{"product_id":"biomedical-advances-in-hiv-prevention-lisa-a-eaton-9781493942978","title":"Biomedical Advances in HIV Prevention: Social and Behavioral Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003eBiomedical Advances in HIV Prevention: Social and Behavioral Perspectives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLisa A. Eaton and Seth C. Kalichman, editors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBiomedical Advances in HIV Prevention: Social and Behavioral Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e assembles the latest improvements, barriers to implementation, and possibilities for--and challenges\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eto--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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors illuminate the complex realities entailing adherence, pointing out technological, behavioral, and cultural roadblocks as well as opportunities to significantly reduce infection rates. Detailed up-to-the-minute coverage includes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrevention services for persons living with HIV\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdherence to HIV treatment as prevention and pre-exposure prophylaxis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdvocating for rectal microbicides and safe lubricants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMental health and substance use in the scale-up of HIV prevention\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRisk compensation in response to HIV prevention\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImplementing biomedical HIV prevention advances: reports from South Africa, Uganda, Australia, Thailand, United States, Ecuador, and Peru\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eResearchers, practitioners, and policy makers working in the fields of HIV\/AIDS and public health will look toward \u003ci\u003eBiomedical\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAdvances\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ein\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHIV\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePrevention: Social and Behavioral Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e as both a means for developing and assessing current programs and a blueprint for the next generation of prevention efforts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lisa A. Eaton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1493942972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781493942978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/23\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.60d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lisa A. Eaton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44064767607039,"sku":"9781493942978","price":169.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0f28cf2a-cf7f-42ab-ac4f-12b36d4d2fc8.jpg?v=1685397445","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/biomedical-advances-in-hiv-prevention-lisa-a-eaton-9781493942978","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}