Understanding and Preventing HIV Risk Behavior

Safer Sex and Drug Use
1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-8039-7425-8
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 291 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 415 g

Reihe: Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology

The AIDS epidemic continues to grow in this country and around the world. Currently, the only hope of stopping this tragedy is through interventions that change individual behavior. This book provides an excellent overview of current knowledge and research on how to promote the behaviors of safer sex and safer drug use, which will slow down the spread of HIV. It will be a useful resource for researchers who examine HIV prevention and for community workers and clinicians who wish to use sound, well-tested techniques for their intervention work. In addition, the book can serve as a thorough introduction for students who are new to the area of behavioral research on HIV and AIDS. --from the Overview by Suzanne C. Thompson & Stuart Oskamp Bringing together some of the most active and respected researchers in the field, this volume presents a state-of-the-art, integrated examination of behavioral research aimed at reducing the transmission of HIV. In almost 20 years of battling the AIDS epidemic, one theme has consistently emerged: The solution to stopping the spread of the AIDS virus rests with individual behavior. Understanding and Preventing HIV Risk Behavior grapples with the critical question of how to influence people to change high-risk behaviors, particularly in sexual activity and drug use. The contributors take an in-depth look at the most current HIV and AIDS epidemiological findings; the information-motivation-behavioral skills model of risk behavior; and empirical analyses of contraceptive decision making, denial processes, and the role of attraction in heterosexual behavior. This timely volume also examines research with special populations, including African American youths, Latinos, both gay and straight residents of HIV-impacted communities, active drug users, and adolescents in countries that have different AIDS risk levels and public health policies. Representing the latest in research on safer sex and altering drug use behaviors, Understanding and Preventing HIV Risk Behavior will be a valuable resource for HIV-prevention researchers, community workers, and clinicians who want to utilize research findings in their HIV intervention programs. This volume will also benefit students seeking an up-to-date overview of research on HIV/AIDS risk behavior.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oskamp, Stuart

Thompson, Suzanne C.

Thompson, Stacy D.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin HIV, AIDS
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Infektionskrankheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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
The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model of AIDS Risk Behavior Change - Jeffrey D Fisher and William A Fisher
Empirical Support and Application
PART TWO: SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Social Psychological Influences on HIV Risk Behavior among African-American Youth - John B Jemmott III
Cultural Issues in HIV Prevention for Latinos - Barbara VanOss Marín
Should We Try to Change Gender Roles?
Using a Theory-Based Community Intervention To Reduce AIDS Risk Behaviors - Martin Fishbein et al
The CDC's AIDS Community Demonstration Projects
HIV Risk Interventions for Active Drug Users - Fen Rhodes and C Kevin Malotte
Experience and Prospects
Educational Policy, Adolescent Knowledge of HIV Risk, and Sexual Behavior in Zimbabwe and the United States - Michelle H Wierson and Jennifer L Bright

Über Autor(innen)

Oskamp, Stuart
Stuart Oskamp (Ph.D., Stanford University) has focused his research interests in the areas of attitudes and attitude change, applied social psychology, behavioral aspects of energy and resource conservation, and social issues and public policy. His books include Attitudes and Opinions and Applied Social Psychology. He has been elected a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) Council of Representatives and President of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) and of the APA Division of Population and Environmental Psychology. He has also served as editor of the Journal of Social Issues and of the Applied Social Psychology Annual. Since 1984 he has organized the Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology and co-edited the resulting annual volume published for many years by Sage Publications and now published by Erlbaum.