No time to lose : getting more from HIV prevention / Committee on HIV Prevention Strategies in the United States, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine ; Monica S. Ruiz ... [et al.] editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ruiz, Monica S.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on HIV Prevention Strategies in the United States.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease)--United States--Prevention.

AIDS (Disease).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The United States has spent two productivedecades implementing a variety of prevention programs.While these efforts have slowed the rate ofinfection, challenges remain. The United Statesmust refocus its efforts to contain the spread of HIVand AIDS in a way that would prevent as manynew HIV infections as possible. No Time to Lose presents the Institute of Medicine's framework for anational prevention strategy.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction: Rethinking HIV Prevention""; ""2 Tracking the Epidemic""; ""3 Allocating Resources""; ""4 Using the Clinical Setting""; ""5 Translating Research into Action""; ""6 Searching for New Tools""; ""7 Overcoming Social Barriers""; ""Appendixes""; ""A The Changing Epidemic""; ""B The Prevention Portfolio: Interventions to Prevent HIV Infection""; ""C Federal Spending on HIV/AIDS""; ""D Description and Mathematical Statement of the HIV Prevention Resource Allocation Model""

""E Data Gathering Activities""""F Agendas for Public Committee Meetings""; ""G Biographies""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780309171557

0309171555

9780309501828

0309501822

OCLC:

923255380