American Anthropologist Updates on

Perinatal HIV/Aids
Posted on June 22, 2010 (www.southville.edu.ph)

“ The humanistic approach of creating a warm, supportive and welcoming

environment of care by the medical workers is a major factor in
encouraging patients with HIV-AIDS to come out in the open and be
treated."

This was shared by BS Nursing (BSN) Batch 2013 student, Karyl Gebeck,
after participating in the first Nursing Development Program of the
College of Nursing that featured HIV-AIDS research expert, Dr. Jessica
Scott Jerome. Dr. Jerome’s latest work on "Perinatal HIV/AIDS in Brazil
and the US: Human Rights Based Approach to Health Policy" was
presented to around three hundred BSN and BS Psychology students and
faculty members of Southville International School and Colleges (SISC)
last June 10, 2010.

Dr Jessica Scott Jerome, an anthropologist educated at The University of

California at Berkeley and University of Chicago, is the author of several
publications on HIV-AIDS. Dr. Scott shared the results of her recent
scholarly work that studied and compared experiences of two populations
of low-income mothers with HIV treatment and care in Fortaleza, a city in
Northeastern Brazil, and in Chicago, Illinois. This same study has recently
been presented at Yale University.

First among the Nursing Development series program for Academic Year
2010-2011, the talk was opened by Dean Carmel Villegas who strongly
believes in developing nursing students to be life-long learners. She
envisions the students to be well-informed future professionals beyond
the field of nursing. Dr Clyde Rivadulla set the tone of the talk by
defining and describing HIV AIDS, complete with vivid pictures. The
many questions raised by nursing students from all levels during the open
forum and the learning points highlighted by Ms. Marge Tangog, SISC’s
VP for Academics and Research, proved that, indeed, this unique learning
venue is a success. The officers of Southville International Organization
of Nurses (SION) headed by Nick Montemayor lauded the activity and
said "meetings like this inspire students to pursue global updates in new
fields and motivate us to better our research.”

More talks to be delivered by experts from here and around the world
such as the latest in health developments and technology including stem
cell research, spirit of community volunteerism, and environmental
conservation program presentations are already lined up. For inquiries

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 about the upcoming events, please call The Nursing Department at 825-
6374 loc 125 and look for Susan Agustin.

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