Methodological Issues in AIDS Behavioral Research

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Ostrow, David G. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kessler, Ronald C. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 1993.
• Σειρά: AIDS Prevention and Mental Health,
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Public health.; Health informatics.; Epidemiology.; Sociology.; Health psychology.; Sexual behavior.; Sexual psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Health Informatics.; Health Psychology.; Sexual Behavior.; Sociology, general.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Design, Measurement, and Analysis Issues in AIDS Mental Health Research
• Design and Sampling Issues
• Ethical Issues and Approaches in AIDS Research
• Sampling Considerations in Research on HIV Risk and Illness
• Quasiexperimental Designs in AIDS Psychosocial Research
• Measurement Issues
• Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Techniques to Develop Culturally Sensitive Measures
• Understanding Sexual Behaviors and Drug Use among African-Americans
• Response Bias in Surveys of AIDS-Related Sexual Behavior
• Recollection in the Kingdom of AIDS
• Comments on Croyle and Loftus’s Recollections in the Kingdom of AIDS
• Analysis and Modeling Issues
• Using Surveillance Data for Assessing and Projecting the AIDS Epidemic
• Comment on De Gruttola and Pagano’s Using Surveillance Data for Assessing and Projecting the AIDS Epidemic
• Analytic Methods for Estimating HIV-Treatment and Cofactor Effects
• The Design and Analysis of Partner Studies of HIV Transmission.