Biomedical advances in HIV prevention
Subtitle: social and behavioral perspectives
By: Lisa A. Eaton, Seth C. Kalichman, editors
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9781461488446; 9781461488453
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: HIV infections; Prevention; HIV Infections; Prevention & control; Anti-HIV Agents; Therapeutic use; Health Behavior
Description: Three decades into the epidemic, a great deal is known about HIV and its transmission, more people are living with the disease, and the virus is no longer seen as a death sentence. But new people continue to be infected with HIV each year, making prevention strategies that are medically effective and behaviorally engaging as urgent a priority as ever. Biomedical Advances in HIV Prevention: Social and Behavioral Perspectives assembles the latest improvements, barriers to implementation, and possibilities for--and challenges to--future progress. Innovations such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (antiretroviral regimens for the high-risk uninfected) and treatment as prevention (early use of ART to reduce infectiousness of new patients) are examined, as are current findings on ongoing prevention and treatment concerns. Contributors illuminate the complex realities entailing adherence, pointing out technological, behavioral, and cultural roadblocks as well as opportunities to significantly reduce infection rates. --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Advances in HIV Prevention Technologies; title: Advances, Promises, and Challenges in HIV Prevention; title: Translating Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Evidence into Practice and Public Health Impact; title: Prevention Services with Persons Living with HIV; title: Advocating for Rectal Microbicides and Safe Lubricants; title: Part II: Behavioral Challenges and Opportunities; title: Adherence to HIV Treatment as Prevention and Preexposure Prophylaxis; title: Risk Compensation in Response to HIV Prevention; title: Mental Health and Substance Use in the Scale-Up of HIV Prevention; title: Substance Use Treatment in the Era of New HIV Prevention Technologies; title: Part III: Global Perspectives; title: Revolution or Evolution? What Can Approaches Based on the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs Contribute to HIV Prevention in Gay Communities in High-Income Countries?; title: Implementing Biomedical HIV Prevention Advances in Uganda; title: Implementing Biomedical HIV Prevention Advances in Thailand; title: Implementing Biomedical HIV Prevention Advances in Ecuador and Peru.