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This hands?on book guides professionals involved in HIV prevention in the lifesaving task of helping people learn the technical, cognitive, and interpersonal skills that are necessary for significant behavior change and reduced risk for HIV infection. Filled with real?life examples and supplemented by informative tables, skills assessments, role plays, and suggested client assignments, the book describes settings in which HIV?prevention programs can be conducted, how HIV prevention can be integrated into the services of community programs, and the nature and format of individual and group interventions. Throughout, the author stresses the importance of tailoring interventions to the cultural, risk factor, social, relationship, and lifestyle issues pertaining to different populations, as well as to individual needs. This book will be of interest to professionals in mental health and counseling, substance abuse treatment, the social and health care services, public health, and the HIV/AIDS prevention field. It will also serve as a text in graduate level psychology, public health, and social work courses addressing HIV/AIDS prevention.

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<p>'An outstanding guide for clinicians, counselors, and educators. Dr. Kelly's comprehensive approach explains both the art and the science of HIV risk reduction, from the small scale of an individual counseling session to the larger process of changing social norms. In both theory and practice, Kelly helps counselors adapt strategies to fit clients and communities. This is by far the most readable, practical--and hopeful--text available' - Richard P. Keeling, MD <br>'...This book provides, in approximately 150 pages, the essential details that practitioners need to integrate a high level of sophistication regarding HIV-risk assessment and reduction into clinical practive, regardless of their setting, clientele, or discipline...Should be required reading in all training programs devoted to training in sexual and marital therapy...' - Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy <p>'This book, with chapters on intervention settings, risk assessment, self management skills, and sexuale

'An outstanding guide for clinicians, counselors, and educators. Dr. Kelly's comprehensive approach explains both the art and the science of HIV risk reduction, from the small scale of an individual counseling session to the larger process of changing social norms. In both theory and practice, Kelly helps counselors adapt strategies to fit clients and communities. This is by far the most readable, practical--and hopeful--text available' - Richard P. Keeling, MD '...This book provides, in approximately 150 pages, the essential details that practitioners need to integrate a high level of sophistication regarding HIV-risk assessment and reduction into clinical practive, regardless of their setting, clientele, or discipline...Should be required reading in all training programs devoted to training in sexual and marital therapy...' - Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy 'This book, with chapters on intervention settings, risk assessment, self management skills, and sexual assertiveness training, outlines a set of procedures that practitioners can use in changing HIV risk behavior in diverse client populations. The book contains numerous case examples and informative tables that may be reproduced.' - Journal of Social Work Education 'There is a great deal to digest in this book for counselors and for those who want to change their behavior. It is well written, providing much sound advice....A highly recommended book for all sex and drug counselors and a necessary book for all medical and academic libraries.' - AIDS Book Review Journal (#23 Jan. 1996)

Smart, specific, and well thought out. This book is one of the most practical guides I have seen for those who care about real world strategies to stop the spread of HIV. --David Nimmons, Managing Director, Education, Gay Men's Health Crisis <br> Changing HIV Risk Behavior is an outstanding guide for clinicians, counselors, and educators. Dr. Kelly's comprehensive approach explains both the art and the science of HIV risk reduction, from the small scale of an individual counseling session to the larger process of changing social norms. In both theory and practice, Kelly helps counselors adapt strategies to fit clients and communities. This is by far the most readable, practical--and hopeful--text available; Dr. Kelly makes HIV risk reduction truly possible. --Richard P. Keeling, MD, Director, Univ Health Services and Professor of Medicine, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison <br> This is a very important book, written by one of the pre-eminent scientists involved in work on AIDS risk behavior change. Based on a careful analysis of extent research and his own extensive work in the field, Kelly carefully outlines a set of procedures that practitioners can use to be truly effective in changing HIV risk behavior in diverse client populations. This book will be of tremendous use to front line providers, as well as to program planners, public health officials, and academics--anyone with a strong interest in developing and implementing effective strategies to change HIV risk behavior. It makes it clear that effective AIDS education must include elements other than those involved in much current practice, and arms professionals with an armada of very useful, practical tools that will doubtless maketheir work more effective and more gratifying. --Jeffrey D. Fisher, Ph.D., Univ. of Connecticut <br> [The book] is written to help people in concrete ways. This will be a valuable book for many professionals....It is...an important book for all of us who have anything to do with AIDS counseling and education. --Ann Barrett in SIECCAN Newsletter <br> This is a very practical book and the information provided in each chapter is detailed. The strategy chapters are illustrated with case examples and include suggestions for client practice assignments...It is to be recommended to professionals from a wide range of disciplines involved in the HIV prevention field, and is of particular interest as a thorough guide for those newly entering the field. The work that has been carried out by Kelly and associates to date has proved very exciting. A book that draws on this wealth of experience is a valuable contribution to the HIV prevention literature. --Jane Frankland, School of Social and Administrative Studies, University of Wales, Cardiff, UK <br>.,. One of the book's strengths is the examples of how the strategies can be applied....The strategies are particularly appropriate for professionals who provide HIV prevention counseling and education for individuals and small groups...several...are relevant for middle and high school students. --Karin K. Coyle, Ph.D., ETR Associates, Santa Cruz, CA, FLEducator, Fall 1996 <br>

Smart, specific, and well thought out. This book is one of the most practical guides I have seen for those who care about real world strategies to stop the spread of HIV. --David Nimmons, Managing Director, Education, Gay Men's Health Crisis <br> Changing HIV Risk Behavior is an outstanding guide for clinicians, counselors, and educators. Dr. Kelly's comprehensive approach explains both the art and the science of HIV risk reduction, from the small scale of an individual counseling session to the larger process of changing social norms. In both theory and practice, Kelly helps counselors adapt strategies to fit clients and communities. This is by far the most readable, practical--and hopeful--text available; Dr. Kelly makes HIV risk reduction truly possible. --Richard P. Keeling, MD, Director, Univ Health Services and Professor of Medicine, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison <br> This is a very important book, written by one of the pre-eminent scientists involved in work on AIDS risk behavior change. Based on a careful analysis of extent research and his own extensive work in the field, Kelly carefully outlines a set of procedures that practitioners can use to be truly effective in changing HIV risk behavior in diverse client populations. This book will be of tremendous use to front line providers, as well as to program planners, public health officials, and academics--anyone with a strong interest in developing and implementing effective strategies to change HIV risk behavior. It makes it clear that effective AIDS education must include elements other than those involved in much current practice, and arms professionals with an armada of very useful, practical tools that will doubtless make their work more effective and more gratifying. --Jeffrey D. Fisher, Ph.D., Univ. of Connecticut <br> [The book] is written to help people in concrete ways. This will be a valuable book for many professionals....It is...an important book for all of us who have anything to do wi

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Jeffrey A. Kelly, Ph.D., is Director of the Center for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR), and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.

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