Changing HIV Risk Behaviour : Practical Strategies

This hands?on book guides professionals involved in HIV prevention in the lifesaving task of helping people learn the technical, cognitive, and interpersonal skills that are necessary for significant behavior change and reduced risk for HIV infection.

Filled with real?life examples and supplemented by informative tables, skills assessments, role plays, and suggested client assignments, the book describes settings in which HIV?prevention programs can be conducted, how HIV prevention can be integrated into the services of community programs, and the nature and format of individual and group interventions.

Throughout, the author stresses the importance of tailoring interventions to the cultural, risk factor, social, relationship, and lifestyle issues pertaining to different populations, as well as to individual needs.

This book will be of interest to professionals in mental health and counseling, substance abuse treatment, the social and health care services, public health, and the HIV/AIDS prevention field.

It will also serve as a text in graduate level psychology, public health, and social work courses addressing HIV/AIDS prevention.