Community Interventions and AIDSEdison J. Trickett, Willo Pequegnat As news headlines report staggering numbers of people infected with HIV or AIDS across the globe and as stereotypes of typical AIDS patients become less and less specific to particular sexual orientations and ethnic backgrounds, the AIDS pandemic shows little sign of relenting. AIDS crosses geopolitical and social barriers, and social and behavioral scientists are confronted with the new challenge of developing scientific inquiry and corresponding interventions around participatory, community-based, and community-focused methods. These interventions are increasingly targeting the contextual influences on individual behavior, such as peer groups, social networks and support systems, and community norms. Community-level interventions also draw on local resources and are respectful of sociocultural circumstances and traditions. This book articulates how the social and behavioral sciences can respond to HIV/AIDS. It is written for all who have a stake in AIDS research, stimulating discussion and debate about the natures of community research and intervention broadly across such disciplines as public health, community health education, urban planning, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and philosophy of science. The book proposes alternative perspectives on means of ascertaining knowledge about the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the inclusion of community collaboration in interventions. |
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... multiple levels of analysis, dependence, and synergy. The editors and authors of this book have reminded us of this important fact and provided an illuminating, multidisciplinary, and coherent tour de force of the community context of ...
... multiple levels of analysis, dependence, and synergy. The editors and authors of this book have reminded us of this important fact and provided an illuminating, multidisciplinary, and coherent tour de force of the community context of ...
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... multiple and varied cultures whose resources, traditions, and values have often diverged from those providing both the resources and the paradigmatic approaches toward intervention. It has made front-and-center the critical nature of ...
... multiple and varied cultures whose resources, traditions, and values have often diverged from those providing both the resources and the paradigmatic approaches toward intervention. It has made front-and-center the critical nature of ...
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... multiple pathways that community-level interventions may lead to communitylevel impact. After highlighting the importance of defining the concept of “community,” they outline six different potential intervention pathways that may lead ...
... multiple pathways that community-level interventions may lead to communitylevel impact. After highlighting the importance of defining the concept of “community,” they outline six different potential intervention pathways that may lead ...
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... Taken as a piece, the book suggests an alternative perspective on how to gather valid knowledge, how to include community collaboration as part of the paradigm governing community intervention, and how and why to assess the multiple.
... Taken as a piece, the book suggests an alternative perspective on how to gather valid knowledge, how to include community collaboration as part of the paradigm governing community intervention, and how and why to assess the multiple.
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... multiple impacts of community interventions across levels of analysis in the community of concern. This perspective, burbling up relatively independently in varied discrete disciplines over decades, is currently taking shape as a ...
... multiple impacts of community interventions across levels of analysis in the community of concern. This perspective, burbling up relatively independently in varied discrete disciplines over decades, is currently taking shape as a ...
Contents
Multiple Pathways to CommunityLevel Impacts in | |
HIV Circulating Knowledges | |
The State of the Art in Community HIV Prevention | |
Implications | |
Promise | |
Merrill Singer Margaret Weeks | |
Sustainability in HIV Prevention Research | |
Transferring HIV Prevention Technology to Community | |
Theoretical | |
Comprehensive Dynamic Trial Designs for Behavioral | |
Toward the Next Generation of AIDS Interventions With | |
Index | |
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