NCJ Number
117473
Editor(s)
C F Turner,
H G Miller,
L E Moses
Date Published
1989
Length
589 pages
Annotation
This book -- a report by the National Research Council's Committee on AIDS Research and the Behavioral, Social, and Statistical Sciences -- discusses data collection on the spread of the HIV infection, intervening to limit the spread of HIV infection, and impediments to research and intervention.
Abstract
The book's first major section, 'Understanding the Spread of HIV Infection,' begins with a review of the extent of HIV infection within the U.S. population today. The two other chapters of this section consider the sexual and intravenous drug-use behaviors that contribute to transmission of the virus and thus alter the prevalence and incidence of HIV in the United States. The second part of the report, 'Intervening to Limit the Spread of HIV Infection,' details principles of behavioral change that might prove useful in designing and implementing intervention strategies to slow disease transmission. A separate chapter discusses methods for measuring the effectiveness of such interventions. The third part, 'Impediments to Research and Intervention,' reviews the barriers that may compromise the Nation's ability to control the spread of the disease. One chapter considers barriers to research efforts, and another discusses obstacles that threaten to hinder effective AIDS prevention. Chapter references, appended recommendations and supplemental data, background papers, subject index.