ASIA - THE NEW EPIDEMIC ZONE FOR HIV AIDS

Two articles that appear in this journal present unique ethnographic a ssessments of the commercial sex industry in Thailand. They discuss ho w culture, society, and organizations interact with respect to communi cation approaches, information dissemination, and organizational-behav ior change in preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS. Each of these article s provides important insights into the many factors that have intensif ied the epidemic as well as those identified opportunities for concert ed community organization, behavioral reinforcement, and social struct ural approaches for HIV/AIDS prevention and control.