BookDonna Hubbard McCree, Kenneth Terrill Jones, Ann O'Leary, editors.
Summary: The HIV/AIDS epidemic is burgeoning among African American men and women. Despite comprising only 13 percent of the population, 50 percent of new HIV diagnoses in 2004 were among African Americans. Among women and men who have sex with men (MSM), African Americans are grossly disproportionately affected by this epidemic, and this trend shows no sign of abating. This book seeks to explore some of the contextual factors that contribute to this disparity as well as ways to intervene to slow the growth of the epidemic in the U.S. This volume will focus on the history and context of HIV/AIDS in African Americans and interventions targeting specific subpopulations including adolescents, heterosexual men and women, men who have sex with men, incarcerated populations, and injection drug users. Context chapters will focus on specific contextual and structural issues related to HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention in African Americans including disparities in incarceration, racism, economic issues and substance abuse. Intervention chapters will focus on best-evidence and promising-evidence based interventions targeting HIV prevention in African Americans. These chapters will address the latest in intervention strategies, program evaluation, cost effectiveness and qualitative research methods and will include risk reduction, risk assessment, and testing and counseling.
Contents:
The contribution to and context of other sexually transmitted diseases and tuberculosis in the HIV/AIDS epidemic among African Americans
Epidemiology and surveillance of HIV infection and AIDS among non-Hispanic blacks in the United States
Racism, poverty and HIV/AIDS among African Americans
Organized religion and the fight against HIV/AIDS in the black community: the role of the black church
Disproportionate drug imprisonment perpetuates the HIV/AIDS epidemic in African American communities
Violence, trauma, and mental health disorders: are they related to higher HIV risk for African Americans?
Countering the surge of HIV/STIs and co-occurring problems of intimate partner violence and drug abuse among African American women: implications for HIV/STI prevention
Childhood sexual abuse, African American women, and HIV risk
A systematic review of evidence-based behavioral interventions for African American youth at risk for HIV/STI infection, 1988-2007
HIV behavioral interventions for heterosexual African American men: a critical review of cultural competence
HIV prevention for heterosexual African-American women
Formulating the stress and severity model of minority social stress for black men who have sex with men
HIV prevention interventions for African American injection drug users
Structural interventions with an emphasis on poverty and racism
HIV behavioral interventions for incarcerated populations in the United States: a critical review
The HIV/AIDS epidemic in the African American community: where do we go from here?