HIV Infection and Intravenous Drug Use
The Public Health Service has estimated there are 1,100,000 intravenous drug users in the United States, with about 235,000 infected with HIV. Treatment of substance abusers has an extensive and varied history; no consensus has emerged as to which approach works best. The author has compiled information from a vast array of sources to provide this resource guide with the important issues involved in HIV infection and intravenous drug use.

He presents sections on historical background, behavioral antecedents, virology, immunology, incidence, prevalence, HIV testing, treatment, counseling, confidentiality, methodological issues, and the latest scientific findings, based upon his clinical experience and synthesis of the research literature. Physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, health educators, and public health officials who are addressing issues related to HIV infection and intravenous drug use will find this handbook useful.

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HIV Infection and Intravenous Drug Use
The Public Health Service has estimated there are 1,100,000 intravenous drug users in the United States, with about 235,000 infected with HIV. Treatment of substance abusers has an extensive and varied history; no consensus has emerged as to which approach works best. The author has compiled information from a vast array of sources to provide this resource guide with the important issues involved in HIV infection and intravenous drug use.

He presents sections on historical background, behavioral antecedents, virology, immunology, incidence, prevalence, HIV testing, treatment, counseling, confidentiality, methodological issues, and the latest scientific findings, based upon his clinical experience and synthesis of the research literature. Physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, health educators, and public health officials who are addressing issues related to HIV infection and intravenous drug use will find this handbook useful.

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HIV Infection and Intravenous Drug Use

HIV Infection and Intravenous Drug Use

by Gennaro Ottomanelli
HIV Infection and Intravenous Drug Use

HIV Infection and Intravenous Drug Use

by Gennaro Ottomanelli

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Overview

The Public Health Service has estimated there are 1,100,000 intravenous drug users in the United States, with about 235,000 infected with HIV. Treatment of substance abusers has an extensive and varied history; no consensus has emerged as to which approach works best. The author has compiled information from a vast array of sources to provide this resource guide with the important issues involved in HIV infection and intravenous drug use.

He presents sections on historical background, behavioral antecedents, virology, immunology, incidence, prevalence, HIV testing, treatment, counseling, confidentiality, methodological issues, and the latest scientific findings, based upon his clinical experience and synthesis of the research literature. Physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, health educators, and public health officials who are addressing issues related to HIV infection and intravenous drug use will find this handbook useful.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780275943011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 08/21/1992
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.44(d)
Lexile: 1520L (what's this?)

About the Author

GENNARO OTTOMANELLI is clinical associate professor in the department at the Health Science Center at Brooklyn, State University of New York and associate director in the substance abuse service at the Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York. He has published in the International Jourbanal of Addictions and the Jourbanal of Substance Abuse Treatment.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Transmission
Medical Treatment
Counseling and Prevention
Collaborative Efforts
Appendix: Risk Behavior Inventory (RBI)
References
Index

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