Primary Prevention of AIDS
Psychological Approaches
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 24. January 1990
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-0-8039-3600-3 (ISBN)
Description
For everyone involved in efforts to prevent, and ultimately cure, AIDS, this book is essential reading. AIDS is an illness that presents unparalleled challenges. This volume provides a detailed assessment on the epidemiology of the disease, the modes of its transmission, and populations targeted for special prevention efforts. Special emphasis is placed on behavioural changes in high-risk groups, changes that have proved successful in slowing the spread of AIDS.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
755 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-3600-3 (9780803936003)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Emeritus
Content
Preface - Vickie M Mays and George W Albee
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Primary Prevention in Public Health - George W Albee
Problems and Challenges of Behavior Change as Prevention
PART TWO: THE FACES OF AIDS: WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO PREVENT
A Risk Assessment of the AIDS Epidemic - June E Osborn
AIDS - G M `Missy' LeClaire
A Family Perspective
A Christmas Story - Van R Nelson
The Eighties
The Worldwide Epidemiology and Prevention of AIDS - Stephen B Hulley and Norman Hearst
Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Immune System Regulation of the Central Nervous System - Nicholas R S Hall and Maureen P O'Grady
PART THREE: THEORIES, MODELS, AND RESEARCH ON HEALTH, RISK, AND DECISION MAKING
Using the Theory of Reasoned Action as a Framework for Understanding and Changing AIDS-Related Behavior - Martin Fishbein and Susan E Middlestadt
The Health Belief Model - John P Kirscht and Jill G Joseph
Some Implications for Behavior Change, with Reference to Homosexual Males
Perceived Self-Efficacy in the Exercise of Control Over AIDS Infection - Albert Bandura
Perceptions of Personal Susceptibility to Harm - Neil D Weinstein
Making Decisions about AIDS - Baruch Fischhoff
PART FOUR: PREVENTION IN TARGETED POPULATIONS
GAY MEN
Are There Psychological Costs Associated With Changes in Behavior to Reduce AIDS Risk? - Jill G Joseph et al
Group Intervention to Reduce AIDS Risk Behaviors in Gay Men - Jeffrey A Kelly et al
Applications of Behavioral Principles
Implications of the Aids Risk-Reduction Model for the Gay Community - Joseph A Catania et al
The Importance of Perceived Sexual Enjoyment and Help-Seeking Behaviors
Commentary - Stephen F Morin
ETHNIC MINORITIES AND WOMEN
AIDS Prevention in Black Populations - Vickie M Mays
Methods of a Safer Kind
Pulling Coyote's Tale - Terry Tafoya
Native American Sexuality and AIDS
AIDS Prevention Models in Asian American Communities - Bart Aoki et al
Women and HIV Infection - Susan D Cochran
Issues in Prevention and Behavior Change
Commentary - Juan Ramos
INTRAVENOUS DRUG USERS
Mexican-American Intravenous Drug Users' Needle-Sharing Practices - Alberto G Mata Jr and Jaime S Jorquez
Implications for AIDS Prevention
Commentary - Edward S Morales
PART FIVE: AN AGENDA FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH
An AIDS Research and Training Agenda for Psychology - Stanley F Schneider
Mental Health Practitioners and Their Roles in the AIDS Crisis - Kathleen Sheridan
Components of a Comprehensive Strategy for Reducing the Risk of AIDS in Adolescents - June A Flora and Carl E Thoresen
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's AIDS-Related Activities - Daniela Seminara
Overview of the AIDS Program of the National Institute on Drug Abuse - Charles R Schuster
The National Institute of Mental Health - Lewis L Judd
Introduction - Abridged Contents
The Faces of AIDS
What we are Trying to Prevent
Theories, Models, and Research on Health, Risk, and Decision Making
Prevention in Targeted Populations
Gay Men
Ethnic Minorities and Women
Intravenous Drug Users
An Agenda for Psychological Training and Research
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Primary Prevention in Public Health - George W Albee
Problems and Challenges of Behavior Change as Prevention
PART TWO: THE FACES OF AIDS: WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO PREVENT
A Risk Assessment of the AIDS Epidemic - June E Osborn
AIDS - G M `Missy' LeClaire
A Family Perspective
A Christmas Story - Van R Nelson
The Eighties
The Worldwide Epidemiology and Prevention of AIDS - Stephen B Hulley and Norman Hearst
Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Immune System Regulation of the Central Nervous System - Nicholas R S Hall and Maureen P O'Grady
PART THREE: THEORIES, MODELS, AND RESEARCH ON HEALTH, RISK, AND DECISION MAKING
Using the Theory of Reasoned Action as a Framework for Understanding and Changing AIDS-Related Behavior - Martin Fishbein and Susan E Middlestadt
The Health Belief Model - John P Kirscht and Jill G Joseph
Some Implications for Behavior Change, with Reference to Homosexual Males
Perceived Self-Efficacy in the Exercise of Control Over AIDS Infection - Albert Bandura
Perceptions of Personal Susceptibility to Harm - Neil D Weinstein
Making Decisions about AIDS - Baruch Fischhoff
PART FOUR: PREVENTION IN TARGETED POPULATIONS
GAY MEN
Are There Psychological Costs Associated With Changes in Behavior to Reduce AIDS Risk? - Jill G Joseph et al
Group Intervention to Reduce AIDS Risk Behaviors in Gay Men - Jeffrey A Kelly et al
Applications of Behavioral Principles
Implications of the Aids Risk-Reduction Model for the Gay Community - Joseph A Catania et al
The Importance of Perceived Sexual Enjoyment and Help-Seeking Behaviors
Commentary - Stephen F Morin
ETHNIC MINORITIES AND WOMEN
AIDS Prevention in Black Populations - Vickie M Mays
Methods of a Safer Kind
Pulling Coyote's Tale - Terry Tafoya
Native American Sexuality and AIDS
AIDS Prevention Models in Asian American Communities - Bart Aoki et al
Women and HIV Infection - Susan D Cochran
Issues in Prevention and Behavior Change
Commentary - Juan Ramos
INTRAVENOUS DRUG USERS
Mexican-American Intravenous Drug Users' Needle-Sharing Practices - Alberto G Mata Jr and Jaime S Jorquez
Implications for AIDS Prevention
Commentary - Edward S Morales
PART FIVE: AN AGENDA FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH
An AIDS Research and Training Agenda for Psychology - Stanley F Schneider
Mental Health Practitioners and Their Roles in the AIDS Crisis - Kathleen Sheridan
Components of a Comprehensive Strategy for Reducing the Risk of AIDS in Adolescents - June A Flora and Carl E Thoresen
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's AIDS-Related Activities - Daniela Seminara
Overview of the AIDS Program of the National Institute on Drug Abuse - Charles R Schuster
The National Institute of Mental Health - Lewis L Judd
Introduction - Abridged Contents
The Faces of AIDS
What we are Trying to Prevent
Theories, Models, and Research on Health, Risk, and Decision Making
Prevention in Targeted Populations
Gay Men
Ethnic Minorities and Women
Intravenous Drug Users
An Agenda for Psychological Training and Research