The Fourth Special Issue on HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention in Rural Communities. The Health Education Monograph Series, Volume 18, Number 1.

This collection of papers on HIV/AIDS prevention and education in rural communities includes: "Understudied HIV/STD Risk Behaviors among a Sample of Rural South Carolina Women: A Descriptive Pilot Study" (William L. Yarber, Richard A. Crosby, and Stephanie A. Sanders); "Risk and Co-Factors among Women Related to HIV Infection and AIDS Treatment" (Nancy T. Ellis); "Management of the Care of HIV-Infected Pregnant Women" (James G. Anderson, Marilyn M. Anderson, Linda L. Casebeer, and Robert E. Kristofco); "A Longitudinal Study of HIV/AIDS Related Mortality among African American and Hispanics in Texas During 1997" (Dennis Daniels and Haydee Encarnacion); "Perceived Behavioral Control for HIV/STD Prevention among African-American Undergraduate Students" (Andrew J. Kanu and Caroline G. Kanu); "Psychosocial Distress among Gay and Bisexual Men Living with HIV/AIDS in Small U.S. Towns and Rural Areas" (Timothy G. Heckman and Jeffrey G. Miller); "Rural and Non-Rural Adolescents' HIV/STD Sexual Risk Behaviors: Comparisons from a National Sample" (Richard A. Crosby, William L. Yarber, Kele Ding, Ralph DiClemente, and Brian Dodge); and "Family Physicians' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding HIV/AIDS Prevention" (Mohammad R. Torabi, Sandra Aguillon, and Ifeng Jeng). (Papers contain references.) (SM)