The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief introduction to and description of the contents of this special issue of AIDS and Behavior. The article begins with a description of the rationale for the special issue and the origin of its compilation. This background information is followed by a brief description of the main articles that are included in the special issue, which is structured by Gaist and Stirrat’s [4] definitions of types of behavioral and social science research for HIV-AIDS research. The “bookend” article to this introduction is by Robert Freeman and identifies future directions for research and clinical practice that the special issue articles’ content suggests.

本文的目的是对本期《艾滋病与行为》特刊的内容进行简要介绍和说明。文章首先描述了特刊的基本原理及其编辑的起源。此背景信息之后是特刊中包含的主要文章的简要描述，该特刊的结构是由 Gaist 和 Stirrat [4] 对 HIV-AIDS 研究的行为和社会科学研究类型的定义构成的。本介绍的“书尾”文章由罗伯特·弗里曼 (Robert Freeman) 撰写，并确定了特刊文章内容所暗示的研究和临床实践的未来方向。