organizations also offer HIV testing. To find a testing site anywhere in the United States, go to http://hivtest.cdc.gov and enter your zip code.
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Edited by Kendra S. Albright and Karen W. Gavigan
Illustrated by Sarah J. Petrulis
The University of South Carolina Press
Characters
Marcus Johnson, 17. and his parents have just moved from Texas to South Carolina. Beginning his senior year at the Marina High School is at first daunting, but he quickly finds success and popularity through his incredible football talent.
Brad Timmerman, 17, lives with his rich, self-absorbed grandmother. He has the run of the house with no curfew and gets anything he wants. Popularity came easy to him as the star quarterback, until the arrival of Marcus Johnson.
Sean Wongsawat, 17, is Brad's best friend and hangs out with the popular crowd. A star wide receiver, Sean looks like a shoe-in for a full college football scholarship, thanks to his best friend's support on the field. His family have struggled to make ends meet since they came to the U.S. from Thailand when Sean was three.
Seth Henderson, 18, is a man of mystery. He works many hours to support his mother and sister. Although a loner, Seth always knows what's going on around the school.
Maria Cruz, 17, is a party girl, beautiful, stylish, and popular, especially with the boys. Her parents divorced when she was a baby, and she lives with her mother and grandmother who work full time.
Id, as the name suggests, is an ageless creature who always encourages the immediate gratification of all desires. Some consider Id to be the devil on your shoulder.
PLEASE NOTE: All Characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
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marcus johnson:
new kid at marina high.
first day of school
I wish i was at my old school...
It s--
?
--brad timmerman
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ew. girl, no. I m done with that creep.
hehe, maria you don t want to go talk to braaad?
let s talk about something else.
like how much homework we re gonna have in biology?
...you like this stuff though.
It s interesting. besides - I have to know that stuff if I m going to be a good physical therapist later.
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