Network epidemiology : a handbook for survey design and data collection /

Over the past two decades, the epidemic of HIV/AIDS has challenged the public health community to fundamentally rethink the framework for preventing infectious diseases. While much progress has been made on the biomedical front in treatments for HIV infection, prevention still relies on behaviour ch...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Morris, Martina
Körperschaft:
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
Weitere Verfasser:
Morris, Martina
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Zusammenfassung:
Over the past two decades, the epidemic of HIV/AIDS has challenged the public health community to fundamentally rethink the framework for preventing infectious diseases. While much progress has been made on the biomedical front in treatments for HIV infection, prevention still relies on behaviour change. This book documents and explains the remarkable breakthroughs in behavioural research design that have emerged to confront this new challenge: the study of partnership networks.Traditionally, public health research focused on the ""knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP)"" of individuals, an
Umfang:
1 online resource (252 p.)
Anmerkungen:
"This book is the outcome of a conference on 'Partnerships and the spread of HIV and other infections' sponsored by the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) in Chiang Mai, Thailand in February 2000"--Editor's intro.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
"Publications from data sets reviewed in this volume": p. [225]-231.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-153340-8
1-282-00729-7
9786612007293
Schlagworte:
Epidemiology > Congresses.
Social sciences > Network analysis > Congresses.
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