AIDS, Behavior, and Culture - Understanding Evidence-Based Prevention

Arguing for a behavior-based approach, Green and Ruark make the case that the most effective AIDS programs are those that encourage fundamental behavioral changes such as abstinence, delay of sex, faithfulness, and cessation of injection drug use.

Sommario

Introduction; 1: An Anthropological Approach to AIDS Prevention; 2: Sex, Culture, and Disease; 3: How the Global AIDS Response Went Wrong; 4: Refocusing HIV Prevention on Primary Prevention; 5: Primary Prevention in Concentrated Epidemics; 6: Facts and Myths about HIV Prevention in Generalized Epidemics; 7: Primary Behavior Change and HIV Decline; 8: HIV Prevention and Structural Factors; 9: Gender, Marriage, and HIV; 10: An Endogenous Response to AIDS; 11: Where to from Here?

Info autore

Edward C Green, Allison Herling Ruark

Riassunto

Arguing for a behavior-based approach, Green and Ruark make the case that the most effective AIDS programs are those that encourage fundamental behavioral changes such as abstinence, delay of sex, faithfulness, and cessation of injection drug use.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Edward C Green, Allison Herling Ruark
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2011
• EAN: 9781598744781
• ISBN: 978-1-59874-478-1
• Pagine: 300
• Peso: 720 g
• Illustrazioni: Farb., s/w. Abb.
• Serie: Key Questions in Anthropology
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale