Methodological Issues in AIDS Behavioral Research

by David G. Ostrow (Editor), Ronald C. Kessler (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306444395
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	10/31/1993
Series:	Aids Prevention and Mental Health
Edition description:	1993
Pages:	356
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

Initiates a series synthesizing current findings for researchers in HIV prevention and mental health, clinicians, policymakers, and educators. Addressing how quantitative behavioral research can best contribute to the battle against AIDS and the suspected etiologic agent, HIV, the AIDS Research Methodology Project reports the findings from its 1987-90 study. They consider issues of design and sampling, measurement, and analysis and modeling. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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