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AIDS Prevention Through Education A World View

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ISBN-10: 0195082079

ISBN-13: 9780195082074

Edition: 1992

Authors: Jaime Sepulveda, Harvey Fineberg, Jonathan Mann

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A decade after AIDS was first recognized, the simple idea that education is the most effective weapon to prevent infection remains valid. This is true because AIDS will not disappear, just as the majority of infectious diseases have not disappeared, even those for which effective methods of treatment and prevention already exist. Therefore, education is not a transitory strategy; if and when effective drugs and vaccines are developed, education will still play a major role in contending with the epidemic. Enough has been learned about AIDS prevention through education during the last decade to merit reflection on both the failures and successes of this short, tragic but also intense and…    
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List price: $31.50
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/7/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.13" wide x 8.69" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Harvey V. Fineberg is President of the Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC.

PART I: Overview 1. Introduction, J. Sepulveda, H. Fineberg, and J. Mann 2. Health Promotion Agains AIDS: A Typology, J. Mann PART II: Methods for Behavioral Research 3. The Role of Quantitative Behavioral Research in AIDS Prevention, S.L. Gortmaker and J.A. Izazola 4. The Role of Qualitative Research in AIDS Prevention, W.A. Smith and M. Debus 5. Social Marketing and Prevention of AIDS, M. Ramah and C.M. Cassidy PART III: Lessons from National Experiences 6. AIDS Education and Health Promotion in Brazil: Lessons from the Past and Prospects for the Future, R.G. Parker 7. Educational Experience from Mexico, J. Sepulveda 8. Targeted AIDS Intervention Programs in Africa, P.…