"'Other Faces of AIDS,' a Frank Investigation"

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"'Other Faces of AIDS,' a Frank Investigation"

New York Times (09/12/89), P. C20
Goodman, Walter

Abstract: AIDS is forcing the nation to confront sensitive issues. "Other Faces of AIDS," a program to be aired at 8 p.m. tonight on Channel 13, is a documentary investigating some of these issues, including why AIDS afflicts a disproportionate number of black and Hispanic Americans. Currently, one-third of reported AIDS cases involve black men. Individuals in some Hispanic communities are six times more likely to contract the disease. According to doctors, social workers and individuals who have been afflicted with AIDS, this is due in part to sexual practices, ignorance, drugs, and the facts of life in inner cities. Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop has emphasized the role played by uninformed decisionmaking and impoverishment in the disparity of infection rates. In poverty-stricken minority communities, economic conditions prohibit preventive medical treatment, including AIDS counseling and information.

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