| African Americans and HIV/AIDS: Understanding and Addressing the Epidemic 2010 Edition Contributor(s): McCree Phd Mph Rph, Donna Hubbard (Editor), Jones Msw, Kenneth Terrill (Editor), O'Leary Phd, Ann (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1489996729 ISBN-13: 9781489996725 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $113.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Public Health - Medical | Forensic Medicine - Medical | Preventive Medicine |
| Dewey: 614.599 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.06 lbs) 324 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Among U. S. racial and ethnic minority populations, African American communities are the most disproportionately impacted and affected by HIV/AIDS (CDC, 2009; CDC, 2008). The chapters in this volume seek to explore factors that contribute to this disparity as well as methods for intervening and positively impacting the e- demic in the U. S. The book is divided into two sections. The first section includes chapters that explore specific contextual and structural factors related to HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention in African Americans. The second section is composed of chapters that address the latest in intervention strategies, including best-evidence and promising-evidence based behavioral interventions, program evaluation, cost effectiveness analyses and HIV testing and counseling. As background for the book, the Introduction provides a summary of the context and importance of other infectious disease rates, (i. e., sexually transmitted diseases STDs] and tubercu- sis), to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in African Americans and a brief introductory discussion on the major contextual factors related to the acquisition and transmission of STDs/HIV. Contextual Chapters Johnson & Dean author the first chapter in this section, which discusses the history and epidemiology of HIV/AIDS among African Americans. Specifically, this ch- ter provides a definition for and description of the US surveillance systems used to track HIV/AIDS and presents data on HIV or AIDS cases diagnosed between 2002 and 2006 and reported to CDC as of June 30, 2007. |