Tabla de Contenidos: “…Expanding School-Based Programs -- Establishing New Venues for Interventions -- STRATEGY 4 ENSURE ACCESS TO SERVICES -- Ensuring Access to Community Services -- Incorporating STD-Related Services into Primary Care -- Coordinating Services at the Community Level -- Improving Dedicated Public STD Clinics -- Ensuring Access and Quality -- Collaborating with Academic Health Centers -- Involving Managed Care Organizations and Other Health Plans -- Involving Employers and Other Purchasers of Health Care -- Evaluating the Privatization of Services -- Improving Training and Education of Health Care Professionals -- Improving Clinical Management of STDs -- Improving and Expanding Screening Programs -- Improving Diagnosis and Treatment -- Improving Counseling and Education -- Improving Partner Notification and Treatment -- Improving Availability and Capability of Laboratory Services -- COLLABORATING TO IMPROVE SERVICES -- Collaborating with Other Public Sector Health Programs -- Collaborating with Community-Based Health Programs -- CONCLUDING STATEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Sexually Transmitted Pathogens and Associated Diseases, Syndromes, and Complications -- Twenty-Five Sexually Transmitted Pathogens And Associated Diseases Or Syndromes -- Selected Syndromes And Complications Of Sexually Transmitted Pathogens -- Appendix B Characteristics of Major STDs in the United States -- Appendix C Transmission Dynamics of Coexisting Chlamydial and HIV Infections in the United States -- Introduction -- Model And Parameter Assumptions -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- Appendix D Estimates of the Economic Burden of STDs: Review of the Literature with Updates -- Introduction -- Economic Burden Of Illness -- Why The Cost Of Illness Is Assessed -- Challenges To Assessing Economic Impact -- Methods -- Literature on the Economic Impact of STDs…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Interacting with the News Media and Other Intermediaries -- Getting Information -- Authorities Who Do Not Listen or Respond -- Difficulties in Finding Trusted Sources of Information -- SUMMARY -- NOTE -- 7 Recommendations for Improving Risk Communication -- MANAGEMENT OF THE PROCESS -- Setting Realistic Goals -- Safeguarding Openness -- Effective Dialogue -- Early and Sustained Interaction -- The Empowerment Problem -- Safeguarding Balance and Accuracy in Risk Messages- Preventing Real and Perceived Distortion -- Accountability -- Independent Review -- Message Preview -- Written Document -- Fostering Competence-Making Risk Communication Smarter -- Assessment of Audience -- Specialized Talent -- Scientific/Technical Accuracy and Completeness -- Evaluation and Feedback -- Role of Intermediaries -- Some Notes on Handling Risk Communication in Crisis Conditions -- THE CONTENT OF RISK MESSAGES -- Relating the Message to the Audiences' Perspectives -- Personal Relevance -- Clarity -- Respect for the Audience and Its Concerns -- Use of "Influence Strategies" -- Handling Uncertainty -- Comparing Risks -- Ensuring Completeness -- A CONSUMER'S GUIDE TO RISK AND RISK COMMUNICATION -- Project Support -- Project Management -- Content of the Guide -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- Risk Comparison -- Risk Characterization -- Role of Message Intermediaries -- Pertinency and Sufficiency of Risk Information -- Psychological Stress -- Recipients' "Mental Models" -- Risk Literacy -- Retrospective Cases -- Contemporaneous Assessments of Risk Cases -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Background Information on Committee Members and Professional Staff -- COMMITTEE MEMBERS -- PROFESSIONAL STAFF -- Appendix B Bibliography -- Appendix C Risk: A Guide to Controversy -- FOREWORD BY THE COMMITTEE -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- I INTRODUCTION -- USAGE -- SOME CAUTIONS -- II THE SCIENCE…”