Behavioral Aspects of AIDS

• Author : David G. Ostrow
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 29 June 2013

As we enter the last decade of the twentieth century, the AIDS epidemic looms ever larger and threatening. The specter of upwards of a million deaths in the United States and perhaps many millions worldwide from a sexually transmitted virus shakes our belief in modem medical science, while challenging the foundations of democratic society. Almost ten years into the epidemic, and with an enormous body of basic science research on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), we still do not know

• Author : David G. Ostrow
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 31 August 1990

As we enter the last decade of the twentieth century, the AIDS epidemic looms ever larger and threatening. The specter of upwards of a million deaths in the United States and perhaps many millions worldwide from a sexually transmitted virus shakes our belief in modem medical science, while challenging the foundations of democratic society. Almost ten years into the epidemic, and with an enormous body of basic science research on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), we still do not know

• Author : Institute of Medicine,Committee on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Issues in AIDS Research
• Publisher : National Academies Press
• Release : 01 February 1994

HIV is spreading rapidly, and effective treatments continue to elude science. Preventive interventions are now our best defense against the epidemicâ€"but they require a clear understanding of the behavioral and mental health aspects of HIV infection and AIDS. AIDS and Behavior provides an update of what investigators in the biobehavioral, psychological, and social sciences have discovered recently about those aspects of the disease and offers specific recommendations for research directions and priorities. This volume candidly discusses the sexual and

• Author : Institute of Medicine,Committee on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Issues in AIDS Research
• Publisher : National Academies Press
• Release : 01 February 1994

HIV is spreading rapidly, and effective treatments continue to elude science. Preventive interventions are now our best defense against the epidemicâ€"but they require a clear understanding of the behavioral and mental health aspects of HIV infection and AIDS. AIDS and Behavior provides an update of what investigators in the biobehavioral, psychological, and social sciences have discovered recently about those aspects of the disease and offers specific recommendations for research directions and priorities. This volume candidly discusses the sexual and

• Author : Nathaniel M. Rickles,Albert I. Wertheimer,Mickey C. Smith
• Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
• Release : 15 November 2010

This thoroughly revised second edition of Social and Behavioral Aspects of Pharmaceutical Care offers a comprehensive overview of the social-economic aspects of pharmaceutical care. This new edition provides both the pharmacy student and practitioner with established principles from the social and behavioral sciences, along with current findings and examples of cases and reports of applications of these principles. Theoretical models and practical examples are included to elaborate the pharmacist's role in identifying patients' non-compliant behavior and managing drug-related problems. This

• Author : Jose Catalan,Barbara Hedge
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 22 May 1997

This volume contains a selection of key contributions to the discussion on the psychological and social implications on HIV infection. It contains up-to-date and authoritative papers by senior practitioners and researchers in the field of the psychological and social aspects of HIV infection. The book will appeal to those involved in providing care

• Author : David G. Ostrow,Ronald C. Kessler
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 11 April 2006

Methodological problems have hampered researchers' efforts to understand and control AIDS since the beginning of the epidemic. This practical book addresses these problems by using actual health research case studies to develop strategies regarding design and sampling, measurement, and analysis and modeling issues. Researchers working on both biological and behavioral aspects of the disease will find this work a singularly effective tool to improve their study designs.

• Author : United States. National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 25 March 1993

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 25 March 2023

• Author : Igor Capitine
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 25 March 2023

• Author : B. R. Simon Rosser
• Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
• Release : 25 March 1991

This study is the first to look at how well AIDS education has worked and to explore the psychosocial factors that underlie behavioral response to initiatives promoting safer sex. Using comparative measures, Rosser profiles a specific population at risk and identifies important differences between homosexual men who engage in safer sex and those who do not. He evaluates the positive and negative effects of different approaches to AIDS education and discusses changes in education, policy, behavior, and attitudes that are

• Author : Stuart Oskamp,Suzanne C. Thompson
• Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
• Release : 23 July 1996

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

• Author : Michael B. Blank,Marlene M. Eisenberg
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 14 January 2014

Learn why it’s time for a new era in mental health and prevention science HIV: Issues with Mental Health and Illness is a comprehensive examination of the co-morbidity that exists between HIV/AIDS and mental illness. Internationally recognized experts in the field analyze the latest research on why HIV sufferers are at risk of developing mental illness and how people who suffer from mental illness risk contracting HIV through sexual behavior and substance abuse. This unique book focuses on

• Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 25 March 1992

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 25 March 2023