Monitoring Sexual Behavior in General Populations: A Synthesis of Lessons of the Past Decade

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Cleland, John G.; Boerma, J. Ties; Carael, M.; & Weir, Sharon S. (2004). Monitoring Sexual Behavior in General Populations: A Synthesis of Lessons of the Past Decade. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 80, Suppl. 2, ii1-7. PMCID: PMC1765850

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Cleland, John G.
Boerma, J. Ties
Carael, M.
Weir, Sharon S.

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2004

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Sexually Transmitted Infections

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80, Suppl. 2

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ii1-7

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PMC1765850

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This supplement contains selected papers from a workshop on the measurement of sexual behaviour in the era of HIV/
AIDS held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in September 2003. The focus was on low and
middle income countries, where the majority of HIV infections occur. The motive for holding such a meeting is
easy to discern. As the AIDS pandemic continues to spread and as prevention programmes are scaling up, the need to
monitor trends in sexual risk behaviours becomes ever more pressing. Behavioural data are an essential complement to biological evidence of changes in HIV prevalence or incidence. Biological evidence, though indispensable, is by itself insufficient for policy and programme guidance. AIDS control programmes need to be based on monitoring of not only trends in infections but also of trends in those behaviours that underlie epidemic curtailment or further spread.

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Sexual Behavior, Contraceptive Use, and Reproductive Health
Biological and Social Interactions

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Cleland, John G.; Boerma, J. Ties; Carael, M.; & Weir, Sharon S. (2004). Monitoring Sexual Behavior in General Populations: A Synthesis of Lessons of the Past Decade. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 80, Suppl. 2, ii1-7. PMCID: PMC1765850