Faculty Articles

Women at Risk: Issues in the Primary Prevention of AIDS.

Publication Title

Springer US : Imprint: Springer

Publication Date

1-1-1995

Keywords

aids, hiv, hispanic population, united states, health disparities, epidemiology, pediatric aids, female aids cases, male aids cases, public health, infection rates, minority health, hiv transmission, incidence increase, health inequity, disease burden, demographic trends, latino health, infectious disease, hiv prevention

Abstract

AIDS is one of the most urgent and challenging health problems facing Hispanics living in the United States and its territories. Since 1989, Hispanics (approximately 9% of the population) have represented 15–16% of all male AIDS cases, 20–21% of all female cases, and almost 25% of all pediatric cases of AIDS. In the 3-year period from 1989 through 1992, 3626 Hispanic women were newly diagnosed with AIDS, representing a 171% increase from the cumulative cases among Hispanic women reported through December 31, 1989. The corresponding increase for non-Hispanic white women during the same time period was 139%. The AIDS case rate among Hispanics is 21/2 times higher than that among non-Hispanic whites (Diaz, Buehler, Castro, & Ward, 1993). Clearly, AIDS and HIV are disproportionately affecting Hispanic men and women.

DOI

10.1007/978-1-4899-1057-8_7

First Page

159

Last Page

174

Disciplines

Medical Specialties | Medicine and Health Sciences | Osteopathic Medicine and Osteopathy

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