What Are African-Americans' HIV Prevention Needs?

Abstract:
This fact sheet addresses the special prevention needs of African-American communities. Issues specific to African-Americans such as lack of funding for research targeting African-Americans and community distrust of the white public health world in the wake of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study are outlined. Topics covered include: Are African-American populations at risk? Who are African-Americans at risk? What puts African-Americans at risk? What are obstacles to prevention? What's being done? What needs to be done?

Author(s): DeCARLO, Pamela; PETERSON, John

Publication: HIV Prevention: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Publisher:
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (UCSF, Harvard AIDS Inst.)
74 New Montgomery, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 4155979100
Fax: 4155979213
Web Site: http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/capsweb
Email: FactsSheetM@psg.ucsf.edu

Date Published: 10/1/1995

Pages: 1

Comments:
This and other fact sheets are available from the National AIDS Clearinghouse at (800) 458-5231. Fact sheets are also available in Spanish. Alternate web site (HIV InSite): http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/prevention. This fact sheet is avaialable in Spanish and English

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