Methodological Issues in AIDS Behavioral Research

Methodological problems have hampered researchers' efforts to understand and control AIDS since the beginning of the epidemic. This practical book addresses these problems by using actual health research case studies to develop strategies regarding design and sampling, measurement, and analysis...

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Other Authors: Ostrow, David G. (Editor), Kessler, Ronald C. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1993, 1993
Edition:1st ed. 1993
Series:Aids Prevention and Mental Health
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a Design, Measurement, and Analysis Issues in AIDS Mental Health Research -- Design and Sampling Issues -- Ethical Issues and Approaches in AIDS Research -- Sampling Considerations in Research on HIV Risk and Illness -- Quasiexperimental Designs in AIDS Psychosocial Research -- Measurement Issues -- Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Techniques to Develop Culturally Sensitive Measures -- Understanding Sexual Behaviors and Drug Use among African-Americans -- Response Bias in Surveys of AIDS-Related Sexual Behavior -- Recollection in the Kingdom of AIDS -- Comments on Croyle and Loftus’s Recollections in the Kingdom of AIDS -- Analysis and Modeling Issues -- Using Surveillance Data for Assessing and Projecting the AIDS Epidemic -- Comment on De Gruttola and Pagano’s Using Surveillance Data for Assessing and Projecting the AIDS Epidemic -- Analytic Methods for Estimating HIV-Treatment and Cofactor Effects -- The Design and Analysis of Partner Studies of HIV Transmission 
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520 |a Methodological problems have hampered researchers' efforts to understand and control AIDS since the beginning of the epidemic. This practical book addresses these problems by using actual health research case studies to develop strategies regarding design and sampling, measurement, and analysis and modeling issues. Researchers working on both biological and behavioral aspects of the disease will find this work a singularly effective tool to improve their study designs