This third special issue of the Health Education Monograph Series on HIV/AIDS Prevention in Rural Communities presents 9 articles on: "Rural Adolescent Views of HIV Prevention: Focus Groups at Two Indiana Rural 4-H Clubs" (William L. Yarber and Stephanie A. Sanders); "Implementing HIV Education: Beyond Curriculum" (Susan Frelick Wooley); "Epidemiological Investigation of Public Knowledge and Attitudes on HIV/AIDS" (Mohammad R. Torabi and Emmanual Ahua); "Health Motivation and HIV Risk Behavior among College Students from Urban and Rural Communities" (Catherine Sherwood-Puzzello); "Strategies for Strengthening Professional Preparation in Support of HIV Prevention and Health Education" (Becky J. Smith and Deborah A. Fortune); "The Relationship of Family Factors to Alcohol Use and Sexual Risk Behavior: Implications for HIV/AIDS Prevention" (Fred Piercy, Joan Jurich, Young Hee Chang, and Mary Beth Stibbins); "Finding Facts: HIV Prevention and Sexual Health" (Debra W. Haffner and Monica Rodriguez); "Relationship of HIV/STD Sexual Risk Behaviors to Other Health Behaviors among a Sample of Indiana Rural Youth" (Richard A. Crosby, William L. Yarber, and Andrew J. Kanu); and "Managing Drug Resistance to Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infected Patients" (James G. Anderson, Marilyn M. Anderson, Stephen R. Bryn, Linda L. Casebeer, and Robert E. Kristofco). (Individual articles contain references.) (SM)