Black women's HIV rates lopsided, researcher says
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 06/15/05
Only a quarter of Americans newly diagnosed with HIV are women, researchers said Tuesday, but a significant majority of women who are diagnosed are black, living in the South and facing entrenched social ills: poverty, racism, segregation and the imprisonment of many black men.
"The social and economic environment influences sexual behaviors," said Dr. Adaora Adimora of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who spoke at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2005 National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta, which continues today.
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