CDC Initiative Targets HIV Research Gaps in Black and Hispanic Communities

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dc.contributor.authorTrubo, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T14:58:43Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T14:58:43Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractEVEN THOUGH THE HIV EPIDEMIC IN the United States has shifted increasingly and disproportionately to blacks and Hispanics, a lack of research into prevention strategies tailored to minority communities has impeded efforts to reach these populations. Now, a new initiative launched by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seeks to help fill such research gaps and to mentor young investigators with ties to these underserved communities. Surveillance data have shown a shift in the demographics and geography of the US HIV/AIDS epidemic. As the proportion of new HIV infections in white men who have sex with men has declined since the epidemic’s early years, about 70% of all new HIV infections now occur among minorities, with blacks accounting for 54% of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses, according to the CDC. Surveillance statistics in 2002 also show that the greatest expansion of HIV morbidity occurred in Southern states. However, the distribution of research dollars has not matched these demographic and geographic changes in the epidemic.
dc.description.urihttp://jama.ama-assn.org/content/292/21/2563.extract
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/10t4-rscc
dc.identifier.citationTrubo, Richard (2004) CDC Initiative Targets HIV Research Gaps in Black and Hispanic Communities. JAMA, 292 (21). pp. 2563-2564.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 241
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22418
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectHIV/Aids
dc.subjectHealth Risk Factors
dc.subjectSexual Habits
dc.subjectstudies
dc.subjectmethodologies
dc.subjectCDC
dc.subjectCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
dc.subjectHIV research
dc.subjectblack
dc.subjectHispanic
dc.subjectprevention
dc.titleCDC Initiative Targets HIV Research Gaps in Black and Hispanic Communities
dc.typeArticle

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