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A The Committee's Recommendations
Pages 405-411

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From page 405...
... The committee recommencis that the newborn infant seroprevaTence survey be extended to include all children born in the United States. HUMAN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND AIDS The committee recommends that the Public Health Service support vigorous programs of basic social and behavioral research on human sexual behavior, particularly through such agencies as the National 405
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From page 406...
... The committee recommends that the Public Health Service support research in those subsets of the population that are at increased risk of HIV infection. The committee recommends immediate steps to close the vast gaps in our knowledge of the relationship of sexual behavior and drug and alcohol use.
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From page 407...
... The committee recommends that local public health authorities ensure that condoms are readily available to all sexually active persons. AIDS AND IV DRUG USE The committee recommends that well-clesigned, staged trials of sterile needle programs, such as those requested in the 1986 Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Sciences report Confronting AIDS, be implemented.)
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From page 408...
... The committee recommends that high priority be given to research on the estimation of the current number of IV drug users in the United States and of seroprevalence rates among different groups of IV drug users. FACILITATING CHANGE IN HEALTH BEHAVIORS The committee recommends making information available in clear, explicit language in the idiom of the target audience.
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From page 409...
... The committee recommends that programs consider the psychological, social, biological, and environmental factors that may affect relapse; learned coping responses, including skills training anct relapse rehearsal, should be taught to increase perceptions of self-efficacy. The committee recommends that, to the extent possible, communitylevel interventions to prevent the spread of HIV infection address simultaneously information, motivational factors, skills, prevailing norms, and methods for diffusing innovation.
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From page 410...
... The committee recommencis that CDC substantially increase efforts, with links to extramural scientific resources, to assist health departments and others in mounting evaluations. BARRIERS TO RESEARCH The committee recommends that serious consideration be given to exempting research on HIV infection and AIDS from the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
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From page 411...
... The committee recommencis the use of PHS fellowship programs and Intergovernmental Personnel Appointments (IPAs) as an interim means for rapidly enlarging the cadre of senior behavioral and social scientists working on AIDS programs at CDC and other PHS agencies.
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  • relative effectiveness
  • aids prevention
  • authorities ensure
  • human sexual

  • sex education
  • active persons
  • prospective studies
  • descriptive information
  • appropriate government

  • basic social
  • sexual behaviors
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  • evaluation data
  • seroprevalence rates

  • drug treatment
  • field experiments
  • including skills
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  • increased risk


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