[Mb-civic] NYTimes.com: How to Get Those at Risk to Avoid Risky Sex?

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It is far, far easier to drain swamps, fluoridate water, and install other "engineered" solutions to public health problems than it is to influence human behavior. It is the single most difficult problem in medicine. Despite the simplicity of the rules that protect us from HIV/AIDS. 500 new cases will occur in the next hour, 90 of them in children, 100% of them preventable. The virus is winning in the battle with AIDS, winning by a large margin. There is hope, as always, but the problem is immense and gets little publicity. Bill


HEALTH | February 15, 2005

How to Get Those at Risk to Avoid Risky Sex?
By BENEDICT CAREY and ANAHAD O'CONNOR

The AIDS case that alarmed health officials in New York last week illustrates the enormous difficulty of promoting and sustaining changes in sexual behavior.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/15/health/15beha.html?ex=1109134800&en=072a75fc3e64ccae&ei=5070



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