High-Risk Sexual Behavior
Interventions with Vulnerable Populations
Published on 31. August 1998
Book
Hardback
XII, 168 pages
978-0-306-45857-6 (ISBN)
Description
High-risk sexual behavior has been linked to social problems such as substance abuse, domestic violence, homelessness, and deprivation. This volume's unique multidisciplinary biopsychosocial approach combines relevant medical information regarding disease states with the cultural, social, and psychological facets of successful prevention programs. Becker and Rankin outline specific interventions that address the needs of particularly vulnerable populations: women, ethnic minorities, and the gay community. Useful chapter summaries which review the pros and cons of different approaches will aid both the student and the practitioner.
Reviews / Votes
` ...a concise overview of the most salient and contemporary aspects of this emerging social problem. High-risk sexual behavior is discussed in terms of mediating and moderating factors... The strength of the text lies in its clear and precise explication of this complex topic. ...it succeeds in summarizing by way of the biopsychosocial model, many of the underlying assumptions associated with high-risk sexual behavior. It thus provides an informative primer for students, practitioners, researchers, and policy makers alike. 'READINGS (March 1999)
` In summary, this book will give the reader an excellent understanding of the importance of intervening at a public-health level to reduce high-risk sexual activity and of the models that have shown promise in doing so. '
Psychiatric Services, 50:9 (September 1999)
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Series
Edition
1998 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Springer Science+Business Media
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XII, 168 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-306-45857-6 (9780306458576)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4899-0107-1
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Evvie Becker | Elizabeth Rankin | Annette U. Rickel
High-Risk Sexual Behavior
Interventions with Vulnerable Populations
Book
08/1998
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
€53.49
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Content
1. What's at Stake: Consequences of Risky Sexual Behavior.- 2. Factors that Influence Sexual Behavior: Causes, Mediators, and Moderators of High-Risk Sexual Behavior.- 3. Models of Prevention.- 4. Guidelines for Prevention, I: Ethnicity and Social Class Considerations.- 5. Guidelines for Intervention, II: Women.- 6. Guidelines for Intervention, III: Gay Men and Bisexuals.- Epilogue.- References.