Challenges of a Hidden Epidemic: HIV Prevention Among Women in the United States
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: HIV/AIDS trends in the United States depict a concentrated epidemic with hot spots that vary by location, poverty, race/ethnicity, and transmission mode. HIV/AIDS is a leading cause of death among US women of color; two-thirds of new infections among women occur in black women, despite the fact that black women account for just 14% of the US female population. The gravity of the HIV epidemic among US women is often not appreciated by those at risk and by the broader scientific community. We summarize the current epidemiology of HIV/AIDS among US women and discuss clinical, research, and public health intervention components that must be brought together in a cohesive plan to reduce new HIV infections in US women. Only by accelerating research and programmatic efforts will the hidden epidemic of HIV among US women emerge into the light and come under control.
Institutions: National Institutes of Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Emory University, ICAP Global Health, Columbia University, Family Health International 360, Harlem Hospital Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G1913134163, G2675028044, University of North Carolina AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (UNC ACTU), Centers for Innovative Research to Control AIDS, G3543394217, HIV Prevention trials Network (HPTN) Coordinating and Operations Center, G562497966, G6113675784, G7801447971, G9000034708, G9000209594, HIV Prevention Trials Network Leadership and Operations Center, Center for AIDS Research at Emory University, The University of North Carolina Center for AIDS Research, University of North Carolina Global HIV Prevention and Treatment Clinical Trials Unit
OpenAlex ID: W2016270911