Understanding and Preventing HIV Risk Behavior Safer Sex and Drug Use [Paperback]

In almost 20 years of tackling the AIDS epidemic, one theme has consistently emerged: the solution to stopping the spread of the AIDS virus, HIV, rests with individual behaviour. The critical question is: how can people be influenced to change risk behaviours related to sexual activity and drug use?

This volume brings together some of the most respected researchers in the area of reducing the transmission of HIV. Their work represents the state-of-the-art research on safer sex and drug use. The issues discussed include: adolescents at risk from AIDS; denial, motivation and behaviour; and special populations.In almost 20 years of tackling the AIDS epidemic, one theme has consistently emerged: the solution to stopping the spread of the AIDS virus, HIV, rests with individual behaviour. The critical question is: how can people be influenced to change risk behaviours related to sexual activity and drug use?

This volume brings together some of the most respected researchers in the area of reducing the transmission of HIV. Their work represents the state-of-the-art research on safer sex and drug use. The issues discussed include: adolescents at risk from AIDS; denial, motivation and behaviour; and special populations.Understanding and Preventing HIV Risk Behavior - Suzanne C Thompson and Stuart Oskamp
An Overview
PART ONE: GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Adolescents at Risk for AIDS - Ralph J DiClemente
AIDS Epidemiology, and Prevalence and Incidence of HIV
Adolescent Contraceptive Behavior - Nancy E Adler and Cynthia Rosengard
Raging Hormones or Rational Decision-Making?
Denial and the AIDS Crisis - Kathryn A Morris and William B Swann Jr
On Wishing Away the Threat of AIDS
The Role of Attraction in Partner Assessments and Heterosexual Risk for HIV - Leslie F Clark et al
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