High-Risk Sexual Behavior
Subtitle: Interventions with Vulnerable Populations
By: by Evvie Becker, Elizabeth Rankin, Annette U. Rickel
Contributors: Rankin, Elizabeth; Rickel, Annette U.
Series: Prevention in Practice Library; Prevention in practice library
Publisher: Springer US; Imprint; Springer
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9781489901071
Subjects: Medicine; Public health; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Medicine & Public Health; Public Health
Description: High-risk sexual behavior has been linked to social problems such as substance abuse, domestic violence, homelessness, and deprivation. This volume's unique multidisciplinary biopsychosocial approach combines relevant medical information regarding disease states with the cultural, social, and psychological facets of successful prevention programs. Becker and Rankin outline specific interventions that address the needs of particularly vulnerable populations: women, ethnic minorities, and the gay community. Useful chapter summaries which review the pros and cons of different approaches will aid both the student and the practitioner.
Table of contents: title: 1. What's at Stake: Consequences of Risky Sexual Behavior; title: 2. Factors that Influence Sexual Behavior: Causes, Mediators, and Moderators of High-Risk Sexual Behavior; title: 3. Models of Prevention; title: 4. Guidelines for Prevention, I: Ethnicity and Social Class Considerations; title: 5. Guidelines for Intervention, II: Women; title: 6. Guidelines for Intervention, III: Gay Men and Bisexuals; title: Epilogue; title: References.