AIDS, Sexual Behavior, and Intravenous Drug Use
Published on 1. January 1989
Book
Hardback
608 pages
978-0-309-03976-5 (ISBN)
Description
The AIDS virus is spread by human behaviors enacted in a variety of social situations. In order to prevent further infection, we need to know more about these behaviors. This volume explores what is known about the number of people infected, risk-associated behaviors, facilitation of behavioral change, and barriers to more effective prevention efforts.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 167 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
1007 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-309-03976-5 (9780309039765)
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Additional editions
National Research Council | Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education | Commission on B
AIDS, Sexual Behavior, and Intravenous Drug Use
E-Book
01/1989
1st Edition
National Academies Press
€74.99
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Persons
Charles F. Turner, Heather G. Miller, and Lincoln E. Moses, Editors; Committee on AIDS Research and the Behavioral, Social, and Statistical Sciences; National Research Council
Content
1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 I Understanding the Spread of HIV Infection; 4 1 Monitoring the Epidemic; 5 2 Sexual Behavior and AIDS; 6 3 AIDS and IV Drug Use; 7 II Intervening to Limit the Spread of HIV Infection; 8 4 Facilitating Change in Health Behaviors; 9 5 Evaluating the Effects of AIDS Interventions; 10 III Impediments to Research and Intervention; 11 6 Barriers to Research; 12 7 Social Barriers to AIDS Prevention; 13 Appendixes; 14 A The Committee; 15 B Supplemental Data; 16 Background Papers; 17 On the Accuracy of Current Estimates of the Numbers of Intravenous Drug Users; 18 Monitoring the Spread of HIV Infection; 19 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of AIDS Prevention Programs: Concepts, Complications, and Illustrations; 20 Sexuality Across the Life Course in the United States; 21 Sex Counts: A Methodological Critique of Hite; 22 Trends in Premarital Sexual Behavior; 23 Index