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The AIDS epidemic among blacks and Hispanics.

Milbank Q. 1987;65 Suppl 2:455-99. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/88232589
Friedman SR; Sotheran JL; Abdul-Quader A; Primm BJ; Des Jarlais DC; Kleinman P; Mauge C; Goldsmith DS; el-Sadr W; Maslansky R; Narcotic and Drug Research, Inc., New York, NY 10013.

Abstract: Social researchers and epidemiologists, as well as their major institutions and the general public, have been slow to address the racial and ethnic aspects of the AIDS epidemic. Whether measured by categories associated with major routes of infection, age level, gender, or by diminished length of survival, blacks and Hispanics are disproportionately affected by AIDS. Education, care, and outreach efforts based upon stereotypes of gay white males will have to yield to greater attention to cultural differences--and potential strengths--within each of the special communities at risk. Evidence indicates areas of social resistance along with unique possibilities for change.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/MORTALITY/ TRANSMISSION Adolescence Adult *Blacks Child *Disease Outbreaks Female *Hispanic Americans Homosexuality Human HIV Seropositivity/EPIDEMIOLOGY Male New York City Risk Factors Substance Dependence/EPIDEMIOLOGY Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. United States JOURNAL ARTICLE

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