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Soldier HIV Behavior Modification.

PB2007107640

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Schempp, C. M.
Page Count	31
Abstract	Although great advances have reduced the mortality associated with AIDS, a cure for HIV remains elusive. Despite well-understood transmission routes, HIV/AIDS is a spreading epidemic throughout the developing world. At the end of 2001, more than 40 million persons worldwide and an estimated 362,827 persons in the United States were living with HIV/AIDS. HIV seroprevalence in African militaries is reported to range between 20% and 90%. U.S. troops serving on peacekeeping and humanitarian missions in developing nations are at high risk of exposure to HIV. HIV infections rank highest among life-threatening, deployment-associated infections, outnumbering cases of malaria and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. A key to protecting military forces from HIV infection is through effective public health prevention and education programs focused on changing risk behaviors.
Keywords	HIV Behavior modification Soldiers HIV/AIDS Military forces Prevention Education Risk behavior Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Source Agency	TriService Nursing Research Program/Uniform Services Univ. of the Health Sciences
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 44K - Health Services 92C - Social Concerns 74 - Military Sciences
Corporate Authors	Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Rockville, MD.; TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200713

Soldier HIV Behavior Modification.

Soldier HIV Behavior Modification.
PB2007107640

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Schempp, C. M.
Page Count	31
Abstract	Although great advances have reduced the mortality associated with AIDS, a cure for HIV remains elusive. Despite well-understood transmission routes, HIV/AIDS is a spreading epidemic throughout the developing world. At the end of 2001, more than 40 million persons worldwide and an estimated 362,827 persons in the United States were living with HIV/AIDS. HIV seroprevalence in African militaries is reported to range between 20% and 90%. U.S. troops serving on peacekeeping and humanitarian missions in developing nations are at high risk of exposure to HIV. HIV infections rank highest among life-threatening, deployment-associated infections, outnumbering cases of malaria and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. A key to protecting military forces from HIV infection is through effective public health prevention and education programs focused on changing risk behaviors.
Keywords	HIV Behavior modification Soldiers HIV/AIDS Military forces Prevention Education Risk behavior Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Source Agency	TriService Nursing Research Program/Uniform Services Univ. of the Health Sciences
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 44K - Health Services 92C - Social Concerns 74 - Military Sciences
Corporate Authors	Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Rockville, MD.; TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200713