03924nam a22003734a 4500 ebr10210208 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 010517s2002 ctua sb 101 0 eng 2001039022 0300087519 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)236345944 RA643.8 .Q36 2002eb 362.1/969792 21 Quantitative evaluation of HIV prevention programs [electronic resource] / edited by Edward H. Kaplan and Ron Brookmeyer. New Haven : Yale University Press, c2002. x, 335 p. : ill. The Yale ISPS series Proceedings of a conference sponsored by the Societal Institute of the Mathematical Sciences (the 14th in a series of research application conferences begun in 1974) held in July, 1998, in Divonne-les-Bains, France. Includes bibliographical references and index. Machine generated contents note: Part I: Evaluating HIV Prevention Programs: Context and Concepts -- Chapter 1. Overview of HIV Prevention Programs in Developing Countries Michael H. Merson andJulia M. Dayton 13 -- Chapter 2. Implications of Economic Evaluations for National HIV Prevention Policy Makers David R. Holtgrave -- and Steven D. Pinkerton 32 -- Chapter 3. Statistical Issues in HIV Prevention Ron Brookmeyer 55 -- Chapter 4. Epidemiological Issues in the Evaluation of HIV Prevention Programs Nancy S. Padian and Stephen C. Shiboski 79 -- Part II: Cost-Effectiveness and Resource Allocation -- Chapter 5. Difficult Choices, Urgent Needs: Optimal Investment in HIV Prevention Programs Margaret L. Brandeau 97 Chapter 6. Methadone Treatment as HIV Prevention: Cost-EffectivenessAnalysis Harold Pollack 118 -- Chapter 7. Costs and Benefits of Imperfect HIV Vaccines: Implications for Vaccine Development and Use Douglas K Owens, Donna M. Edwards, and Ross D. Shachter 143 -- Part III: Case Studies -- Chapter 8. Harm Reduction in Rome: A Model-Based Evaluation of Its Impact on the HIV-1 Epidemic MassimoArca, Teresa Spadea, Giulia Cesaroni, Marina Davoli, Annette D. Verster, and Carlo A. Perucci 175 -- Chapter 9. Evaluating Israel's Ethiopian Blood Ban EdwardH. Kaplan 189 -- Chapter 10. Feeding Strategies for Children of HIV-Infected Mothers: Modeling the Trade-Off Between HIV Infection and Non-HIV Mortality James G. Kahn, ElliotMarseille, and Joseph Saba 202 -- Part IV: New Methods for New Problems -- Chapter 11. Design of HIVTrials for Estimating External Effects Tomas Philipson 223 -- Chapter 12. Estimation of Vaccine Efficacy for Prophylactic HIV Vaccines Ira M Longini, Jr., Michael G. Hudgens, and M. Elizabeth Halloran 241 -- Chapter 13. Health Policy Modeling: Epidemic Control, HIVVaccines, and -- Risky Behavior Sally Blower, Katia Koelle,and John Mills 260 -- Chapter 14. Development and Validation of a Serologic Testing Algorithm for Recent HIV Seroconversion GlenA. Satten, -- Robert S. Janssen, Susan Stramer, and Michael P Busch 290 -- Chapter 15. Issues in Quantitative Evaluation of Epidemiologic Evidence for Temporal Variability of HIV Infectivity Stephen C. Shiboski and Nancy S. -- Padian 305. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. AIDS (Disease) Prevention Congresses. AIDS (Disease) Prevention Government policy Evaluation Congresses. Electronic books. local Kaplan, Edward Harris. Brookmeyer, Ron. SIAM Institute for Mathematics and Society. ebrary, Inc. Yale ISPS series. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10210208 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 124162 124162