This page contains excerpts of reviewers comments on both the 32-page
Booklet version and the 240-page Textbook version of Understanding and
Preventing AIDS: A Book for Everyone.
The New England Journal of Medicine: "This book pulls no punches ...an excellent job in assembling an up-to-date, readable book for adolescents and members of the general public...Understanding and Preventing AIDS belongs in the school library."
The Pioneer Valley Advocate: "Above all, it has the kind of practical information, laid out in a highly readable, straightforward, understandable terms, that is largely absent from every other book on AIDS."
Bob Anderson, Long-Term Survivor of AIDS, Atlanta, GA: "This book is the first book I've seen over the past 7 years that enables people to understand AIDS and teaches in great fashion what HIV does to our bodies . . . Everyone affected by HIV in their lives needs a copy of this book."
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (written by Trish Halloren, Director of Education, Amencan Foundation for AIDS Research): The book is more than a presentation of available knowledge. Jennings discusses alternative opinions regarding the interpretations of findings. Also, to his credit, the author addresses pertinent variant views on social issues while maintaining a non-biased attitude . . . because the book exists to as much to guide the reader in interpreting information as to present information, its usefulness will not diminish over time
Hospital Purchasing News: ...[the author] dispenses with confusing medical jargon...provides accurate, up-to-date information in an easy-to-digest, non-sensational manner.
Boston Globe Magazine: The booklet manages to channel the medical and social factors in a useful way, which is welcom at a time when the press gives so much sensations attention to this subject...
Massachusetts Medicine: Physicians may find the book useful in expanding their own knowledge of AIDS and may wish to recommend or give the book to concerned patients.
The Advocate: Concise and compact, this brief volume covers all the bases, with straightfoward discussions of transmission, risk reduction...this booklet serves as a good primer...