Behavioral Interventions for Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Aral, Sevgi O. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Douglas, John M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Public health.; Health promotion.; Infectious diseases.; Epidemiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

Before AIDS, the role of behavioral interventions in preventing transmission of sexually transmitted diseases was acknowledged in text books and journals but rarely promoted effectively in public health practice. Informed by a comprehensive knowledge of behavioral theory, intervention methods, and a...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Overview Chapters: Behavioral Interventions
• History of Behavioral Interventions in STD Control
• Behavioral Interventions for STDs: Theoretical Models and Intervention Methods
• Biomedical Interventions
• Intervention Approaches
• Dyadic, Small Group, and Community-Level Behavioral Interventions for STD/HIV Prevention
• Structural Interventions
• STD Prevention Communication: Using Social Marketing Techniques with an Eye on Behavioral Change
• Partner Notification and Management Interventions
• Interventions in Sexual Health Care–Seeking and Provision at Multiple Levels of the U.S. Health Care System
• Use of the Internet in STD/HIV Prevention
• Male Condoms
• STI Vaccines: Status of Development, Potential Impact, and Important Factors for Implementation
• Interventions by Population
• Behavioral Interventions for Prevention and Control of STDs Among Adolescents
• Biological and Behavioral Risk Factors Associated with STDs/HIV in Women: Implications for Behavioral Interventions
• STD Prevention with Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States
• STD Repeaters: Implications for the Individual and STD Transmission in a Population
• Looking Inside and Affecting the Outside: Corrections-Based Interventions for STD Prevention
• STDs Among Illicit Drug Users in the United States: The Need for Interventions
• Understanding Methods
• Quantitative Measurement
• Qualitative Methods
• From Data to Action: Integrating Program Evaluation and Program Improvement
• Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
• From Best Practices to Better Practice: Adopting Model Behavioral Interventions in the Real World of STD/HIV Prevention
• Ethical and Policy Issues
• Erratum
• Erratum
• The Ethics of Public Health Practice for the Prevention and Control of STDs
• Policy and Behavioral Interventions for STDs.