Document 0682
 DOCN  M9480682
 TI    Using STD occurrence to monitor AIDS prevention.
 DT    9410
 AU    Renton AM; Whitaker L; Academic Department of Public Health, St Mary's
       Hospital Medical; School, London, U.K.
 SO    Soc Sci Med. 1994 Apr;38(8):1153-65. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94317023
 AB    Monitoring the effects of AIDS prevention programmes is increasingly
       important but methodologically difficult. The use of surveillance
       derived measures of the occurrence of sexually transmitted diseases as
       indicators of high risk sexual behaviour, or of HIV incidence, has been
       widely recognized as a possible approach. This paper first examines the
       theoretical and empirical basis for this strategy, and highlights, using
       examples, some of the pitfalls in the interpretation of trends in
       sexually transmitted disease occurrence. Problems arising in the
       interpretation of the types of STD surveillance data currently available
       in countries in Western Europe are discussed. Ways in which STD
       surveillance systems might be developed so as to enhance their value in
       monitoring AIDS prevention are proposed. The paper goes on to identify
       areas of clinical and epidemiological research which might improve our
       ability to interpret such enhanced STD surveillance data.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PREVENTION &
       CONTROL/TRANSMISSION  Adult  Europe/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Female  Human
       Incidence  Male  Population Surveillance/*METHODS  Prevalence  Primary
       Prevention/*ORGANIZATION & ADMIN  Program Evaluation/*METHODS  Risk
       Factors  Sex Behavior  Sexually Transmitted
       Diseases/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY/  TRANSMISSION  Support, Non-U.S.
       Gov't  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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