| AIDS: The Second Decade Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Division of Behavioral and Social Scienc (Author), Commission on Behavioral and Social Scie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309042879 ISBN-13: 9780309042871 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $66.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1990 Annotation: This is a report on changing patterns of sexual behavior and intravenous drug use, the distribution of cases of HIV infection, and the results of intervention efforts underway. The book considers two populations of interest in the second decade of the epidemic: women and adolescents. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Aids & Hiv - Health & Fitness | Diseases - Aids & Hiv - Medical | Diseases |
| Dewey: 362.196 |
| LCCN: 90050389 |
| Physical Information: 1.23" H x 5.99" W x 9.03" (1.80 lbs) 512 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - AIDS |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Expanding on the 1989 National Research Council volume AIDS, Sexual Behavior, and Intravenous Drug Use, this book reports on changing patterns in the distribution of cases and the results of intervention efforts under way. It focuses on two important subpopulations that are becoming more and more at risk: adolescents and women. The committee also reviews strategies to protect blood supplies and to improve the quality of surveys used in AIDS research. AIDS: The Second Decade updates trends in AIDS cases and HIV infection among the homosexual community, intravenous drug users, women, minorities, and other groups; presents an overview of a wide range of behavioral intervention strategies directed at specific groups; discusses discrimination against people with AIDS and HIV infection; and presents available data on the proportion of teenagers engaging in the behaviors that can transmit the virus and on female prostitutes and HIV infection. |