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August 1996

EDITORIAL

HIV Prevention in Clinical Practice

Practical advice for practitioners from the director of the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
THOMAS J. COATES, PH.D.


CLINICAL CARE

What to Tell Your Patients About Safer Sex and Condom Use

How to know what patients are at risk, and how to counsel them
JOSHUA SCHECHTEL, M.D.


PULL OUT AND SAVE

How to Use Condoms Correctly

Latex barriers -- for men and women -- prevent transmission of HIV virtually 100% of the time


NEWSLINE

Newsline...Newsline...Newsline...

New female condom provides barrier against HIV transmission...New HIV testing program guarantees anonymity, offers telephone counseling...National association of gay physicians classifies oral sex as "low-risk" but not "no-risk"...


ON A POSITIVE NOTE

Effective Intervention Is Possible in the Inner City

Transmission rates can be reduced, even among the indigent, homeless, and socially marginalized
JEFFREY A. KELLY, PH.D.


PRIMARY PREVENTION

Prevention Works!

Innovative programs that effectively reach those at greatest risk of HIV infection
PAMELA DECARLO



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