HIV in African-American Patients
Overview
- HIV/AIDS Among African Americans (August 2008)
A summary of key statistics and facts.
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Not in My Family" African Americans Tell Their Stories About HIV in New Book (May 14, 2008)
From The Body
- Fighting HIV Among African Americans: A Heightened National Response (March 2007)
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HIV Denial, Stigma Continue to Threaten U.S. Black Community, Author Says (May 3, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Reclaiming the Future: The State of AIDS Among Black Youth (September 22, 2005)
As U. Chicago professor Cathy Cohen and colleagues report, HIV has become inextricably linked with the cultural and political inequalities that face many African Americans -- particularly youths.
From Black AIDS Institute
- African-American Community Slow to Wake Up to Rapid Spread of HIV (March 14, 2005)
The growing HIV rate among African Americans (now at about 2%) is beginning to strip away years of denial.
In St. Petersburg Times
- And They Said This Was a Gay, White Male Disease (September/October 2003)
An overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. South.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network