Prevention of HIV infection: looking back, looking ahead
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Programs designed to prevent HIV infection through education are likely to remain the only manageable way to affect rates of infection. This is especially true in light of the lack of success in vaccine research. Behavior modification is the single most important factor in HIV prevention, and the prevention efforts of the past decade have yielded a wealth of information both on the behavior of those at risk and the most successful forms of intervention. Barriers to effective risk reduction include funding issues, impossible to meet expectations, such as a 0% infection rate, cultural barriers and the belief that people will alter behavior simply because they know it is dangerous. Policy changes are needed to educate groups that have been identified as being at a high risk for HIV infection, and the access to health services of these groups needs to be improved. A more organized approach to research and broader based organizational structure would also increase prevention effectiveness and make it easier to identify successful strategies.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1995
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What can we expect from the 1993 International Conference on AIDS?
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The International Conference on AIDS has become a week-long, multi-million dollar event drawing over 10,000 people from around the world. The first two meetings in 1985 and 1986 were structured along the same lines as typical medical conferences but were an important step toward initiating the World Health Organization's global AIDS strategy in 1986. The 1988 conference was the first to address and integrate scientific and societal concerns in one meeting. The 1992 conference identified three purposes of the conferences: to exchange information and ideas, to strengthen AIDS literacy and synthesize AIDS research and to promote international and interdisciplinary cooperation. As the 1993 conference approaches it is clear that the international efforts are losing momentum, societal commitment and resources. This conference should be a time for revitalizing and restructuring the global strategy against AIDS.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1993
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Optimizing primary care for men who have sex with men
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Physicians and other primary care clinicians should provide care and support for men who have sex with men (MSM) as the social and cultural reality might preclude coming out or the desire to do so. The Centers for disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided basic guidelines for health promotion and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among MSM.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2006
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