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Human Sexuality: Diversity in Contemporary America, 4/e
Brian Strong, University of California, Santa Cruz
Barbara Werner Sayad, California State University, Monterey Bay
Christine DeVault, Cabrillo College
William Yarber, Indiana University
HIV and AIDS

Chapter Outline

  1. What Is AIDS?
    1. Conditions Associated with AIDS
    2. Symptoms of HIV Infection and AIDS
    3. Understanding AIDS: The Immune System and HIV
    4. The Virus
    5. AIDS Pathogenesis: How the Disease Progresses
  2. The Epidemiology and Transmission of HIV
    1. The Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS
    2. Myths and Modes of Transmission
    3. Sexual Transmission
    4. Drug Use
    5. Mother-to-Child Transmission
    6. Uncommon Modes of Transmission
    7. Factors Contributing to Infection
  3. AIDS Demographics
    1. The Gay Community
    2. Women and HIV
    3. Children and HIV
    4. Teens and College Students and HIV
    5. Older Adults and HIV
    6. Poverty, Ethnicity, and HIV
  4. Prevention and Treatment
    1. Practically Speaking: HIV-Prevention Attitude Scale
    2. Protecting Ourselves
    3. Practically Speaking: Health Protective Sexual Communication Scale
    4. Saving Lives Through Education
    5. HIV Testing
    6. Treatments
  5. Living with HIV or AIDS
    1. If You Are HIV-Positive
    2. If You Are Caring for Someone with HIV or AIDS








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