Preventing HIV in Developing Countries Biomedical and Behavioral Approaches /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gibney, Laura. (Editor), Clemente, Ralph J. Di. (Editor), Vermund, Sten H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Series: AIDS Prevention and Mental Health,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Public health.; Health promotion.; Epidemiology.; Health psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Health Psychology.
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Globally, action to prevent HIV spread is inadequate. Over 16,000 new infections occur every day. Yet we are not helpless in the face of disaster, as shown by the rich prevention experience analyzed in this valuable new compendium. ỚSBest pr- ticeỚ<U+00fd> existsỚ a set of tried and test...

Table of Contents:

• HIV Prevention in Developing Countries
• The Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic
• Intervening in Blood Supply and Use Systems
• The Evolution of Voluntary Testing and Counseling as an HIV Prevention Strategy
• Controlling Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Behavioral Interventions in Developing Nations
• Insights for HIV Prevention from Industrialized CountriesỚ" Experiences
• The Use of Psychosocial Models for Guiding the Design and Implementation of HIV Prevention Interventions
• Interventions for Commercial Sex Workers and Their Clients
• Interventions for Adolescents
• Interventions for Workers Away from Their Families
• Interventions for Injecting Drug Users
• Interventions for Men Who Have Sex with Men
• HIV Prevention for the General Population
• Intervention Research for Future HIV Prevention.