Understanding and Preventing HIV Risk Behavior

Stuart Oskamp (Ph.D., Stanford University) has focused his research interests in the areas of attitudes and attitude change, applied social psychology, behavioral aspects of energy and resource conservation, and social issues and public policy. His books include Attitudes and Opinions and Applied Social Psychology. He has been elected a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) Council of Representatives and President of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) and of the APA Division of Population and Environmental Psychology. He has also served as editor of the Journal of Social Issues and of the Applied Social Psychology Annual. Since 1984 he has organized the Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology and co-edited the resulting annual volume published for many years by Sage Publications and now published by Erlbaum.

Understanding and Preventing HIV Risk Behavior - Suzanne C Thompson and Stuart Oskamp An Overview PART ONE: GENERAL PRINCIPLES Adolescents at Risk for AIDS - Ralph J DiClemente AIDS Epidemiology, and Prevalence and Incidence of HIV Adolescent Contraceptive Behavior - Nancy E Adler and Cynthia Rosengard Raging Hormones or Rational Decision-Making? Denial and the AIDS Crisis - Kathryn A Morris and William B Swann Jr On Wishing Away the Threat of AIDS The Role of Attraction in Partner Assessments and Heterosexual Risk for HIV - Leslie F Clark et al The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model of AIDS Risk Behavior Change - Jeffrey D Fisher and William A Fisher Empirical Support and Application PART TWO: SPECIAL POPULATIONS Social Psychological Influences on HIV Risk Behavior among African-American Youth - John B Jemmott III Cultural Issues in HIV Prevention for Latinos - Barbara VanOss Marin Should We Try to Change Gender Roles? Using a Theory-Based Community Intervention To Reduce AIDS Risk Behaviors - Martin Fishbein et al The CDC's AIDS Community Demonstration Projects HIV Risk Interventions for Active Drug Users - Fen Rhodes and C Kevin Malotte Experience and Prospects Educational Policy, Adolescent Knowledge of HIV Risk, and Sexual Behavior in Zimbabwe and the United States - Michelle H Wierson and Jennifer L Bright