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HIV Treatments as Prevention (TasP)
Seth C. Kalichman
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Description for HIV Treatments as Prevention (TasP)
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health. Num Pages: 142 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBNH9; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 231.
HIV Treatment as Prevention: Primer for Behavior-Based Implementation provides the first practical guide to integrating behavioral prevention with antiretroviral therapies for people living with HIV infection. This brief book discusses the historical and social context embedding the shifting landscape in HIV prevention, where the use of effective treatments have become the focus of HIV prevention. While using treatments for prevention is promising, the history of HIV prevention offers several important pitfalls that must be avoided if HIV treatments are to ultimately succeed in preventing new HIV infections. Lessons learned from the successes and failures of other biomedical technologies used in ... Read more
HIV Treatment as Prevention: Primer for Behavior-Based Implementation provides the first practical guide to integrating behavioral prevention with antiretroviral therapies for people living with HIV infection. This brief book discusses the historical and social context embedding the shifting landscape in HIV prevention, where the use of effective treatments have become the focus of HIV prevention. While using treatments for prevention is promising, the history of HIV prevention offers several important pitfalls that must be avoided if HIV treatments are to ultimately succeed in preventing new HIV infections. Lessons learned from the successes and failures of other biomedical technologies used in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
Series
SpringerBriefs in Public Health
Number of Pages
132
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461451181
SKU
V9781461451181
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Ref
99-15
About Seth C. Kalichman
Professor Kalichman dedicates his research to preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS and caring for those affected by the HIV epidemic. His research is focused in the southern United States and South Africa. His work has been continuously and exclusively funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1992. He was previously on the faculties of Loyola University of Chicago, Georgia ... Read more
Reviews for HIV Treatments as Prevention (TasP)
From the reviews: “This is an overview of various behavioral interventions that may be integrated with antiretroviral medications to prevent persons living with HIV from transmitting the virus to others. … students and practitioners in the areas of nursing, public health, social work, and medicine who desire a better understanding of HIV prevention efforts could benefit by reading it. ... Read more