High-risk sexual behavior
Subtitle: interventions with vulnerable populations
By: Evvie Becker, Elizabeth Rankin and Annette U. Rickel.
Contributors: Rankin, Elizabeth Deane.; Rickel, Annette U., 1941-
Series: Prevention in practice library
Publisher: Plenum Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
Subjects: Sex counseling -- United States; Hygiene, Sexual -- United States; Youth -- United States -- Sexual behavior; Teenage pregnancy -- United States; Sexually transmitted diseases -- United States
Description: "High-Risk Sexual Behavior outlines specific interventions that address the needs of particularly vulnerable populations: women, ethnic minorities and the gay community. The full spectrum of adverse consequences, from HIV transmission to unplanned pregnancy are addressed for the first time in a single work Prevention strategies that instill knowledge, motivation and self-confidence, as well as those that feature social support systems are emphasized."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-162) and index.