The Rise of HIV in the Teenage African American Population

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Background and Statement to the Problem2

Research Question3

Rationale3

Theoretical Framework3

Psychological3

Behavioral4

Literature Review5

Population Targeted5

Population Demographic5

The Impact of Demographic on the Market of Health Care6

Demographic Changes Affecting Health Care7

Key Challenges8

Chronic Disease Wellness Program8

Addressing the Challenge9

Further Statistics9

Abstinence11

The Question of Policy12

Effectiveness of Abstinence Education13

Proposed Methodology15

Sample17

Confidentiality17

Expected Results17

Conclusion18

References20

The Rise of HIV in the Teenage African American Population

Introduction

AIDS is a disease caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection continues to spread. More than 42 million people worldwide are infected with HIV. AIDS is a disease that affects people who have been infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It is said that someone has AIDS when his body due to the immunodeficiency caused by HIV, it is able to offer immune response against the unauthorized infections. African Americans are twice as worried about becoming infected with HIV as all Americans combined. About half of all blacks surveyed know someone who has HIV or AIDS or has died from AIDS, compared with a third of all Americans who say the same. AIDS is the nation's leading health concern according to 52% of blacks, compared with 38% of all Americans. The AP/Boston Herald reports that when the AIDS epidemic began more than a decade ago, it mostly infected gay, white men. Yet as AIDS cases among whites have been steadily dropping, the number of blacks and Hispanics with the disease has been rising at a disproportionate rate” (Mancoske, 2004).

The development of HIV / AIDS can be associated with social inequalities expressed in differential opportunities for protection and health care in different socioeconomic contexts. The

World Health Organization (WHO) estimated in 2000 about 40 million infected with HIV in the world. Ethnic groups such as African Americans tend to have an extremely high rate of HIV due to inequalities with respect to social and economic support and supply of health systems and limited resources and preventive care (See, 2007). As a result, it can be said that HIV is also associated with social class inequalities because the prevalence of HIV and AIDS incidence is higher in areas where the population belongs to lower socioeconomic ethnic groups.

Background and Statement to the Problem

African Americans represent about 13% of the population, but they account for half of new infections of HIV. This is an epidemic that affects nearly everyone in black communities, young and old. The NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, an organization of civil rights, which traditionally focused on legal issues and racial inequality, has now an office dealing with AIDS. According to the director of health of the association, a black man of 16 and a black woman of 13 will catch HIV in the United States. The causes are the same as in other ethnic groups, which are unprotected sexual contact, multiple sexual partners, sharing needles for intravenous drug use, and failure to seek help immediately after infection. There are also many people who lack access to health care in the United States. During the day of AIDS awareness, young ...