Alcohol use and sexual risk behaviour : a cross-cultural study in eight countries

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910970594103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Geneva, : World Health Organization, c2005
• ISBN: 9786610268689; 9781280268687; 1280268689; 9781423744917; 1423744918; 9789240680067; 9240680063
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (148 pages)
• Disciplina: 362.292
• Soggetti: Alcohol and sex; Drinking of alcoholic beverages; HIV infections - Risk factors; Sexual behavior surveys; Cross-cultural studies; Alcohol-Related Disorders; Sexual Behavior; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - transmission; HIV Infections - transmission; Risk Reduction Behavior; Socioeconomic Factors; Empirical Research; Cross-Cultural Comparison
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Mental Health: Evidence and Research, Management of Substance Abuse, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 11-22).
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminaries; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE STUDY A SUMMARY; CHAPTER THREE ; EMPIRICAL STUDY; CHAPTER FOUR CONCLUSION PREVENTIVE IMPLICATIONS; REFERENCES; ANNEX ONE; ANNEX TWO; ANNEX THREE
• Sommario/riassunto: This report reviews the outcomes of a project to better understand as well as develop a methodology to study the factors associated with sexual risk behaviour among alcohol users in diverse cultural settings. The project focused on eight countries from four continents (Belarus, India, Mexico, Kenya, Romania, the Russian Federation, South Africa and Zambia).