Description:
This book examines the role of behavioral interventions in combating STDs. It addresses the complexities and social contexts of human behaviors which spread STDs, the cultural barriers to STD education, and the sociopolitical nuances surrounding treatment.
Review Quotes:
From the reviews:
"This book represents a landmark in the field of STD prevention and management bringing together a comprehensive overview of the most critical aspects of behavioral interventions for STDs. Students or practitioners of public health and clinicians involved in STD/HIV management should have this book." King K. Holmes, M.D., Ph.D., William H. Foege Chair, Department of Global Health and Director, Center for HIV/AIDS, University of Washington, Seattle
"This impressive volume offers easily accessible information about the multitude of options for behavioral interventions for STDs, including not only what we have learned in recent years but also what we should do. This combination of both understanding and action will undoubtedly provide much needed assistance to today's public health practitioner." Willard Cates, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., President, Research, Family Health International, Durham, NC
"This is a comprehensive review of behavioral theory and intervention methods pertaining to STDs. ... The book targets public health students and practitioners in addition to clinicians involved in STD/HIV management. The coeditors and chapter authors are established experts in their respective fields. ... This book will provide invaluable insights into traditional and new ways to implement and evaluate STD prevention and control measures at the individual, community, and population levels." (Ameeta E. Singh, Doody's Review Service, September, 2007)
"The book addresses and systematically summarizes the complexities and social contexts of human behaviors that spread STDs, the cultural barriers in STD education, and the behavioral nuances surrounding diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through professional/practitioners." (M. Kroger, CHOICE, Vol. v4 (3), November, 2007)
"This book sets out to comprehensively review the literature resulting from themarriage of behavioral science and public health over the past 30 years ....It is impossible in this short review to do justice to all of the chapters in this well-written and well-edited compendium ....This is an important book. As with chronic disease, behavioral intervention is an important part of public health practice for STDs." (Philip E. Veenhuis, MD, MPH, JAMA, January 30, 2008--Vol 299, No. 4)
"In this 24-chapter text, the editors have compiled a well-referenced overview of what is currently known regarding behavioral and biomedical interventions for STD prevention. ... This text is extremely readable. ... The book ... has practical information for the public health practitioner. ... Students of public health, public health practitioners, and all those involved in public health policy related to STD prevention should find this book an outstanding resource. Clinicians involved in STD/human immunodeficiency virus prevention and treatment will also find this book useful." (Mary Jo Kasten, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Vol. 82 (3), March, 2008)