AEGiS-APPJ: Racial Differences and Intraracial Differences Among Blacks in Attitudes Toward AIDS

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Racial Differences and Intraracial Differences Among Blacks in Attitudes Toward AIDS

AIDS & Public Policy Journal 3, no. 3 (1988): 31-35
Richard Seltzer and Robert C. Smith

An understanding of racial differences in knowledge and attitudes toward AIDS may be important for at least two reasons. First, there is a clear consensus among experts that the dissemination of information will be a critical factor in limiting the spread of AIDS in all communities. Second, there is an emerging awareness that an effective program of AIDS education in the U.S. will require an understanding of and sensitivity to ethnic and racial differences. Cultural differences may affect both the incidence of AIDS and the modes of virus transmission, and an understanding of these cultural factors will be a valuable tool in designing appropriate public policy responses and community initiatives. The purpose of this article is to begin to remedy some of the deficiency in our knowledge in this area. Our conclusions are preliminary, however, given the small subsample used and because the data we analyze here were not specifically collected for this purpose.
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