Abstract:AcquiredImmuneDeficiencySyndrome(AIDS)isaninfectiousdiseasecausedbyHIV.Ithasbeenepidemicformorethan20years,butthereisnocureofit.HealtheducationandbehavioralinterventionsaresomeofthemosteffectiveapproachesinthecontrolandpreventionofAIDS.ChinaisoneofthecountrieswiththefastestgrowingHIVseroprevalencerate,andisfacingawidespreadepidemicofAIDS.Currently,high-riskpopulationssuchasinpidualswithmultiplesexualpartnersandintravenousdrugusersarethemainfociofhealtheducationandbehavioralinterventionsinChina.Encouragingresultshavebeenobservedinmanyformsofhealtheducationandbehavioralintervention.Theapplicationofhealtheducationandbehavioralinterventionsmustemergefromscientificevidence,followaseriesofstrategies,becarriedoutfromvariousperspectives,andrequiretheparticipationofallsocietalcommunities.
