AIDS: What Every Student Needs to Know

This is a concise guide to AIDS which addresses issues of concern to students, provides vital information on how to prevent the spread of STDs and includes many practical tips on the use of condoms, safer sex, how and where to receive AIDS testing, interpreting test results and reducing risk of becoming infected. Features: * Authors are psychologist Spencer Rathus, whose areas of interest include health pshychology, sexual behavior and methods of therapy, and Susan Boughn, an associate professor of nursing who specializes in infectious diseases, maternal child care, contraceptive science and health issues specific to women. * AIDS AWARENESS INVENTORY in Chapter 1 allows students to assess their knowledge of AIDS. * Special section on women and AIDS provides information about how women can contract and identify symptoms of HIV. * Practical information on transmission, diagnosis and treatment of HIV and AIDS prepares students to protect themselves from the disease and determine if they or their partners are HIV positive. * Section on resisting sexual pressure covers issues of sexual coercion and date rape and suggests ways students can deal with and prevent them.