Knowledge of AIDS risk factors in South Bronx minority college students
Article Abstract:
A high percentage of the individuals who have AIDS are from minority groups. Eighteen percent of all persons with AIDS in the United States are black or Hispanic. However, blacks and Hispanics account for 70 percent of all cases in heterosexual men, 70 percent of cases in women, 75 percent of cases in children under the age of 13, and 40 percent of the cases which have been reported since July 1988. A survey about knowledge of the risk factors that are involved in the transmission of AIDS was conducted in 1,869 minority students who attended Hostos Community College in the South Bronx. This college is bilingual and its student population is 84 percent Hispanic and 12 percent black. The South Bronx is considered an epicenter of the AIDS epidemic; the rate of intravenous drug use among those living there is among the highest in the country. Only 69 percent of the students recognized that sexual intercourse without the use of a condom is a risk factor. Sixty-one percent recognized the risk of having sexual intercourse with a partner who used intravenous drugs five years ago. Fifty-eight percent recognized the risk of having sexual intercourse with a partner who had a male homosexual relationship five years ago and 55 percent realized that there was a risk to an unborn infant if the mother had a sexual relationship with a partner who used intravenous drugs five years ago. The understanding of the risk factors was not related to the individual's age, ability to speak English, length of time in college, or length of time living in the United States. This lack of knowledge among college students living in the South Bronx, who would be most likely to be informed, indicates the potential for the spread of AIDS through heterosexual and maternal relationships. Prevention programs have not been successful in reaching a large group of minorities in the South Bronx, and additional effort in terms of public education is needed. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)author: Lesnick, Henry, Pace, Bella
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, WK Health
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0894-9255
Year: 1990
Evaluation, New York, New York, Disease transmission, Health educationPublication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0894-9255
Year: 1990
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"A high percentage of the individuals who have AIDS are from minority groups. Eighteen percent of all persons with AIDS in the United States are black or Hispanic. However, blacks and Hispanics account for 70 percent of all cases in heterosexual men, 70 percent of cases in women, 75 percent of cases in children under the age of 13, and 40 percent of the cases which have been reported since July 1988."
ReplyDeleteI never knew any of this information, its really sad how common aids is becoming. I liked this article it went well along with the Kozol one.