This study reports on the availability of information about HIV prevention in Victoria for communities from the Horn of Africa, Arabic-speaking, Vietnamese and Thai. It investigates perceptions and understandings of HIV in these communities, and how appropriate available information is to their cultural backgrounds and their needs.

There are nearly 20 million women living with HIV/AIDS worldwide, comprising half of the total number of people living with this virus. Like the women overseas, women living with HIV in Australia have diverse in their experiences, values, needs and expectations. This report surveys the diversity of the experiences of HIV positive women.

In this paper for the 2004 Australian Institute of Family Studies conference Fiona Andrews and Hal Swerissen explore the preferences and experiences of women with different work/family arrangements in managing their children's healthcare. She finds that all women, irrespective of their working arrangements, held similar preferences for managing their children's health, but that the majority...

Based on information from over 1000 people living with HIV, this report examines the treatments and services being used, patterns of sexual behaviour and relationships, and the impact of HIV on the everyday lives of those who participated in the study. This is the fourth report of the HIV Futures project.

The papers in this session address the conference theme of The Connected City, which explores the provision of urban infrastructure.