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Assessing the Social and Behavioral Science Base for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Intervention Workshop Summary (1995) / Chapter Skim
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PART I UNDERSTANDING THE EPIDEMIC
Pages 7-10

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... Clearly, a stigmatized, global pandemic caused by a behaviorally transmitted infection demands the involvement of social and behavioral scientists in order to develop adequate models for prevention and treatment. An abundance of epidemiological data are available from routine surveillance surveys conducted by the state health departments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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... The social sciences are also needed to augment the transfer of basic biomedical advances into effective prevention and treatment strategies. HIV is spread by individual behaviors, but the structure of behavioral partnerships that contribute to that spread include dyads (relationships involving two individuals)
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... Life histories/narratives Population-based surveys Demographic and social histories of communities Kin and social network mapping Demographic models of age and gender Analysis of language Contextual analysis Box 1 presents a partial listing of the social and behavioral disciplines and methods relevant to the study of HIV prevention. Anthropological, sociological, geographic, and demographic methods, although quite varied, often complement and enhance one another in the study of larger community and population entities like neighborhoods, metropolitan areas, regions, and societies.
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... Psychological, social psychological, microsociological, and microeconomic approaches are useful for focusing on the more microlevel analysis of individual behavior, partnerships, and small group interaction. They provide methods for studying social exchanges among persons and among groups; the unequal distribution of social resources; negotiation and bargaining processes, and strategic action; choice, and decision processes.
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