Com220 Final Essay Paper
HIV Intervention Prevention for African American Women
Jane Doe
COM220
Instructor: John Doe
Rising number of African American Women acquiring HIV/AIDS
As of the most recent studies, women account for 1 out of 4 new HIV/AIDS cases in the United States, and 2 out of 3 of these new cases are African American women. The majority of these women acquired HIV from having unprotected sex with men. Although the overall amount of people acquiring HIV/AIDS have dropped, the percentage for African American women is on the rise. One can only wonder why this is the case. Clearly, there are not enough HIV prevention intervention programs geared to fit the needs of African American women. In 2009, as shown from the table below, statistics show the very large difference in the amount of African American women as opposed to women of other ethnic backgrounds who acquired HIV or AIDS. This growing number of African American women with HIV/AIDS is still on the rise. Despite the advancement in treatment for HIV patients, African American women are still dying from AIDS at a higher rate than women from any other races. With the right programs implemented for African American women, this number would definitely decrease. Race/ethnicity | HIV | AIDS | | Males | Females | Total* | Males | Females | Total* | White | 10,098 | 1,700 | 11,810 | 8,126 | 1,344 | 9,471 | Black/African American | 14,914 | 6,632 | 21,673 | 11,109 | 5,642 | 16,759 | Hispanic/Latino | 6,615 | 1,625 | 8,263 | 5,852 | 1,586 | 7,442 | Asian | 365 | 105 | 473 | 349 | 80 | 429 | American Indian/Alaska Native | 137 | 51 | 189 | 127 | 28 | 155 | Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander | 26 | 10 | 36 | 45 | 7 | 52 | Multiple races | 383 | 132 | 516 | 495 | 192 | 686 | Total* | 32,538 | 10,255 | 42,959 | 26,102 | 8,879 | 34,993 |
Estimated new adult and adolescent HIV and AIDS diagnoses in 2009, by race/ethnicity
African American Women and HIV/AIDS ages 25 to 34
AIDS is now
Jane Doe
COM220
Instructor: John Doe
Rising number of African American Women acquiring HIV/AIDS
As of the most recent studies, women account for 1 out of 4 new HIV/AIDS cases in the United States, and 2 out of 3 of these new cases are African American women. The majority of these women acquired HIV from having unprotected sex with men. Although the overall amount of people acquiring HIV/AIDS have dropped, the percentage for African American women is on the rise. One can only wonder why this is the case. Clearly, there are not enough HIV prevention intervention programs geared to fit the needs of African American women. In 2009, as shown from the table below, statistics show the very large difference in the amount of African American women as opposed to women of other ethnic backgrounds who acquired HIV or AIDS. This growing number of African American women with HIV/AIDS is still on the rise. Despite the advancement in treatment for HIV patients, African American women are still dying from AIDS at a higher rate than women from any other races. With the right programs implemented for African American women, this number would definitely decrease. Race/ethnicity | HIV | AIDS | | Males | Females | Total* | Males | Females | Total* | White | 10,098 | 1,700 | 11,810 | 8,126 | 1,344 | 9,471 | Black/African American | 14,914 | 6,632 | 21,673 | 11,109 | 5,642 | 16,759 | Hispanic/Latino | 6,615 | 1,625 | 8,263 | 5,852 | 1,586 | 7,442 | Asian | 365 | 105 | 473 | 349 | 80 | 429 | American Indian/Alaska Native | 137 | 51 | 189 | 127 | 28 | 155 | Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander | 26 | 10 | 36 | 45 | 7 | 52 | Multiple races | 383 | 132 | 516 | 495 | 192 | 686 | Total* | 32,538 | 10,255 | 42,959 | 26,102 | 8,879 | 34,993 |
Estimated new adult and adolescent HIV and AIDS diagnoses in 2009, by race/ethnicity
African American Women and HIV/AIDS ages 25 to 34
AIDS is now
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