Table of Contents: Preface
Expert Commentaries
Expert Commentary A - The Human Affair with Drugs; pp. 1-6
(Cecilia M. Acocella, Salisbury Univ., Salisbury, MD)
Expert Commentar B - The Importance of Dynamic Goal Interaction;
pp. 7-10
(Winnie Gebhardt, Clinical and Health Psychology, Leiden Univ., Leiden, The Netherlands)
Short Communication
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice among HCWs regarding HIV/AIDS;
pp. 11-20
(Aleksandra Jovic-Vranes, Institute of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, Univ. of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, Slavenka Jankovic, Institute of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Univ. of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia)
Research and Review Studies
Chapter I - Reinforcement Sensitivity, Self-Efficacy, Coping and Addictive Behaviors; pp. 21-69
(Penelope A. Hasking, School of Psychology, Psychiatry & Psychological Medicine, Monash Univ., Melbourne, Australia)
Chapter II - Delays in Seeking Psychiatric Care among Patients with Schizophrenia in Bali; pp. 71-107
(Toshiyuki Kurihara, Komagino Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, Motoichiro Kato, Dept. of Neuropsychiatry, Keio Univ. School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan)
Chapter III - Health Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices; pp. 109-128
(Ibidapo, C.A., Lagos State Univ., Faculty of Science, Dept. of Zoology, Lagos Nigeria)
Chapter IV - Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices regarding Contraceptives and Abortion among Young People in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam; pp. 129-147
(Hoa Ngan Nguyen, Centre for Gender and Family Studies, The Institute of Social Sciences, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietna, Pranee Liamputtong, School of Public Health, La Trobe Univ., Bundoora, Victoria, Australia)
Chapter V - Traditional Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices regarding the Health and Well-Being of Children amongst Hmong and Thai Immigrants in Australia; pp. 149-164
(Pranee Liamputtong, School of Public Health, La Trobe Univ., Bundoora, Victoria, Australia)
Chapter VI - European vs. North American Cancer Screening Attitudes and Practices in Primary Care. A Systemic Review and A Critical Appraisal for the Implementation of Evidence Based and Non Evidence Based Tests"; pp. 165-185
(Davide Mauri, Konstantinos Kamposioras, Antonis Valachis, Panhellenic Association for Continual Medical Research (PACMeR), Sections of Oncology, Dermatology, Laboratory Medicine and Public Health, Athens, Greece)
Chapter VII - Perceptions of Environmental Attributes and the Relationship to Physical Activity; pp. 187-201
(Sarah N. Keller, Dept. of Communication & Theatre, Montana State Univ.-Billings, Billings, MT)
Chapter VIII - Twenty-Five Years of HIV/AIDS in Puerto Rico: How Much do Low-Income Housed Women Know Now?; pp. 203-215
(Norman, LR, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Core, RCMI Program, Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, PR, AIDS Research Program, RCMI, Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, PR, Masters of Public Health Program, Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, PR, Abreu, S., Epidemiology and Biostatistics Core, RCMI Program, Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, PR, Sala, AC, Clinical Psychology Program, Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, PR)
Chapter IX - Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors Associated with HIV/AIDS among Chinese College Women in Hong Kong; pp. 217-226
(Cindy Davis, Catherine So-kum Tang, College of Social Work, The Univ. of Tennessee, Nashville, TN)
Chapter X - Attitudes towards Wife Abuse: A Comparative Study of Men and Women in Kenya; pp. 227-246
(Stephen Lawoko, Karolinska Institute & Stockholm Centre of Public Health, Stockholm, Sweden)
Chapter XI - Challenges Facing the Integration of Herbal Remedies into Mainstream Conventional Medicine; pp. 247-263
(Yuri Clement, Pharmacology Unit, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Univ. of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago)
Chapter XII - Awareness of STIS/AIDS and its Influence on Condom Use among Married Men in Bangladesh; pp. 265-281
(Mohammad Amirul Islam, Dept. of Agricultural Statistics, Bangladesh Agricultural Univ., Mymensingh, Bangladesh)
Chapter XIII - KAP Research in Thaliand: A Summary on the Previous Published Works; pp. 283-298
(Viroj Wiwanitkit, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn Univ., Bangkok, Thailand)
Chapter XIV - KAP Survey, A Basic Tool for Rural Health Study and Development; pp. 299-311
(Viroj Wiwanitkit, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn Univ., Bangkok, Thailand)
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