SPREAD OF HIV

The Spread of HIV in African American Women



The Spread Of HIV In African American Women

Introduction

Africa is a region of the world that is most affected by HIV/AIDS. As it hosts twenty five million or above sixty percent of individuals swallowing HIV/AIDS. Youth (aged 15-24 years) are among the most affected and have the highest bit of new transmissions while they represent the next manpower of African economic system (Derlega & Winstead, 2000). The battle against HIV/AIDS is a public service because the epidemic could undermine collective efforts for economic development. To this end, the business concern between government, pharmaceutical companies and professional organizations is critical to mobilize against the spread of the epidemic. HIV/AIDS is rising increasingly as the main obstacle to investment in Africa and reversing attempts to reduce poverty and to do so, it requires urgent and sustained efforts.

Describe a Particular Population Segment

The population segment we have chosen for this research is African American Women. The epidemic is also found in the active adult population, which constitutes a serious handicap to economic growth in the countries concerned, and improving the living conditions of millions of public servants (Cline & McKenzie, 2000). The impact of HIV / AIDS on the government is composite, far-flung & manifests itself in several dimensions (multidimensional) and includes increased management costs in the small and extended term, reducing use, loss of profits, tax revenue and investment, intellectual capital, institutional memory, contacts / networks, and the deteriorating quality of basic services.

Two Social Issues Facing Your Selected Population Segment

Two issues that are faced by the African American women are violence and discrimination in the society.

The links between violence against women and the risk of contamination by HIV are now documented by extensive research, especially in epidemiology. A study published in Social Science and Medicine says the weight of domestic violence as risk factors for HIV in a cohort of African American women from Alabama (Lurie, 2003).

Most studies that explore the links between violence against women and the risk of HIV infection, focusing on the abuse experienced in childhood, defined in terms of "risk continuum". Other studies conducted in areas heavily affected by the epidemic, highlighting, in addition to exposure to domestic violence for women with the existence of a direct link between stress and infection conjugal sexuality of women.

In the latter context, the sociologist B. Lichtenstein examines domestic violence as a risk factor for HIV from a study in southern Alabama, a region of the United States where the incidence of HIV and the proportion of women - mostly African-Americans are among the HIV-positive population is highest.

The article describes the complex ways in which the economic, gender stereotypes and gender norms combine to create the subjection of women and encourage violent behavior of men. The focus on the normative system that governs gender relations can to account for the crucial role of social representations, generally not indicated in the work purely quantitative.

One of the most serious consequences of this epidemic is ...