性传播疾病的预防：行为的改变   STD Prevention: Behavior Change

因为既没有治愈AIDS的方法，也没有疫苗可以对抗它，AIDS的肆虐已经迫使人们将注意力集中在预防方面。继而，这种重新提出的疾病预防的重要性已经提醒医务界，采用相同的预防措施，也能够预防其他不能治愈和能够治愈的性传播疾病。确实，不仅地方当局，而且许多国家的政府和国际机构现在已经再次意识到性传播疾病预防的重要性，而且正在投入巨大的努力支持这种举措。除了传统的预防措施以外，诸如供血安全措施、为诊断的目的对病人进行的检测和追踪感染者的性接触生活史等，现在还有了越来越多的力图改变高危险行为者的性行为方式的努力。这种行为改变的目标正在两个口号之下被推行：“节欲”和“安全性行为”。[下图的英文：安全的性（安全性行为）或婚内的性（结婚之前节制性欲）。英文的措辞比中文的更简洁、更押韵和更醒目——译者注]。

AIDS has forced people to concentrate on its prevention, since there is neither a cure for it nor a vaccine against it. This renewed interest in prevention has, in turn, reminded the medical profession of other incurable and curable STDs that could profit from the same measures. Indeed, not only local health authorities, but many national governments and international organizations have now once again recognized the importance of STD prevention and are making great efforts to support it. In addition to traditional measures like safeguarding the blood supply, testing patients for diagnostic purposes and tracing the contacts of infected persons, there are now also increasing attempts to change the sexual behavior of those at risk. This goal of behavior change is being pursued under two slogans: “Abstinence” and “Safer Sex”.