AIDS And the Heterosexual Population

by Sherr, Lorraine

• ISBN13: 9783718654604
• ISBN10: 3718654601
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-09-01
• Publisher: Harwood Academic Pub

Summary

The research findings which are reported here, and the interventions which are suggested, are drawn from work with prostitutes, adolescents, discordant couples, and bisexual men. The chapters explore the way in which AIDS affects the heterosexual family, the way it permeates via the prison system, the range and extent of differing needs among sufferers, the role of alcohol and drugs in HIV infection and prevention, the impact of attitude studies, and HIV testing, counselling, and partner notification. The contributors, all experts in the field, are drawn from the USA, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa. Heterosexuals are the largest group affected by AIDS and HIV infection. As those affected have tended to come from the poorer, more disadvantaged social groups worldwide, however, they have received a disproportionately small degree of attention. This book is an attempt to adjust the imbalance. It takes a look at the epidemiology and psychosocial factors involved in the incidence of HIV in groups

Table of Contents

Introduction
Heterosexual Transmission of HIV	p. 1
Women and HIV Infection	p. 21
Drug Injectors and Heterosexual AIDS	p. 41
Preventing Transmission of HIV in Heterosexual Prostitution	p. 67
Discordant Couples	p. 83
Heterosexual Issues in Haemophilia	p. 103
The Challenge of AIDS in Children	p. 113
Adolescents	p. 125
The Family and HIV Disease	p. 139
Behavioural Bisexuality Among Men	p. 153
Prisons: Heterosexuals in a Risk Environment	p. 167
HIV Testing, Counselling and Behaviour Change	p. 179
Psychological Needs and Services for Heterosexuals with HIV Infection	p. 199
Alcohol, AIDs and Sex	p. 223
Is There an Ethics of Heterosexual AIDS	p. 241
Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour in Heterosexual Men and Women: The Research Evidence	p. 253
Partner Management	p. 263
Index	p. 275
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